Bid as a partnership
Your ordinary bid combines with your partner’s. A NIL bid means you intend to take no tricks; it scores +100 if successful and −100 if you take a trick.
TRUST YOUR HAND. HELP YOUR PARTNER.
Spades
Make the bid. Work together.
You and the player opposite share a score. Practise with three computers, learn how your bids fit together, and prepare for a table with friends.
4 players · 2 partnerships
Practice in your browser. No download. No paid stakes.
YOUR FIRST GAME
Take your first turn.
Review your thirteen cards, then bid how many tricks you expect to win. For a first game, choose an ordinary bid. Follow the highlighted cards as the first trick begins.
THE BASICS
Spades rules at our tables
Follow suit
You must follow the led suit when you can. If you cannot, play any card. Spades are trump. The highest spade wins; without one, the highest card in the led suit wins.
Breaking spades
You cannot lead a spade until one has been played on another suit’s trick, unless your remaining cards are all spades.
Count the bags
Making the team bid earns ten points per bid trick and one per extra trick. Extra tricks are bags: ten bags cost 100 points. Miss the bid and lose ten points per bid trick. Play to 500; a team reaching −200 loses. A tied winning score requires another round.
START WHERE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE
Choose your practice.
All levels are free without an account. Practice stays in this tab; refreshing or leaving starts over. It does not change ratings or match history.
Easy makes simpler choices. Medium and Hard consider more options. These levels are not certified ratings.
READY FOR COMPANY?
Bring your people.
Sign in with your AITN account for online tables, friends, invitations and moderated chat. Choose Casual for a friendly match or Rated for recorded ratings. Four people are needed for a partnership table.