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How many tricks will you take?
Spades is a trick-taking card game with four players in fixed partnerships. The goal is to take at least the number of tricks that you bid before play begins.
Spades are always trump. Cards rank from highest to lowest: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.
Each player bids the number of tricks they expect to take. The first player to the dealer's left starts bidding, continuing clockwise. A bid of "zero" is called "Nil".
Team bids are added together (e.g., if you bid 3 and your partner bids 4, your team must take at least 7 tricks).
The player to the left of the dealer leads the first trick. Players must follow suit if possible. If a player cannot follow suit, they may play any card, including a trump (spade).
The highest card of the suit led wins the trick unless a spade is played, in which case the highest spade wins.
The winner of each trick leads the next one.
Every time a team accumulates 10 sandbags, they lose 100 points.
The first team to reach 500 points wins. If both teams reach 500 on the same hand, the team with the higher score wins.