Spades Attic / Westside Spaders Rules
Spades Hierarchy: Big Joker (Color) , Little Joker (All Black), Ace of Spades …
Straight Cut, Straight Deal, Deal Clockwise, & Cut right
Handling Misdeals: All players should throw their hand in. Next player (Clockwise) deals.
Tough Luck: No Spades. No Face Cards. Play your hand. Choosing not to play your hand will result in an automatic loss for your team for the entire game
Winner’s Decisions: Winners have the right to choose seats, Start the dealing process at the beginning of a new game, & Change out deck at the beginning of a new game.
First Hand / Session is open
Place books in the order you won them. Sequentially.
Table Bids 10 & Under: Books are made. Total the points. All Players throw hands in. Next Person (Clockwise) Deal.
Locked Bids:
Lead Spades at anytime
2 Consecutive Sets = Automatic Loss
Renege Investigation - Call the Player with the suit - All books can be flipped over - 3 books are given if the renege is legit, 3 books are taken if the renege call is invalid
No Bags
No Blinds - You came in seeing! Let’s keep it that way :)
No Nils
Talking across the board will result in a minus 3 books
The 10 Bid - 100 points are put up for collateral. Book Made = 200 points, Books Not Made -100 points
First team to 350 points wins
Fighting, Frequent Cheating, Poor Sportsmanship, Disrespect Beyond the normal trash talking will not be tolerated. Any of the actions above will be grounds for disqualification.