Your first Spades hand starts here.
A simple route from a shared reference to an agreed score.
Start with one version
Choose the complete rules your group uses. Our playing overview points to Bicycle, while the regular-contract calculator uses Pagat’s partnership scoring. They are labelled separately because some scoring details differ.
Learn in a useful order
Read setup and play, understand what an ordinary bid means, then check the score under the same rules. Follow the steps below with an open-hand practice before recording a match result.