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glt79's Spades (Other)
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| [February 1, 2017 11:27:02 PM]
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SPADES
--THE RULES--
**The Cards**
Spades is a card game meant for an even amount of four to eight players competing in teams of two. Players do not know what cards their teammate has, however. The game is played with standard playing cards without Jokers. Cards are shuffled and distributed throughout players until all the cards are given out. How many players in the game will determine how many cards each player gets. Each card has a different value, with Ace of Spades having the greatest value and two of Clubs having the least. Spades have a higher value than any other suit, and Clubs have the lowest.
**The Setup**
The game is played in rounds where each player receives multiple turns within a round. At the beginning of a round, each team has to bet or "predict" how many sets they will receive throughout the game. This is usually determined by how many face cards and Aces a player has in their hand. The goal of the game is to place down a card with a higher value than the cards the other players have already played. If the card in play is higher, that player gathers all the cards, and this is considered a set which equates to a point for a team. That player then places down the first card for the next set of turns.
**The Game**
Players start by laying down their lowest Club at the beginning of a round, once everyone has bet on how many sets they will win. Whoever places the card with the highest value takes the set and starts the next turn. They, then, lay down a card of any suit they want for their turn. Players then have to place down a card that matches the suit of the first card, trying to eliminate their less valued cards while also trying to win the appropriate amount of predicted sets with their more valued cards. If a player does not have a card in their hand that matches the suit of the first card played during a turn, they have the choice of either choosing a Spade, which will automatically win the set unless someone plays a higher Spade, or a card of another suit, which will automatically lose the player that set. However, a Spade cannot be placed as the first card in a turn until one is played during another turn. The round ends when all players run out of cards.
The team with the most sets wins the round; however, if a team bets too little or too much, their score can be affected and earn them less points. It is easier to under bid than the over bid.
--THE GAMEPLAY--
**Round 1**
Round 1 was played with four players. At the beginning, my team bet eight sets. My cards included the Ace of Spades (highest valued card), Queen of Clubs, Ace of Clubs, and Queen of Hearts which led me to predict I could win four sets. The other team bet six.
My team did terribly during this round. I messed up when it came to remembering which player put down what card. This allows for better decision making when it comes down to picking which card to place. Many cards were thrown away when I could have saved them for another turn in order to win a set. In the end, my team over bet on how many sets we would take, winning only seven out of the eight we predicted. We ended round 1 with -80 points (boo!). The other team had 60.
**Round 2**
Once again, Round 2 was played with four players. My team predicted six sets, and the other team predicted seven. My hand was not very good. I only had two face cards which were the King and Queen of Hearts.I predicted I would win two sets. However, it also did not help that the first card placed after the Clubs was the Ace of Hearts which would ultimately take one of my two only really high valued cards.
In the end, my team did better than the first round. I was able to win three sets when I only predicted two. My team won seven out of the six predicted. The other team, however, did the opposite and only won six out of the seven they predicted. Our final score for Round 2 was -19 to -10 with my team being the losing team.
**Round 3 (I know we only had to play twice, but I'm competitive!)**
Round 3 was also played with four players. My team predicted to win seven sets. The other team predicted six. I predicted to win three sets since my hand included the Queen and King of Clubs and the King of Hearts. Once again, my hand was not the best. I only had the five and eight of Spades which were not very high cards, so I could not really afford to play a Spade.
Although I tried another round, the other team was still victorious over my team. I was only able to get one out of the three sets I predicted, making my team only have five sets out of the seven we predicted. The other team won eight sets when they predicted six. The final score was -89 to 52.
--OVERALL ANALYSIS--
Even though my team did not win, Spades is still a really fun and quick game that combines both luck and strategy. It is important to pay attention to other player's cards and when they were played. However, the hand you are dealt can also benefit your team if you make careless mistakes (like I did in Round 1. Oops). Spades requires some thought, but the rules are pretty simple and easy to grasp once the game is played a few times. We all had a really fun time.
This entry has been edited 1 time. It was last edited on Feb 1st, 2017 at 23:29:44.
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glt79's Spades (Other)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Wednesday 1 February, 2017
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