About Spedes
About Spedes A free Spades table that plays by the book — and shows you its numbers. Spedes is a browser Spades game and a strategy library in one place. You sit South, three AI opponents take the other seats, and every rule, bid value and penalty shown on this site is the same number the game engine scores with. No download, no paywall, and no account needed to play — signing in is optional, and it only exists to keep your record. The whole thing is a static site you can open on a phone, a tablet or a decade-old laptop. Why we built it Most Spades sites disagree with each other about Nil values, bag penalties and target scores — and none of them tell you which numbers they use. Spedes publishes the whole table for every mode and tier, so what you read is what you get. 🎯 What s playable now 6 modes are live in the browser today: Partnership, Solo (3 Players), Solo (4 Players), Mirror, Joker Spades, Whiz. See what each one changes → 4 more are in development. They are listed on the modes page but get no page of their own until they are playable — we would rather publish six solid pages than ten half-finished ones. 📈 The learning side 19 guides cover the rules, the bidding maths, bag economics, partnership signalling and the tactics that only apply to specific modes — Mirror overtricks and Whiz forced bids included. How the numbers are kept honest Every scoring value on this site comes from a single data file that mirrors the live game server s rule presets. Pages never invent numbers inline, and two headless test scripts run the engine across thousands of simulated hands to check that bidding, trick play and scoring still agree with the documentation. What s next Online multiplayer — the same six modes against real opponents. Whiz and Joker tournaments with a fixed hand count. Per-mode leaderboards and a persistent player profile. More guides: endgame squeezes, defensive signalling, Nil defence. Get in touch Found a rule that disagrees with your table, or a bug in a hand? contact@spedes.org — rule corrections are the most useful email we get. Editorial standards All strategy guides and rule explanations on this site are written by the Spedes Editorial Team, reviewed against the live game server implementation before publication, and re-checked periodically to ensure they reflect the current ruleset. We prioritise accuracy over volume: every guide is intended to teach something genuinely useful that transfers beyond this site to any Spades game you play. If you spot an error or a misleading explanation, please email us — corrections are credited in the next update.
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