Spades

How to score Spades

1. Name the two team score rows; four players play in two fixed partnerships.
2. After a complete hand, calculate contract points, bags and nil scores under your table’s rules.
3. Enter each team’s signed hand score, including zero or a negative penalty.
4. The first team to 500 or more wins after the completed hand.

What this scorekeeper records

The scorekeeper adds the hand values you enter; enter signed final team points after applying bags and nil. Bids, tricks and bonuses are not calculated.

Enter signed final team points after applying bags and nil. Bids, tricks and bonuses are not calculated.

Game end: After a complete hand, play to 500 points. Highest total wins.

Scoring example

If a team earns 50 contract points and takes a −10 bag penalty, enter 40 for that hand.

Variant notes

• Use two team score rows for four players in fixed partnerships; bids, bags and nil are worked out at the table.
• This scorekeeper records the signed final score for each team after each complete hand. Do not enter raw tricks as points.
• The first team to 500 or more wins after a complete hand. The app does not calculate contract scores, bags or nil bonuses.

Use each linked source for its named variant. House rules and editions can differ.

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