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Spades Score Pad: Bids & Bags for iPhone

How is a hand scored?

A team that makes its bid scores 10 points for each trick bid, plus 1 point for each extra trick (a bag). A team that falls short (is set) loses 10 points for each trick bid. A nil is worth 100 points won or lost, a blind nil 200, on top of the partner's score. Every 10 bags costs 100 points, and bags past that carry over. All of these can be changed under House Rules.

Someone bid nil and took a trick. Does it count for their partner?

By standard rules, no: the nil fails, and the nil bidder's tricks count only as bags. If your table lets them help the partner make the team's bid, turn on "Failed nil helps partner" in House Rules.

How do I enter tricks with partners?

Enter how many tricks one team took; the other team gets the rest. If someone bid nil, enter the tricks they took themselves (0 means the nil was made).

We entered a hand wrong. Can I fix it?

Yes. Tap the hand in the list to change its bids or tricks, and every score after it is recalculated. The most recent hand can also be deleted.

When does the game end?

When a side reaches the winning score (500 unless you change it) or falls to the losing score (−200). The highest score wins; if two sides are tied at the top, play another hand.

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