Spades - Classic Card Game

Name: Spades - Classic Card Game
Author: Blackout Lab

2.7.0

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Spades is the classic trick-taking card game, rebuilt for mobile with smart AI, deep strategy, and a clean design you'll want to play every day.

Spades - Classic Card Game: 4-player bidding and tricks

By Mei-Lin Chua

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Bidding on tricks at the start of every round
Offline play with no internet connection needed
Adaptive AI opponents for players of any level
Games scored to a 250 or 500 point finish
Spades locked until they are broken as trump

What this spades game is and who it suits

Spades is a trick-taking card game for four players, split into two partnerships that sit across from each other. The listing describes it as the classic game rebuilt for phones and tablets. It is aimed at people who already play spades and at people learning it for the first time.

Each round is played as a set of tricks, and the teams try to win the number they bid. The game has no fixed sides beyond the two partnerships, so tactics such as signalling to a partner matter as much as individual card play.

Bidding and trick play in each round

At the start of each round, every player bids how many tricks they expect to take. All 13 tricks are played out before the round is scored, so the bids are checked against the full hand.

Spades are always trump. On each trick, players must follow the suit that was led if they can. If they cannot, they play a spade or discard another card. The highest card of the led suit wins the trick unless a spade is played, in which case the highest spade wins. Spades cannot be led until they have been broken as trump.

Offline games against adaptive AI

The game runs offline with no internet connection needed, so a full game can be played without a network. Opponents are computer players that the developer describes as smart and adaptive, meaning they are meant to suit players of different skill levels.

The store summary also names online play alongside offline and AI games. The description itself covers the offline mode and the AI opponents.

Scoring to a 250 or 500 point finish

A game runs until one partnership reaches 250 or 500 points, and that team wins. Points are tallied after each round of 13 tricks, so a game is a sequence of rounds rather than a single hand.

Because the target can be 250 or 500, a shorter or longer game depends on which target the game uses and how the bids turn out across the rounds.

About this APK

The build we hold is Spades - Classic Card Game 2.7.0 (APKS split bundle) for Android 7.1 and up.

Version: 2.7.0; 438337
Requires Android: 7.1+
Size: 133 MB
Target Android: 16

Package ID: com.blackout.spades
Format: APKS split bundle
Malware scan: Google Play Protect
Permissions: 17 declared
Signed by: CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
Certificate SHA-256: 76ea3ed8e005099954c8ea8bb23d51415c6114b810ba1c7e2158344203feda9c