Spades

Since I've nothing to do now, might as well introduce u all to spades - a great card game, possibly better than bridge, as it ensures that even if u've lousy cards, u can still win.

Outline of the game:



1. Permanent trump: spades. Not sure whether it needs to be broken first. Don't really think so.

2. Bidding system: players bid the no. of tricks which they think they can win. As long as u achieve that no., say 4, u'll get 40 pts, no matter how many extra tricks u've won. If u fail to get it, u'll have a deficit of 40 pts, according to the no. u bid for.

3. Permanent partner: the guy / girl in front of u.

4. Bags. If u win more tricks than u've bidded for, the diff between the no. won n the no. bidded for'll be the no. of bags u receive. More than 9 bags, n u'll get a deficit of 100 pts. In some computer games, winning a bag's 1 pt. Not very sure about this.

5. Other than the number, u can bid nil: in which u'd try to win nothing, n ur partner's to cover u up. Make it, n u'll earn 100 pts; fail, n u'll lose 100.

6. Double nil system. U can bid nil even before looking at ur cards, provided ur team's 200 pts behind. Succeed, n u'll get 200 pts; fail, n lose 200. Oh yeah. U can exchange two cards with ur partner after bidding d.n.

7. First team to reach 500 pts wins.

Thus, it's more of a strategic game than floating bridge, which involves winning as many as possible, as the bidding's much more critical.

Those who want to play can always go yahoo games. Think i may be the only one in my class who knows how to play that game. Normally, i'd play this with other bandmates.



Enough spades. Nice new class blog template! Thanks gloria.