It’s pretty simple to learn the basics, while the intuitive touchscreen controls and smooth card animations also give a welcoming and authentic first impression. Collect ten ‘Bags’ and you lose 100 points, and often the match in the process. Guess right and you’ll get bonus points, but any extra hands won go in the ‘Bag’. The titular spades trump the other suits, however, and the real challenge comes from bidding on how many hands you’ll win in a game based on your starting cards. Working in pairs, you race to hit the target score by laying the highest card in a particular suit and winning hands. With AI controlled characters showing you the ropes, as well as bickering among themselves like old poker buddies, it's easy to pick up the rules and some of the standard tactics of the four player game. Spades is not the easiest game for newcomers to pick up, so the inclusion of lengthy well-presented tutorial is a step up from the text-based help screens of Hardwood Solitaire.
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