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Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s. It can be played as either a partnership or solo/"cutthroat" game. The object is to take the number of tricks that were bid before play of the hand began. Spades is a descendant of the whist family of card games, which also includes bridge, hearts, and oh hell.
The spade symbol is a very stylized spearhead shape, pointing upwards, the bottom widening into two arcs of a circle and sweeping towards the centre to then form a sort of foot. Generally, spades are black so they can be used in some games as a pair with Clubs (suit) , like Klondike (solitaire) .
A pack occasionally used in Germany uses green spades (comparable to leaves), red hearts, yellow diamonds (comparable to bells) and black clubs (comparable to acorns). This is a compromise deck devised to allow players from East Germany (who used German suits) and West Germany (who adopted the French suits) to be comfortable with the same deck ...
A spade is a tool primarily for digging consisting of a long handle and blade, typically with the blade narrower and flatter than the common shovel. [1] Early spades were made of riven wood or of animal bones (often shoulder blades). After the art of metalworking was developed, spades were made
South does not have a spade, so plays the J♦, and West the 7♥. In a notrump game, east wins the trick, having played the highest card of the suit led, unless the game is an ace–ten game , with 10 being higher than the king, making north win the trick.
The ace of spades has been employed on several occasions in the theatre of war. In the First World War, the 12th (Eastern) Division of the British Army used the Ace of spades symbol as their insignia. [10] In the Second World War, the 25th Infantry Division of the Indian Army used an Ace of Spades on a green background as their insignia. [11]
The names pique and spade, however, may have derived from the sword (spade) of the Italian suits. [66] In England, the French suits were eventually used, although the earliest packs circulating may have had Latin suits. [67] This may account for why the English called the clovers "clubs" and the pikes "spades".
The queen of spades is a playing card in the standard 52-card deck. Queen of Spades may also refer to: "The Queen of Spades" (story), an 1833 short story by Alexander Pushkin The Queen of Spades, an 1890 opera by Tchaikovsky; The Queen of Spades, a Russian short film