Software Board-Games - Infinite Spades
Assault Trooper
Genre: Board Game
Production: by Arthur Crump
Publication date: 1998
Description:
There are many variations of the game of Spades, Infinite Spades is one variation. Each player is dealt 13 cards.
Afterwards, play begins with each player bidding on the number of tricks they think they can take during the hand.
Each player must make a minimum bid of 3 and a maximum bid of 10. Play begins with each player discarding their lowest club, or if the player has no clubs, they must discard a diamond or heart card.
The player with the highest club wins the trick. The winner of the first trick then leads with any card.
Players take turns discarding cards clockwise from the leader following suit if possible.
If a player no longer has a card from the lead suit, then she/he may play any card.
A trick containing a spade is won by the highest spade, otherwise, the highest card matching the lead suit wins the trick. Play continues with the winner of each trick leading the next.
A player can not lead with a spade until someone had played a spade on a previous trick, or the player only has spades remaining. Each player who at least makes his/her bid receives 10 times their bid plus 1 point for each overtrick.
A player who fails to make her/his bid loses 10 times the amount of the bid. The game ends if a player reaches 200 points, or a player loses 200 points.