Bidder Beginner Achievement in Hardwood Spades

  • Bidder Beginner

     

    10

    Win a total of 10 games. Earn this in Single Player or Xbox Live play.

      
  • How to unlock Bidder Beginner

    Spades is a game of cards traditionally played with 4 people, who are in two teams of two and sit across the table from each other. Through minor rule changes spades can be played with two or three players, as well as four singles. This guide will focus on the traditional form of spades. Also, all in game selections can be done with the and.

    Spades, as stated, has four people who sit in the form of a cross, with partners sitting across from each other. All fifty two cards are then dealt out, thirteen to each player. Teams then bid on how many tricks (also known as books) they believe they will win. A trick is the four cards thrown in a turn (will be explained later). While in person, players bid as a team, Hardwood Spades has players bid individually, but puts the partners’ scores together. So if one partner accidentally misses his bid, his partner can make it up for him.

    You can also make special bids known as "The Moon" (see "To the Moon") and "Nil" (see "Nil Annihilator"). However not all games have the option to make these special bids. This is something that is elected in the options when creating a game.

    One player starts out by throwing a card down. Traditional spades has the player holding the two of clubs as the lead, but Hardwood Spades has it rotate in a clockwise fashion. The player may throw down any card he likes, as long as it’s not a spade (until spades are broken for that player). The next player going clockwise then must throw a card of the same suit. After all four people have thrown a card, the player who threw the highest card (with Ace being the best) wins the trick.

    Now if a person does not have any of the lead suit, he has the option of throwing a spade instead, this is called “cutting”. Spades are the boss suit, this means that they are the best and can only be beaten by a higher spade. Once a player “cuts” with a spade the suit is now “broken” for him and they now have the option of leading with a spade if they so choose. The hand goes on for all thirteen tricks which will empty all of the players hands.

    Once the hand is over the tricks are counted and teams get ten points for each trick that they take. The goal is to get as many tricks as was bid and this is where the strategy comes in because you only get points up to the amount of tricks that you bid. For example, if you bid five tricks, and take five tricks, you get credit for the five that you bid on (fifty points). If you bid five tricks and take ten, you still only get credit for the five that you bid. So there is a down side to taking more than you bid, because you’re taking tricks that you don’t get any points for and will actually cost you points. If you take a trick that you did not bid on it is called a “bag”. Once a team collects ten bags they go back one hundred points.

    There is an even bigger downside to taking fewer tricks than you bid on. If you bid five tricks but only take four, then you actually lose fifty points. Aside from working hard to make your own bid, it is also important to try and set your opponents.

    Play continues until a set score is reached, such as two hundred, five hundred, one thousand, etc. Also, if a team does so badly that they reach the negative equivalent of the set score, the game ends and the team with the highest score wins.

    For this achievement, all you need to do is win ten games. This can be done in single player or online matches. As with all of the other achievements, when going for them online, they can be achieved in either ranked or player matches.

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