In Hardwood Spades, a multiplayer card game, you can bid on how many tricks you can take, and then work with your partner to make it happen.

In this card game, the suit of spades rules all. Get an ace of spades in your hand and you're off to a winning start. Here's how to play spades.

Spades is newer than most other popular card games, although its main features-partnerships, bidding, and trumps-derive from older games such as Bid whist, Bridge, Pinochle, and Euchre.

Most families have a tradition when everyone gathers. In the South, that tradition often involves a game of spades. Families have had to get creative to keep these activities going in the pandemic.

Ultimately, the appeal of spades isn’t about the rules or the winning. It’s about being in the moment with your family, unplugged from technology.

Bid whist is the African-American community's grand elder to the common card game "spades." Whist is all about art, style, tradition — and smack talking. It's also a gathering point for friends ...