Black Belt Spades

Earn Your Rank
At The Table.

A community built around mastery of the game — monthly meetups, quarterly live tournaments, and an online club on Trickster Cards.

Monthly
Live Meetups
Quarterly
Tournaments
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Online Club
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§ IWhat We Do

Three Tables.
One Discipline.

01

Monthly Meetups

Real cards, real felt, real opponents. We gather once a month for table-side play, coaching, and rivalry.

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02

Quarterly Tournaments

Four times a year we crown a champion. Bracket play, ranked seeding, and a belt on the line.

Watch the Build-Up
03

Online Club

Train between meetups. Our private club on Trickster Cards runs nightly games against members worldwide.

Join on Trickster
§ IIScorecard

Track Every Trick.

A clean, tournament-ready scorecard built for live play. Keep score across bids, bags, and nils — no pen required.

Black Belt Spades scorecard preview showing team score, bids, and bags
§ IIIRules & Variations

The Rulebook.

Six ways the game gets played. Tap a row to study the format — then bring it to the table.

Standard partnership spades. Bid the number of tricks your team will take. Spades are always trump and cannot be led until broken.

  • 13 cards each, dealt clockwise
  • Bid in turn starting left of dealer; team bids combine
  • Make your bid → 10 pts per trick. Miss → -10 per bid trick
  • Overtricks (sandbags) = +1 each; 10 bags = -100
  • First to 500 wins
§ IVLearn to Play

From White Belt
to Black.

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