Timeline for Can you trump the first trick in Spades?
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| Sep 27, 2018 at 9:51 | comment | added | Cohensius | Those days, when most of the games are played online, the fact that this house rule is not in any of the big spades app, means it is extremely uncommon. Those apps offer so many variations, but do not offer this rule. | |
| Sep 5, 2014 at 4:14 | comment | added | jpmc26 | Also, I did go over the rules at the beginning; one player needed a refresher. I didn't mention it, and no one else did, either. | |
| Sep 4, 2014 at 18:40 | comment | added | jpmc26 | Fully aware of the "no one was really right or wrong." I think one player may have been confusing the rule with Hearts (where it's pretty common that you're not allowed to play points the first round, at least in my experience). Just trying to get an idea if this is completely out of left field or not. | |
| Sep 4, 2014 at 18:38 | vote | accept | jpmc26 | ||
| Sep 4, 2014 at 16:50 | history | edited | Cascabel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 4, 2014 at 16:48 | comment | added | Cascabel | @Rainbolt Okay, I'll revise again. But while it's certainly uncommon as a rule that gets written down, I don't think either of us know exactly how common or uncommon it is - at the very least, it's used by the OP's family, a lot of people I know (who don't know each other), and some people that Carl Witthoft knows. And no, obviously they weren't aware there was a rule disagreement ahead of time - but I think I pretty clearly said no one was right or wrong. | |
| Sep 4, 2014 at 16:01 | comment | added | Rainbolt | I just wanted to break the misconception that it's a common house rule in Spades, because it isn't. I can't find a single online Spades game that allows this. I know it's important to make the rules clear, but I'm not sure you can squash house rules that you didn't know existed to begin with. | |
| Sep 4, 2014 at 15:46 | comment | added | Cascabel | @Rainbolt Right, thought it said "break". Oh well, the rest of it pretty much still applies. | |
| Sep 4, 2014 at 15:46 | history | edited | Cascabel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 4, 2014 at 13:51 | comment | added | Rainbolt | I think you misunderstood the Wikipedia article. I found "Another common variant rule, also borrowed from Hearts, is that a player cannot lead Spades in the first trick." and also "Other players can play any card except Spades on the first trick. [...] This rule is borrowed from a common variation of Hearts rules." The first rule doesn't apply here, and the second is common in Hearts, not Spades. This rule is definitely not a common house rule, but possibly is mistaken for one since it is common in Hearts. | |
| Sep 4, 2014 at 5:51 | history | answered | Cascabel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |