Even More Spades Variations

1. REGULAR ROYALTY - BID 1 FOR EACH KING, QUEEN, AND JACK IN YOUR HAND ( TOTAL TABLE BID 12 ). DO NOT BID ACES. IF NO K,Q,J, YOU MUST NIL.

2. HIGH ROYALTY - BID 1 FOR EACH ACE, KING, AND QUEEN IN YOUR HAND. DO NOT BID JACKS. IF NO A-K-Q, YOU MUST NIL.

3. ODDS AND EVENS - ON ODD HANDS (1,3,5,7), ONLY EVEN BIDS ARE ALLOWED. ON EVEN HANDS (2,4,6,8), ONLY EVEN BIDS ARE ALLOWED. SINCE NIL IS CONSIDERED EVEN... IT CAN ONLY BE BID ON EVEN HANDS, NO ODS ALLOWED.

4. MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE - THE LAST PERSON TO BID MUST MAKE THE TABLE BID EQUAL 13. (EX: IF BIDDER 1 BIDS 3, AND BIDDER 2 BIDS 2, AND BIDDER 3 NILS.... THEN BIDDER 4 MUST BID 8). NO ODS ALLOWED.

5. FOLLOW THE LEADER - ALL BIDDERS MUST BID THE SAME AS THE FIRST BID. NO NILS OR ODS ALLOWED.

6. DOUBLE TROUBLE - BID TWICE WHAT YOUR PARTNER BIDS. IF HE BIDS 2, YOU MUST BID 4, ETC. NO NILS OR ODS ALLOWED.

7. BLACK JACKS - IF YOU HAVE ONE OR BOTH BLACK JACKS, YOU MUST NIL. ALL OTHERS BID REGULAR. NO ODS ALLOWED.

8. SUICIDE MIRRORS - ONE PARTNER NILS, THE OTHER BIDS THE NUMBER OF SPADES IN THEIR HAND. NO ODS ALLOWED.

9. CRAZY MIRRORS - FIRST HAND, BID YOUR SPADES --- SECOND HAND BID YOUR HEARTS --- THIRD HAND BID YOUR CLUBS --- FOURTH HAND BID YOUR DIAMONDS --- REPEAT FOR HANDS 5-8

10. OLD MAID (regular) - PERSON WITH THE QUEEN OF SPADES MUST NIL. ALL OTHERS BID REGULAR. NO ODS ALLOWED.

11. 8-BALL - TOTAL TABLE BID MUST EQUAL 8. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. NO ODS ALLOWED.

12. BASEBALL SPADES - HAND 1 - ALL BID 1 --- HAND 2 - ALL BID 2 --- HAND 3 - ALL BID 3 --- HAND 4 - ALL BID 4 --- HAND 5 - ALL MUST NIL --- THIS GAME IS A 5 HAND LIMIT GAME.

13. CURSE OF THE 7 - IF YOU HAVE THE 7 OF SPADES, YOU MUST NIL. ALL OTHERS BID REGULAR. NO ODS ALLOWED.

14. JACKAZZ - IF YOU HAVE THE JACK OF SPADES, YOU MUST NIL. ALL OTHERS BID REGULAR. NO ODS ALLOWED.

15. JINXED - PLAYED AS REGULAR SPADES, EXCEPT... IF YOU HAVE 5 OR MORE SPADES, YOU MUST BID 8. NO ODS ALLOWED.

16. PSYCHIC SPADES - THE FIRST BIDDER PICKS ONE OF THE OTHER 3 TO NIL. THEY CAN NOT PICK THEMSELF. ONLY 1 NIL PER TABLE. ALL OTHERS BID REGULAR.

17. KISS OF DEATH - PLAYER WITH THE 9 OF SPADES MUST NIL. ALL OTHERS BID REGULAR. NO ODS ALLOWED.

18. LAST MAN DEAD - PLAYED AS REGULAR SPADES, EXCEPT... THE LAST PERSON TO BID MUST BID NIL. NO ODS ALLOWED.

19. TRUTH OR DARE - THE FIRST PERSON TO BID, PICKS TRUTH OR DARE. TRUTH IS MIRRORS, DARE IS SUICIDE.

20. WOODEN NICKEL - PERSON WITH THE 5 OF SPADES MUST NIL... ALL OTHERS BID REGULAR. NO ODS ALLOWED.