Duplicate Spades is a format of Spades created by Joe Andrews, a
frequent contributor to SafeHarborGames, and is targeted at the
medium to advanced player. The basic rules of the game follow the
standard partnership format. This document assumes a basic
understanding of how Duplicate Spades is played. See
for details on the game itself.
For the immediate future, a separate lobby will be dedicated to
playing Duplicate Spades Tournaments. The host of a Duplicate Spades tournament
has a custom tool to assist in running the tournament and tracking and
reporting the results. A Duplicate Spades tournament cannot be
implemented without this tool, because it takes advantage of new
functions introduced into the Lobby.
All table assignements
are done by the host. Players do NOT pick which table to play at, since with Duplicate Spades, the assignments
are controlled and set each round as determined by the rules (see "Rotation of Teams"
here).
At the end of each round, the ranking is determined by the final table scores. The
number of points awarded are based on the CURRENT number of tables playing.
See "During the Tournament" how the number of tables can vary during a single tournament.
Tables | Scores | Tables | Scores |
Up to 3 | 5,2,0,0 | 8 | 18,15,12,10 |
4 to 5 | 9.6.3.1 | 9 | 21,18,15,12 |
6 | 12,9,6,3 | 10 | 24,21,18,15,12 |
7 | 15,12,9,6 | 11+ | 28,25,22,19,16 |
When you first enter a lobby that has a Duplicate Spades
Tournament active or when you are in a lobby where a Duplicate
Spades Tournament opens, you will notice several things that are
different from a regular tournament lobby window.
- The lobby is set to chat with no tables showing by default.
You can click on "Show Tables" under the Lobby menu, but players cannot sit at a table, but they can kibbitz a table that is playing a game.
- You will see a Tournament tool bar at the bottom.
|
You will see a Join button as well as the name of the Tournament
you are joining (in this case, "My Duplicate Spades Tournmanent"). |
Before the tournament begins, you can leave a tournament by clicking on the red x at the top right corner of the Blue Box.
When you do this, it will ask for confirmation.
An alternate method of scoring is available on SafeHarborGames, where the individual hand scores are also included in the total scores.