Spades Duel · 1v1
Play Spades one on one against a bot or a friend, free in your browser. Spades Duel is the classic two-player game: no deal and no partner. You build your own 13 cards from the stock, keeping or discarding as you go, then bid and play 13 tricks with nobody to blame but yourself. When you are ready, queue for a ranked duel.
Yes. Spades is usually four players in two partnerships, so a two-player game needs a different deal. In the traditional two-player version, which Spades Duel plays, there is no deal: you take turns drawing from a face-down stock, keeping one card and discarding one each turn, until you both hold 13. Then 13 tricks are played. Traditional 2-player Spades rules
Choose a duel
Join the queue to find another waiting player. The online queue adds a bot if no opponent joins within 20 seconds; it does not guarantee a similar rank. You build your own hand, then bid and play without a partner.
Duel onlineThe computer never minds a slow decision, which makes it the place to practise picking a hand from the stock, bidding and managing trump. As a guest nothing is saved and no profile rewards are earned; sign in to keep your progress.
Duel a botOpen a room and send it to one person. Nothing is dealt until you both sit down, which makes it the mode for a rivalry rather than a queue.
Open a private duelSee the game board, controls and moves on a mobile screen.
Side by side
| Mode | Players | Your opponent | Wait to start | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1v1 Online | 2 | A waiting player; bot fallback | Up to 20 seconds to find a player | Climbing the ladder |
| 1v1 vs Bot | 2 | The computer | None | Learning, or a quick duel |
| 1v1 Private Room | 2 | Whoever you invite | You decide | A rivalry with one person |
Completed matches played with an account can award XP, coins and LP: +20 LP for a win and −16 for a loss, with LP floored at zero. Guest practice saves no results and awards no profile rewards. Check the selected mode’s entry cost before joining.
Questions
Spades Duel plays the traditional two-player rules. There is no deal: you and your opponent take turns at a face-down stock. On your turn you look at the top card and either keep it and discard the next, or discard it and keep the next. When the stock runs out you each hold 13 cards, then you bid and play 13 tricks, one card against one, with spades as trumps.
It is a separate game here, with its own lobby and its own queue. Spades are trumps, and the tricks and each hand's score work as in the four-player game, but there is no Blind Nil and a game is played to 300 points, not 500. The strategy is different too, because you build your own hand and there is no partner to cover a bad bid.
Yes, when you finish a supported match while signed in. A win adds 20 LP and a loss subtracts 16, with a minimum of zero LP. Guest practice and solo practice do not award profile XP or LP and do not save match results.
Yes. Open a private duel room and send it to them; nothing starts until you are both at the table.
Not to practise. Press Play now at the top of this page and a duel against a bot starts right away, with no account; nothing from that game is saved. Duels against people, coins and rank need a free account, which takes a minute with email, Google or Facebook.
No. Every mode is free, and a new account starts with 100,000 coins.
Before you sit down
One-on-one punishes an overbid immediately. These are the pages worth ten minutes before your first ranked duel.
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Three ways to play head to head. The lobby opens on Spades 1v1 and every mode is one click away.
