Rules for Sparts

Objective: Take the most number of points.

Setup:

1. For three players, deal all cards. Each player will have 17 cards.
There will be a one card blind.
2. For four or more players, use the entire deck. Deal all cards. Each
player will have 13 cards.
3. For five or more players, deal a blind of the remaining cards.

Play:

1. For 3 to 5 players, Pass 3 cards left, right, across, skip left, skip
right, etc. as applicable.
2. For 6 players, pass only 2 cards left, right, across, skip left, skip
right, etc. as applicable.
3. Each player, starting from the left of the dealer bids on the number
of tricks he will take.
4. The total of the bids cannot equal the total number of tricks.
5. The first lead of the game is from the player with the lowest club.
6. Hearts cannot be lead, until a heart is played.
7. Spades cannot be lead, until a spade is played.
8. If neither hearts nor spades have been played and the player with the
lead has only hearts and/or spades, he may lead either hearts or spades.
9. Play proceeds in a clockwise direction.
10. Each player must follow suit.
11. If a player is void of the suit lead, he may play any other suit.
12. Spades are trump. Highest spade played on any trick, wins the trick.
13. The Queen of Spades is both a heart and a spade and can be played on
any trick as a trump card.
14. The blind is "awarded" to the winner of the first trick with a heart.
15. While hands may be traded prior to the bid, there will be no partial
trades, at any time!


Scoring: