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Spades
A simple trick-taking game for 3-6 players
	The ace of spades; the highest-value card in spades play.
Origin	Whist
Alternative name	Call Bridge
Type	Plain-trick
Players	3-6, usually 4
Skills	Card counting, tactics, communication
Age range	7+
Cards	52
Deck	French-suited
Rank (high→low)	A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2, Spades always trump
Play	Clockwise
Playing time	~8 minutes per hand
Chance	Low to moderate
Related games
	Bid whist • contract bridge

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| named_variant    = <!-- names of variant games that are listed on this page (rules must be different, even if only slightly) -->
| designer         = 
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| date             = <!-- {{Start date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}} -->
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The parameters alt_name, named_variant, designer and publisher have variants alt_names, named_variants, designers and publishers, which simply cause their respective labels to be in the plural form.

Example

{{Infobox card game
| title         = Spades
| subtitle      = A simple trick-taking game for 3-6 players
| image         = Playing card spade A.svg
| image_size    = 150px
| alt           =
| caption       = The [[ace of spades]]; the highest-value card in spades play.
| alt_name      = Call Bridge
| type          = trick-taking
| players       = 3-6, usually 4
| play          = Clockwise
| card_rank     = A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2, Spades always trump
| ages          = 7+
| num_cards     = 52 (51 or 54 for 3 or 6 players, 50 for 5)
| deck          = Anglo-American
| origin        = [[Whist]]
| related       = [[Bid whist]]{{*}}[[contract bridge]]
| playing_time  = ~8 minutes per hand
| random_chance = Low to moderate
| skills        = [[Card counting]], [[Tactic (method)|tactics]], communication
| footnotes     =
}}

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Infobox card game

Infobox for card games.

Template parameters
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	`title` `subject_name`	Name of the card game. Example Go Fish	String	required
Subtitle	`subtitle`	Text below the name of the game.	Content	suggested
Image	`image` `image_link`	no description	File	suggested
Image size, in pixels	`image_size` `imagesize`	no description	Number	optional
Image alt text	`alt`	no description	Content	optional
Image caption	`image_caption` `caption` `caption1`	no description	Content	suggested
Logo	`logo`	no description	File	optional
Logo image size	`logo_size`	no description	Number	optional
Logo alt text	`logo_alt`	no description	Content	optional
Logo caption	`logo_caption` `caption2`	no description	Content	optional
Card back image	`cardback`	no description	File	optional
Card back image size	`cardback_size`	no description	Number	optional
Card back alt text	`cardback_alt`	no description	Content	optional
Card back image caption	`cardback_caption` `caption3`	no description	Content	optional
Origin	`origin`	Either place of origin or game it originated from.	Content	suggested
Alternative names	`alt_names` `alt_name`	no description	Content	suggested
Named variants	`named_variants` `NamedVariants`	Names of variant games listed in the article. Rules must be different, even if only slightly. If only one, use "Named variant".	Content	optional
Named variant	`named_variant`	Name of the variant game listed in the article. Rules must be different, even if only slightly. If multiple, use "Named variants".	Content	optional
Designer	`designer`	If multiple designers, use "Designers".	String	optional
Designers	`designers`	If only one designer, use "Designer".	Content	optional
Publisher	`publisher`	If multiple publishers, use "Publishers".	String	optional
Publishers	`publishers`	If only one publisher, use "Publisher".	Content	optional
Release date	`date`	no description	Date	optional
Type	`type`	no description	Content	optional
Family	`family`	Part of what family of card games?	String	optional
Players	`players`	How many players?	Number	suggested
Skills	`skills`	What skills can help you in this card game? Example [[Card counting]]	Content	optional
Difficulty	`skill`	no description	String	optional
Age range	`ages`	no description Example All	String	optional
Cards	`num_cards`	Number of cards in this card game?	Number	suggested
Deck	`deck`	What deck is used for this card game? Example [[French-suited]]	String	optional
Rank (high→low)	`card_rank`	The rank of cards? Example A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2, Spades always trump	Content	optional
Play	`play`	How is the game played? Example Clockwise	String	optional
Playing time	`playing_time`	no description Example ~8 minutes per hand	Content	optional
Chance	`random_chance` `odds`	Amount of chance in this game? Example Moderate	String	optional
Related games	`related`	List related games here.	Content	optional
Official website	`website` `web`	no description	URL	optional
Footnotes	`footnotes`	Footnotes at the bottom of the infobox. Boxed in green.	Content	optional

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