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Formats

Numbers

2x4

Each player must bid 2 for each 2 in their hand, if none they must bid 4. no NIL or DN.

8 Ball
8 of spades nil’s and picks suit for others to bid.

8 Crazy
For every 8 in your hand you bid 3, if no 8’s you go nil

21
Player with the Ace of spades calls suit to bid. Player with the 2 of spades must nil. If you have both..do both.

49er
Person with the 9 of spades bids nine, everyone else must nil

Before any bid , player with the 6 of spades calls suit to bid, player with the 9 of spades must nil. If you have both, you must do both.

301

Bid reg. Team closest, but UNDER 301 after 8 hands wins. Ok to go over during the game, but must be at or under 301 at the end. Table should be set to 8 hand reg NBN Score none/none

350

Bid 3, 5 or nil

A-I

Ace Game

The player with the Ace of spades bids 2, everyone else bids all their spades.

Ace High, No Low

Player with the Ace of spades bids regular, but tells his/her partner to bid Nil. The other team must bid regular, but NO Nil’s for them.

Aces Choice

The player with the Ace of spades calls the game for that hand.

Aces High

For every Ace, you bid 3. If no aces, bid 1.

Aces Up

Bid 3 for the Ace of Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds. Bid 4 for the Ace of Spades.

Aces Wild

Bid 3 for each ace in hand nil if you have none.

Acey Deucy

Bid 2 for each Ace and 1 for each Deuce in your hand. If none nil.

Accident / Crazy

Player with the Ace of Spades bids 9, the rest must bid Nil.

Agony

Hand 1, everyone bids 1... Hand 2, everyone bids 2

Hand 3, everyone bids 3... Hand 4, everyone bids 4

Hand 5, everyone bids 1... Hand 6, everyone bids 2

Hand 7, everyone bids 3... Hand 8, everyone bids 4

Bakers Dozen

Dealer must bid 4, everyone else bids 3. NO nil or DN.

Bag-em

All players must bid 1, then play normally.

Beating Hearts

Mirror hearts or Nil then crawl (low to high).

Beating of My Heart

Mirror hearts or Nil.

Bidder's Choice 1

First to bid picks Whiz, Crawl, Suicide, Reg, or Mirrors (any suit) for everyone to bid that hand.

Bidder's Choice 2

First to bid picks Whiz, Crawl, Mirrors, Suicde, All NIl, Thrill. Each format can only used ONCE!

Blackout

Everyone bids all his or her black 2’s thru 7’s. Play is normal. Bid is 12.

Blizzard

First bidder and his/her partner always bid red cards. Second bidder and his/her partner always bid black cards. No DN’s. Nil only if you have none of your suit.

Example: 1st partner picks hearts and bids the # of hearts, his/her partner has to bid diamonds. 2nd bidder picks clubs and his/her partner has to bid spades. You have to declare what suit you are bidding on table.

Blood sport

Everyone bids all his or her red 2’s thru 7’s. Play is normal. Bid is 12.

Bloody Hell

Person with the A of spades tells their partner to Nil. The Niller chooses either hearts or diamonds for the rest to mirror.

Bouncing Ball:

1st bidder tells either the 2nd or 4th to bid the same as them; rest bid reg; all bids allowed

Burned

Player with the 2 of spades bids 2, everyone else goes nil.

Buried Alive

King of Spades goes nil, then chooses opp to nil. Rest bid 6 each...NDN...Best 3 of 5 games.

Chance

All players who have 5 or more spades bid 8. Everyone else bids 3.

Chaos (or Dueling Mirrors)

First player bids clubs, second bids diamonds, third bids hearts, fourth bids spades.

Copycat

All players must copy the bid of the first player.

If want bids limited must state at start of game, recommended limit is 4 max bid & either NDN or no minimum bid

Crazy 8

Before any players bid, the person with the 8 of spades calls suit to mirror.

Crazy 8 Foursome

8 hands to be played in total. 1st hand - 8 of clubs chooses mirror suit. 2nd hand - 8 of spades chooses mirror suit. 3rd hand - 8 of diamonds chooses mirror suit. 4th hand- 8 of hearts chooses mirror suit. Repeat on hands 5-8.

Crazy 8 Twisted

Player with the 8 of spades calls the suit to mirror. Once suit is called, you either bid the number of that suit or bid nil. No cards in the called suit you MUST nil.

Crawl

Each player bids 3 then must play lowest to highest, including spades.

Crawl Goulash

1 - Crawl- Each player bids 3 then must play lowest to highest, including spades

2 - Beating Hearts - Mirror hearts or Nil then Crawl (low to high)

3 - Crawlin' Twisted Crazy 8's - The person with the 8 of spades called the suit to mirror, bid that suit or go nil, then crawl.

4 - Crawl Nil - Each player bids 3 or may choose to go nil, then crawl

5 - Crawl Twisted - The person with the Ace of Spades bids 4, all others bid 3. Play lowest to highest, including spades

6 - Crawl Spades - Mirror spades then Crawl (low to high)

7 - Nudist Crawl - Whiz, crawl and strip all in one… bid your spades, play low to high and don’t break or use spades until that’s all you have left.

Crawlin' Twisted Crazy 8's

The person with the 8 of spades called the suit to mirror. Bid that suit or go nil,
then playing low to high in all suits.

Speedy's Crawl Nil

Each player bids 3 or may choose to go nil, then all must play lowest to highest, including spades.

Crawl Twisted

The person with the Ace of Spades bids 4, all others bid 3. Play lowest to highest, including spades.

Crazy Jacks

Bid 3 for every Jack you have. No Jacks, must nil.

Crazy Queens

Any player with a queen must bid nil, all others bid spades. If you have spades, you can not nil. Play it as best 2 of 3 or best 3 of 5.

Da Man

Person with the King of spades nils, everyone else bids regular.

Dancing Waves

Bid regular; then play Reverse Crawl (high to low).

Daredevil

Bid is regular. First team to take a trick loses.

Dazed and Confused

Player with the 2 of spades goes nil, player with the 5 of spades calls a different suit for each remaining player to mirror.

Dealers Choice

A different game is called each hand. *If you don't want certain formats played and/or a limit to the formats - this must be stated in advertisement and beginning of game.* Same format can be played more than once!

Dealer Picks Niller

The dealer picks any player to bid nil. The rest bid their spades.

Destination Zero / Absolute Zero / Target Zero

Closest to zero at the end of 6 hands is the winner (closest can be over or under 0), bid regular with a max of 4, ndn.

Deuce

Player with the 2 of spades bids 2, everyone else bids regular.

Dirty Spades

First bidder calls the suit to mirror.

Dirty Whiz

First bidder calls suit to mirror. Bid it, or nil.

Ditto

Second bidder must bid the same as first bidder; fourth bidder bids same as third bidder. Bid is regular.

Double Dip

If you have the Ace of Hearts, you bid 4, all other players bid 2. Total bid is always 10.

Double Nil

All players bid double nil. *If a player on each team looks at cards, it will be an automatic wash. Players need to reseat, then proceed with the number of games still to be played.*

Double Nil Flip

First hand is Suicide, second hand is double nil suicide ( 1 partner DN’s and 1 partner bids. ) Hands alternate between the two.

Double Nil Suicide

One member of each team must bid double nil. The other team member bids regular.

Duck to Donald

Player who has the Ace of Spades tells his partner ( known as "Donald" ) to Nil. Donald then chooses one of his opponents to Nil. Others bid regular.

Dr. Pepper

Bid 1 for each 2, 4 and 10 in your hand in all suits. If none then bid nil.

Excalibur

First 2 bidders bid DN, last 2 bidders bid Nil. Best 3 out of 5 hands wins.

Executioner

First bidder in the partnership either nils or bids reg. If they nil - their
partner bids reg; if they bid - their partner dn's.

Face Off / Bid your Faces

All players bid only face cards (K’s Q’s J’s) bid is always 12.

Fire

1st and 4th bidders mirror hearts, 2nd and 3rd bidders mirror diamonds.

Five Heartbeats

Person holding 5 of Heart bids 5 the rest bid Regular.

Flip/Flop

First hand Suicide; 2nd hand Mirrors. Then the rest of the game flip/flops between the two. Eight hand limit.

Four No More

Bid 4, Nil or Dn..it’s your only choices.

Frill

Bid 4 or Nil. Those are your only two choices.

Frizz

Bid 4 , Nil, DN, or bid your spades.

Frizzicide

One pard must bid 4, spades, or nil/bn. Other pard must bid nil/bn.

From Diamonds to Nilo

Bidder 1- mirror diamonds, bidder 2- mirror diamonds, bidder 3- nil or DN, bidder 4- mirror diamonds.

Game Of Risk

The dealer chooses an opp to bid either DN, Nil, 1, 2, 3 or 4, that opp then chooses a opp to bid the same as they did, the player left must bid their spades. DN is allowed.

Greedy Dealer

First bidder bids the suit he/she has the most of and tells the others to bid that suit. If there is a tie in the suits, he/she may pick either one.

Grrr

Bids regular, player taking first trick of hand must nil next hand.

Guillotine

First 2 players must bid nil, last 2 players must bid total of spades between you and your partner. 3 hand limit, best 2 out of 3 games.

Ham’s Savings

Two of spades goes Nil and picks one opponent to Nil. Rest bid regular.

Hang’em High

Bid 3 for the J, Q, K of spades, bid 4 if you have the ace of spades. If you have none, go nil.

Hangman

Player with the K of spades bids Nil, then calls on an opponent to bid Nil. That player in turn calls suit to mirror.

Hawaii 5-0

First player bids 5, second bids 5, third bids nil and the fourth bids nil. NO dn

Headache

Bid regular, but person with the Q of spades must nil.

High Rollers

For each Ace you have, you bid 3. No Ace, bid Nil. Bid is always 12.

Insane

One partner must bid nil, the other must bid diamonds.

Insanity

Bid the number of spades in your hand then play lowest to highest in all suits. You cannot play spades until that is all that is left in your hand and you must then play them lowest to highest.

Intimidator

Hand 1 "Warmin Up"- Mirror Diamonds, must bid your diamonds.

Hand 2 "Turbo"- Suicide, one pard must go nil.

Hand 3 "Into The Pits" - Mirrorcide, one pard must bid spades the other must nil/DN.

Hand 4 "Runnin The Track"- Reg, all bids.

Hand 5 "Bump-to-Pass"- Bid your Hearts.

Hand 6 "Nitro"- Everyone must NIL.

Hand 7 "Yellow Flag" - Reflections, bid must be same for both pards.

Hand 8 "Winner's Circle" - Naughty Mirrors, Person with 3 of Spades chooses suit to mirror.

J-S

Jack

J of Diamonds goes nil, all others bid reg.

Jack Be Nimble

Team with the Jack of Diamonds must bid a total of 7, the other team bids 6. Bid is always 13.

Jamzz Reg

Bid the number of tricks you think you can make…but team bid must be at least 4, with no nil or DN.

Ketchup

First hand only, all bid REG. Then First Bidder of the team that is behind in score chooses next hand format from the following: Frizz, Whiz, Suicide or Crawl.

Kiss of Death

Everyone must bid 4.

Laughter

Players with a one-eyed Jack must bid nil, all others must bid spades. One–eyed Jacks are hearts and spades.

Little Angel

Bid 3 for every Queen in your hand. If no Queens go Nil.

Lose It

Everyone must bid 3 then try to set. Lowest score wins.

Low Ball

Bid regular; play lowest to highest in all suits.

Market Place

Get your bids here. One per customer!!! We have 4 bids available; 1, 2, 3, & 5. 1st bidder gets his/her choice. 2nd bidder gets choice of 3 bids remaining. 3rd bidder has choice of 2 bids remaining. Last bidder gets leftovers…lol. Bid is always 11.

MILKY WAY:

Hand 1: Mirror Spades

Hand 2: J of Diamond tells Everyone what suit to bid (can be different suits or same)

Hand 3: 1st bidder bids 2, 2nd bidder bids 3, 3rd bidder bids 4, 4th bidder bids 5.

Hand 4: Mirror Hearts, play Strip

Hand 5:Bid 5 or Nil

Hand 6: All bid Nil.

Mission Impossible

1st hand all bid 1, 2nd hand all bid 2, 3rd hand all bid 3, 4th hand all bid Nil. Repeat if necessary!

Mirrorcide

One player on each team must bid nil, the other bids spades. DN is allowed.

Mirrors

All players bid the number of spades in their hand. Bid is always 13. No DN’s

Mirrors - Clubs

All players bid the number of clubs in their hand. Bid is always 13. No DN’s.

Mirrors - Diamonds

All players bid the number of diamonds in their hand. Bid is always 13. No DN’s

Mirrors - Hearts

All players bid the number of hearts in their hand. Bid is always 13. No DN’s.

Moo

All players bid clubs and play to lose. Low score wins.

Murder

One partner must bid nil. Other bids regular. Play lowest to highest all the way through.

Nil/Double Nil

One partner must bid Nil, the other must bid DN.

Nil for All

Everyone bids Nil.

Nil for me Baby

First bidder must Nil. Everyone else must bid 4. Bid is always 12.

Niner

Player with the 9 of Spades must Nil, others must bid regular.

Normal

Bid the tricks you think you can make BUT, you must bid a minimum of 2. No nil, no DN

Nudist Crawl

Whiz, crawl and strip all in one… bid your spades, play low to high and don’t break or use spades until that’s all you have left.

Old Maid

The player with the Queen of Spades must nil, all others must bid regular mirrors.

One is the Loneliest Number

First bidder bids 1, everyone else bids 4. Total bid is 13.

One Eyed Jack

The player or players with the one eyed Jacks (hearts or spades) must bid nil, everyone else bids 2.

Opposites Attract

1st bidder chooses suit for own team to mirror, opponents must mirror opposite suit of same color.

Out on a limb Naked

Everyone must bid DN then play strip. 3 hand limit - 2 out of 3 games wins.

Pack Your Bags

Each player bids 2, first team to bag out wins. If both teams bag out at the same time, team with most bags wins. Played best 2 out of 3 wins.

Pitch Black

Person with the A of spades tells their partner to Nil. The niller then chooses clubs or spades for the rest to mirror

Prediction

1st hand bid whiz, the person with the last card on 1st hand picks the suit to mirror for the next hand BEFORE playing last card. Repeat for each hand.

Pressure

You must trump if out of a suit, even if it’s your partners trick. Bid is regular.

Progression

Bid one higher than bidder before you. * 1st bidder bids no higher than 2 - total bid of all 4 players can only be as high as 14 *

Psycho

1st & 2nd players bid Nil or DN -- 3rd & 4th players bid regular.

Quicksand

Six hand format. One key hand, the first one. First hand only, everyone bids nil. Hand 2-6 regular spades with no Nils.

Rainbow

1st & 5th Hands- all players bid diamonds; 2nd & 6th Hands- all players bid clubs; 3rd & 7th Hands- all player bid hearts; 4th & 8th Hands- all players bid spades.

Red A’s

Player with the Ace of hearts chooses another player to nil (may choose self). Player with the Ace of diamonds chooses suit to mirror that hand. If you have both - do both.

Red's Madness

Must play all RED cards BEFORE black cards can be played, bid regular, dn allowed.

Reflection

Bid the same as your partner.

Regular

Bid the number of tricks you think you will make. Nils are allowed, DN’s are optional.

Reverse Crawl

Everyone bids 3 and play highest to lowest in all suits.

Reverse Crawl Spades

Bid spades and reverse crawl (high to low).

Reverse Mirrors

Bid diamonds.

Running the Gauntlet Naked

First bidder bids diamonds, second bids clubs, third bids hearts, last bids spades…then all Strip.

Sadistic

One partner must nil, the other partner must bid 1.

Sadistic Suicide

One partner must go NIL or DOUBLE NIL the other partner must bid 1.

Salty Waters

Bidders 1 and 2 bid clubs, Bidders 3 and 4 must Nil.

Saturday Special

First bidder picks the format. Choices are suicide, mirrors, or reg spades. DN’s are allowed.

Screwed

Played like regular spades but the last one to bid has to bid enough to make total bid reach 13.

7 Deadly Sins

A mixture of other formats:

1st Hand: Greed (all bid 4) ;

2nd Hand: Gluttony - bag em (all bid 1) ;

3rd Hand: Sloth - Bid same as your pard ;

4th Hand: Lust - bid hearts and strip (u only can play your spades when no other suit) ;

5th Hand: Pride - Mirrors ;

6th Hand: Envy - 7 of spades picks suit to mirror;

7th Hand: Anger- All Nil!

Seven up

Each team’s total bid must equal 7.

Seven Up-side
One partner bids 7, the other bids nil.

Shattered Crawl

Bid 3, play to lose..play low to high....low score wins.

Shatter'Em

Bid 1, play to lose.

Shattered Face Off

Bid 1 for EACH Face Card (J Q K - not aces) No Faces - go Nil. LOWEST SCORE WINS.

Shattered Hearts

Everyone bids their hearts, if no hearts you must nil, lowest score wins.

Shattered Mirrors

Everyone bids spades, if you have no spades bid Nil. Lowest score wins.

Shattered Pressure

Bid Spades. Can only nil if NO spades. Must trump if out of suit even if it's your p's trick. Lowest score wins.

Shovels

Person with 2 or more spades must bid 2, if less than 2 - bid regular.

Sirens

Players must bid 3, if out of a suit you must spade, even if your partner has the trick.

Sonic

Everyone bids 3, then play red cards like crawl from lowest to highest , play black cards like reverse crawl highest to lowest

Spastic

1st and 4th players bid their hearts, 2nd and 3rd players bid clubs.

Speedy's Crawl Nil

Each player bids 3 or may choose to go nil, then all must play lowest to highest, including spades.

Strip

Bid reg, but you can't break spades until that is all that is left in your hand.

Succession

First bidder bids 1, second bidder bids 2, third bidder bids 3, fourth bidder bids 4.

Suicide

One player on each team must nil the other bids reg . DN Is allowed (if you don't want this, be sure to put in addy). Both teamies may nil.

Sunken 3

If you have a 3, your partner has to bid nil. If you BOTH have a 3 you BOTH Nil! If no 3's, bid regular.

Suits Me

First bidder picks one of the four suits to mirror, second bidder picks one of the three remaining suits, third bidder picks between the two remaining suits, fourth bidder mirrors the suit that is left.

Swamp

Bid 3, 4, or nil.

T-Z

TakeOver

Bid your spades. You must play over any card on the table even if its your partners. If you are out of a suit you must trump. If trump is on the table you have to trump over the highest card if you have it. Team with the Lowest Score wins.

Tell Me, Tell Me

Everyone announces how many spades they have. The team with the most spades bids 4 each, other team bids 2 each. Bid will be 12.

Terminal

Bid regular. The team that takes the last trick of the hand loses; play best 3 out of 5.

Three Blind Mice

Third bidder nils, all others bid 3. Bid will be 9.

Three For All

Everyone bids 3. Bid will be 12.

Three ‘n’ 0

The person holding the 3 of spades tells his partner to nil (no DN’s) and everyone else bid 3. Bid will be 9.

Thrill

Bid 3 or nil NBN

Thrizz

Bid 3, spades, or nil/bn

Trickless

Every hand each player bids one less spade than they have in their hand. One or no spades in your hand you must go nil.

Triple The Fun

1st bidder bids regular, 3rd and 4th bidder must bid whatever the 2nd bidder bids.

Trouble in Paradise

Dealer calls suit to mirror, and then dealer must go nil.

Truth or Dare

First bidder picks suicide or mirrors.

Twisted Crawl

The person with the Ace of Spades bids 4, all others bid 3. Total will always be 13. Then play lowest to highest, including spades.

Twisted Crazy 8's

Player with the 8 of spades calls the suit to mirror. Bid that suit or nil.

Twisted Crazy 8 Foursome

1. 8 of clubs picks suit to mirror, bid suit or Nil;

2. 8 of spades picks suit to mirror, bid suit or Nil;

3. 8 of diamonds picks suit to mirror, bid suit or Nil;

4. 8 of hearts picks suit to mirror, bid suit or Nil;

5th thru 8th hands, follow directions on first 4 hands

Twisted Kiss of Death

Player with the 9 of spades must bid nil, all others must bid 4.

Twisted Spades

First hand is suicide, second hand is reflections (bid the same as your partner) . Alternate the 2 formats.

Twisted Strip

Bid spades or go nil, but you can't break spades until thats all you have left.

Twisted Suicide

The first two players Nil or DN. Next two bid regular. All must agree to play 4 hands.

Twister's Reflective Suicide

Bidders 1 & 2 must bid the same. 3 and 4 must bid the same. The format is suicide so either 1 & 3 or 2 & 4 must Nil or DN.

Vanity

Bid SPADES, but you can't break spades until that is all that is left in your hand.

Watchin’ daFire in daMirror

Hand 1…mirror diamonds;

Hand 2….mirror clubs;

Hand 3…mirror hearts;
Hand 4…mirror spades;

Hand 5…mirror spades;

Hand 6…mirror hearts;
Hand 7….mirror clubs;

Hand 8…mirror diamonds.

Whispers

Tell the person to your left what suit to bid, if they have none they must nil.

Whiz

Bid spades or nil.

Whiz Weg

Odd hands, bid whiz. Even hands bid regular spades.

Wicked

The person with the ace of spades picks their p to go nil, the person that goes nil picks an opponent to go nil. All others bid reg.

Wicked Strip

The person with the Ace of spades tells their p to nil. The player who nils picks the opp who nils. Spades can not be broken until that is all you have left. If you are not niling - bid spades.

Wicked Whiz

Dealer calls suit to mirror. You may nil even if you have cards in that suit. If you have no cards in that suit, you must nil. NDN.

Winners Choice

First hand bids whiz, the team that wins each hand chooses the format for the next hand.

Winner Takes All

First hand first bidder bids 13, everyone else bids DN. Played best 2/3 or more, each game manually designate a different player to be the 13 bidder first.

Wishing on a Three

The person holding the 3 of hearts tells one of his opponents to nil, everyone else bids regular. Nils and Dn’s are allowed.

Without a Queen We Are Lost

If you have a queen in your hand, bid regular. If you don’t have a queen, you must nil..no DN’s.

WooHoo

First Bidder looks at cards if has ace of spades shouts 'WooHoo' and everyone else must bid nil, If doesn't have ace of spades then they call 'BooHoo' and they must nil. None nils bid reg.

Zero

Team closest to zero after 6 hands wins (can be over or under).