re: Does anyone play spades?

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I just recently learned that some people play with hand bags and if you acquire 10 you lose 100. I tried to introduce this rule because my BiL is a notrious hedger and was booed mercilessly.

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I've always played like this -- and yeah you gotta do that system or it's too easy. It also adds another dimension to the game about getting the correct number of books.