Terms of use

Last updated October 29, 2026. These are the house rules for Spades Arena. By making an account or playing, you agree to them.

Who can play

You must be 13 or older to make an account. If you're under 18, ask a parent or guardian first.

Your account

• One account per person. Keep your password to yourself; you're responsible for what happens on your account.
• Usernames are public and must be family friendly. We may change or remove a username that isn't.
• Profile photos are public too. Use a photo of yourself or something you have the right to use: no nudity, violence, hate, ads, or pictures of other people without their okay. We may remove a photo that breaks these rules, and suspend accounts that keep posting them.

Fair play

• No cheating: don't share your cards with other players outside the game, use bots or scripts, or play against yourself with a second account.
• No throwing games or teaming up to boost someone's rank.
• No harassment, hate or threats toward other players.
• Don't try to break, overload or exploit the site. If you find a bug, tell us.

If you break these rules we may reset your stats, take you off the leaderboard, or close your account.

Ranks, the Preseason and prizes

• Spades Arena is free. There's no betting or gambling, and rank points, badges and ranks have no cash value.
• We're in the Preseason: we may change how ranks and points work, and we may reset the board when Season 1 starts. Founder badges stay.
• Leaving a game before it ends counts as a loss.

Events, invites and rewards

• Events like the Thanksgiving Knockout are free to enter. Prizes are badges, share cards and bragging rights, with no cash value. We may change the time or format of an event, or cancel it, if we have to.
• At events, computer players fill empty seats and are always labeled as computers. If you don't check in on time, you sit out.
• Invite rewards (like the Partner card back) are for inviting real people. Rewards earned with extra accounts, shared devices or games set up to farm them may be removed.
• Card backs and other looks never change how a game plays.

The service

We're building Spades Arena as we go, so features will change. Updates to the site can end games in progress. Spades Arena is provided as is, without warranties, and to the extent the law allows we aren't liable for lost games, points or data. We'll update these terms before adding anything you can buy, and post the new date here.

Contact

Questions or problems? Email hello@spadesarena.com.