Is it just me or is 100 points for a nil way too much?
This may come off as just salty and whining but I'm okay with that. My household loves to play spades but I've since moved away and haven't been able to play as much so I've been playing on Spades+. When I was growing up, we didn't use nil, and now when I go on Spades+ it's something I have to work around. I knew it was always a game mechanic, we just didn't use it. I feel like once it comes into play, the game becomes a whole lot more about playing around the nil than the actual strategy of the game which is so much more fun and interesting. I don't think I'd mind it as much if it didn't reward 100 points, which makes it kind of stupid to not go for in a lot of scenarios. When I play Spades+ at least half of the games have a nil bid and it's like not playing the same game. I know the old advice "make them win a book" but it's not that easy in practice for me and I feel like it ruins the game experience. What do you guys think?