Diamond Spaders · New player guide

How to Play in a Diamonds Tournament

Four quick steps from download to your first table. All tour times are Eastern (ET).

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Install Hardwood Spades

Free to play · this is where every tour is played
Hardwood Spades game in progress with BluAngel1950, SILK ROLLZ and Im_Already_Gone
Hardwood Spades Diamonds Spaders game room with the TD running a tour in chat

Install the game, open it, and create your Hardwood account. Remember your username — you will use the same name on MyLeague.

Join Diamond Spaders

Our league lives on MyLeague.com · free
  1. Open the Diamond Spaders league page.
  2. Click FREE Sign Up (top menu) to open the “Join diamondspaders” form.
  3. Pick a Username — use the same name you use in Hardwood Spades so the TDs can find you.
  4. Enter a password (min 8 characters, letters & numbers), your birthday and email, then click Join MyLeague and finish the second step.

Register for a tour

Sign up before the start time · times are Eastern (ET)
  1. Go to diamondspaders.online. Upcoming tours are listed with their start time, format (CUT, SINGLES, PARDS…) and TD.
  2. Click JOIN next to the tour you want. It opens that tour on MyLeague (log in if asked).
  3. Click (Register) before the start time.
  4. If the tour shows a check-in, check in as soon as it opens.

Instructions for play

Short & practical
  1. Be online in Hardwood Spades a few minutes before start time, logged in with the same username you registered with.
  2. Go to Multiplayer and head to the DiamondSpaders game room / tournament lobby.
  3. Follow TD instructions. Do not set a table or sit at a table until you are told to do so.

Questions? Ask the tour’s TD or a league admin on the league page.

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