

This fudge in the scoring defeats the purpose of my French Tarot reform: to make it easier to remember (or at least derive) the multiple goals. To make the honours score twice in this version, I'd have to make the honours worth 16 points, but keep the objective at 55 points!

The declarer simply has win more than half of the points in the deck, 55 points. Honours: 10 (six points more than their original value) My initial "reform" was as follows: Each card is worth the following number of points: So in French Tarot, honours are actually scored twice: In card points and in victory points! However, with the idea of a single goal of 56 card points, my difference between card points won and goal would be zero! So my difference between card points won and goal would be 56 - 36 = 20. With French Tarot scoring, I needed 36 points to win. Suppose I won 56 card points in tricks, which includes the three honours. I made a mistake in the "difference between card points won and goal" part.

In French Tarot, you get to use this fancy formula: Here's the mistake, or rather, my oversight. 111 / 2 = 55.5 or 56 rounded up, and that's how that value of 56 was derived. But with this bonus, there are actually 111 card points in the deck (91 + 20 ). I reasoned that you can rethink the goal as follows: The declarer needs to win 56 card points, but gets an additional bonus if they win honours in tricks the bonus for winning three honours is 20 card points (56 - 36 = 20). In French Tarot, the declarer wins the hand if they win at least a number of card points in tricks this number varies depending on the number of honours (21-trump, 1-trump, or excuse) that they won:
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In Untested variants of sacred cows to compensate for my card playing deficiencies I proposed a French Tarot variant that simplified how to determine if the declarer won their contract (and added partnership contracts).
