32-hand Barbu

Normally, the structure of Barbu is 28 hands...

However, some versions of Barbu include the contract No Men, where the
object is to avoid Kings and Jacks.

This means that the scores of some other contracts need to be
restructured to preserve the zero sum feature.

Here are three such scoring options that do keep the zero sum, with #3
being the most drastic.

Scoring Structure #1:
No Hearts: -8 for Ah, -4 for Kh,Qh and Jh, -2 for all other h
Barbu: -20 for Kh (no change)
Misere/Nullo: -2 per trick (no change)
No Queens: -6 per Q (no change)
No Last Two [Tricks]: -10/t12, -20/t13 (no change)
No Kings or Jacks: -4 per K, -4 per J
Trumps: +5 per trick (no change)
Fantan/Dominoes: +55 1st, +30 2nd, +15 3rd, +5 last

Scoring Structure #2:
No Hearts: -6 for Ah, -2 for all other h (no change)
Barbu: -20 for Kh (no change)
Misere/Nullo: -2 per trick (no change)
No Queens: -8 per Q
No Last Two [Tricks]: -10/t12, -20/t13 (no change)
No Kings or Jacks: -4 per K, -4 per J
Trumps: +5 per trick (no change)
Fantan/Dominoes: +55 1st, +30 2nd, +15 3rd, +5 last

Scoring Structure #3:
No Hearts: -6 for Ah, -2 for all other h (no change)
Barbu: -25 for Kh
Misere/Nullo: -3 per trick
No Queens: -5 per Q
No Last Two [Tricks]: -15/t12, -30/t13
No Kings or Jacks: -3 per K, -3 per J
Trumps: +6 per trick
Fantan/Dominoes: +55 1st, +30 2nd, +15 3rd, +5 last

There could be many more scoring schedules, but #2 in this list keeps
much of the original 28-hand scoring intact, impacting only queens and
dominoes.

Nick

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