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Call break score card
Three rules, one worked game, and the reason a single greedy call can undo three careful rounds.
Three rules decide every round. Make your call exactly, score the call. Beat it, score the call plus 0.1 for each extra trick. Miss it, lose the whole call.
Enter the five rounds below and the sheet applies all three for you.
The call break score calculator
Four players, five rounds. Enter each player's call and the tricks they actually won; the running total updates as you type.
| Round | Call | Tricks won | Round score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.0 | ||
| 2 | -4.0 | ||
| 3 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.0 | ||
| 5 | 2.0 |
Five-round total: 6.2
The call break point rules
| Outcome | Score | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Call made exactly | The call | Called 3, won 3 → 3.0 |
| Call beaten | Call + 0.1 each extra | Called 2, won 4 → 2.2 |
| Call missed | Minus the whole call | Called 4, won 3 → −4.0 |
The asymmetry is the whole game. Beating a call by two tricks earns two tenths; missing it by one trick costs four whole points. That is why calling low in call break bidding beats calling accurately.
Printing a score card
A paper call break score card needs five rows and one column per player, with two boxes in each cell: the call and the tricks won. Write the call before the first card is played; fill the second box at the end of the round.
Keep a running total in a sixth row. Most arguments at a table come from totalling at the end rather than after each round.
Five rounds worked out
The sheet above starts with a real game. Round two is the one that matters: a call of four with three tricks won costs four points, and wipes out the three earned in round one.
Finishing on 6.2 after calling fourteen tricks across five rounds and winning fifteen is normal. The player who called eleven and won eleven would have finished on 11.0.
Common questions
How is call break scored?
A call made exactly scores the call. Each trick above the call adds 0.1. A call that is missed loses the whole call, not the difference.
What happens if you win more tricks than you called in call break?
You keep the call and add 0.1 for each extra trick. Winning two more than you called adds 0.2, which is why over-performing is almost worthless.
What is the penalty for not making your call in call break?
You lose the entire call. Calling four and winning three is minus four, not minus one. This is the rule that decides most games.
How many rounds are in a call break game?
Five is standard. Thirteen tricks are played in each round, and the five round scores are added together to decide the winner.
Can your call break score go negative?
Yes. Missing calls in consecutive rounds can leave a player well below zero, and there is no floor on the total.
Five rounds totalled as you play, with the missed-call rule applied. A free call break download for Android.
Adda Callbreak for AndroidReferences
- Call Break at Pagat, the card-game rules archive maintained by John McLeod