Has anyone heard of this game?

Hello! As a gift to my grandmother, I’ve been trying to research any history of a card game she, and know our whole family, have been playing for decades. However, I cannot find any references to this game, and part of me wonders if it truly exists, or if the rules if another game simply were changed over the year.

According to her, this game was played by her grandparents as well, who were originally from France and immigrated to Canada.

We refer to the game as ‘Ruff’.

I believe it is a variation of whist, and seems to be a combination of whist and cover the ten.

I’d appreciate greatly if anyone knows rules of this game, or knows if it has its own nomenclature.

The rules:

The game is played with a 40 card deck, A-5 where aces are always high (THIS is the main problem Ive found with my research - very few games with this set of cards).

Players split into two pairs. The goal of the game is to take tricks and win points equal to your pre-hand bid. Aces and tens are worth 10 points, fives are worth 5, everything else is worth nothing, making for 100 total points.

The dealer gives everyone 9 cards, with the remaining four being placed aside.

Starting to the dealers left, players make bids based on how many points they expect to make. Bids are made from 75-100 in increments of 5. Players can choose to pass their bid. Each bid most be higher than the previous player, aside from the dealer who, upon it coming back to them, can take the hand for the current highest bid.

Whoever wins the bid takes the four extra cards, and can take them into their hand and replace them with any four cards.

From their, the leading player announces a trump, and the game proceeds similar to my understanding of whist - players must follow suit, and try to win tricks by either having the highest winner or a trump to play. You always play a card, regardless of if you can follow suit.

At the end the team who took the hand reviews how many points they got, and if they won the bid.

I plan on continuing to do some digging, but figured it would be worthwhile to see if anyone out there has any experience with a game like this!

Thank you!