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Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
1906
# of Players:
2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
(8 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(3 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Rook
Alternate Names
200
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

Rook is a simple trump-based trick-taking game played with a deck of Rook playing cards. It was first sold in 1906 by Parker Brothers. At a time when many religious leaders called the use of a standard deck of playing cards "evil" because they were also used to tell fortunes, The Rook deck, with no-face cards or suits, was used as a way for ultra-conservative religious people to enjoy card playing. For this reason, Rook has been referred to as Missionary Poker. There are many variations on the standard game.
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Contents:

  • Deck of 57 Cards:
    • 14 x Black Cards (1-14)
    • 14 x Green Cards (1-14)
    • 14 x Red Cards (1-14)
    • 14 x Yellow Cards (1-14)
    • 1 x Rook Card
  • Rules

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4 Rook - Four-Player Partnerships - Playing Cards.doc
Overview of most popular ways to play four-player partnership Rook with regular playing cards
2007-06-07
4 Rook - Official Rules for Four-Player Partnerships.doc
Overview summary chart of the official rule variants of four-player partnership Rook
2007-06-06
5 200.doc
Rules for 200 - a common Rook variant with regular playing cards
2007-06-06
3 NatesKentuckyRook-ver3.exe
Nate's Kentucky Rook software (version 3)
2007-04-14
0 Golf Rook.doc
Golf Rook (Variant game using rook cards)
2007-03-25
4 Rook - Kentucky Discard - Official Rules 1.htm
Rules for Kentucky Discard Rook
2005-05-13
0 Card Box - Rook.zip
Make your own Card Box - "Proteck yer Deck"
2005-05-02
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 1029
Num Ratings: 870
Average Rating: 6.34
Standard Deviation: 1.45
Num Views: 40662
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.9 moreinfo
Fans: 6
Personal Comments: 402
Users Owning: 1741
Users Wanting: 3
Users Trading: 98
Has Parts For Trade: 3
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 1174
Plays This Month: 7
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