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Information

Designed By: George S. Parker
Published By: Parker Brothers
Hasbro
Winning Moves
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 - 6 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 2, 4, 5 players
(5 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
(1 voter) [poll]
Category: Card Game
Game System
Mechanics: Trick-taking
Auction/Bidding
Hand Management
Partnerships
Card Drafting
Other Names:
200

Description

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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, some quite good!

Online Play

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Statistics

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Num Ratings: 688
Average Rating: 6.38
Standard Deviation: 1.46
Num Views: 26559
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Personal Comments: 335
Users Owning: 1341
Users Wanting: 2
Users Trading: 67
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Total Plays: 725
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1 Rook - Four-Player Partnerships - Playing Cards.doc
Rook - Four-Player Partnerships - Playin...
Overview of most popular ways to play four-player partnership Rook with regular playing cards
1 Rook - Official Rules for Four-Player Partnerships.doc
Rook - Official Rules for Four-Player Pa...
Overview summary chart of the official rule variants of four-player partnership Rook
0 200.doc
200.doc
Rules for 200 - a common Rook variant with regular playing cards
0 NatesKentuckyRook-ver3.exe
NatesKentuckyRook-ver3.exe
Nate's Kentucky Rook software (version 3)
0 Golf Rook.doc
Golf Rook.doc
Golf Rook (Variant game using rook cards)
0 Rook - Kentucky Discard - Official Rules 1.htm
Rook - Kentucky Discard - Official Rules 1.htm
Rules for Kentucky Discard Rook
0 Card Box - Rook.zip
Card Box - Rook.zip
Make your own Card Box - "Proteck yer Deck"
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