Rule of card game rook

Though it is be possible to use a set or two of classic playing cards with a few alterations to play the game, it may be best to buy a Rook set of cards to play. The length of the game depends on several factors. A Rook deck is comprised of 57 cards. There are four suits with cards ranging from 1 to The 57th card is a Rook card, typically featuring a picture of a bird, and the highest trump card in the game. Other variations, such as the popular Kentucky West rules, leave those cards in.

The goal of Rook is to reach the point threshold before the opposing team. It is most common to play to points, but your group can opt to raise or lower this threshold as you see fit.

You score points at the end of each round for taking certain cards when you win tricks. Most cards are not worth any points and those worth points are as follows:. One player randomly selected starts as the dealer. The dealer should shuffle the deck thoroughly and present the deck to a player of the opposite team for a cut.

After the cut, the dealer deals out all the cards one at a time to each player. When each player has received one card, the dealer places the next card in the center of the table. The remaining cards are dealt normally so that each player will have a hand of nine cards. Bidding then begins.

Learning to bid is one of the toughest parts of learning how to play Rook. It may take several games before you feel comfortable assessing the strength of your hand and gauging your bids. The bid indicates how many points you believe your team can secure in the round. If you win the round but fail to meet the bid, you are penalized points during scoring. Bidding begins with the player to the left of the dealer and continues around the circle clockwise.

The bidding begins at 70 points and players have the option to either raise the bid by a minimum of 5 points or pass. Once you have passed, you cannot bid again this round.

Deal four cards to the center face up. The player left of the dealer goes first. They may use one card from their hand to capture as many cards as possible from the center. There are a few ways to capture cards. A player can capture a card by matching the number with a card from their hand. For example, if one of the face up cards is a 9, and the player has a 9 in their hand, they show the card and remove the 9 from the center. A player can capture more than one card from the center by using a card that equals the sum of two or more cards in the center.

For example, the player could use the 9 card from their hand to capture a 5 and a 4, or a 5, 3, and 1. Simply show the card and remove the cards from the center that add up to the correct sum.

Place the trick aside. Players should capture as many cards as possible on their turn. For example, if a player holds a 9, and in the center of the table sits a 9, 5, and 4, the player could take all three cards. If a player captures a red and a yellow card at the same time, they should immediately call out orange. The player who won the bidding grabs the nest cards to make a hand of They must not share their hand with any other player. After, they discard 5 cards, face-down, to the center to form a new nest.

They are not permitted to put cards with point values into the new nest. The player to the left of the highest bidder initiates the first trick. Players try to follow color if possible. If one is unable to follow the color led with, they may play any card in hand. The rook is the ultimate trump card. Once everyone has played a card, the winner is the player who played the highest trump or the highest ranking card of the suit led with.

Once all tricks have been taken, teams total up all their point cards from the tricks they won. However, if they do not reach their bid they score nothing for the cards that they took during the game. Instead, they must subtract their total from the running score. The team that did not bid takes exactly the number of points which they earned.

Card Rankings: 1 high , 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 low Rook cards are the absolute highest card. If all players pass the dealer must make a forced bid of