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Strategy, tournament stories, and family game nights — articles from the rookgame.com archive, going back to 2010.

  • Plastic “Bird” Cards by 57 Cards

    It has been a few years since I’ve had a chance to post a new article on this website.  Well, to be honest, our Rook group has sort of taken a break with various changes in life…sort of sad. The New Plastic Rook Game Deck at Amazon I wanted to take a quick moment to…

  • What’s the deal with the thin rook cards?

    Rook has been a favorite game for so many for a long time.  The concept of the game is simple that anyone can learn and understand it, yet it is complex enough that even your game playing strategists can dissect the intricacies of the game for their winning benefits. However, for some reason, Hasbro (one…

  • Playing Rook 3-Handed

    Rook is one of our favorite games!  It lasts the perfect amount of time. We can have our friends over and have dinner and then play for about one hour, and then we’re done.  But the one drawback we’ve always run into has been getting the exact number of people to come and play. For example,…

  • Playing Rook at the Beach

    In Southern California, we are lucky enough to get a decent amount of beach days a year.  A full day at the beach may mean an hour driving to the beach in the morning and an hour driving home at night, mixed with a full day of activities in between.  Along with some fun beach…

  • Teach Your Kids Rook

    My family was a little bit of a card family.  I grew up playing cards (bridge, sevens, hearts, spades) with my family about once a week.  It was sort of our traditional Friday evening activity.  While rook wasn’t introduced to my family until later in life, I certainly learned the basics of card playing while…

  • Re-Deal: I Wish it Wasn’t So Hard to Get

    The other day we were having a great session of rook.  The first time my original group of 4 people had played in over 2 years.  You know…life happens.   At any rate, it wasn’t the most competitive of sessions as we were too busy catching up on how everyone was doing.  What’s new in life,…

  • Rook tournaments in Kentucky

    Kentucky appears to be the first state that has shown some growing support for rook tournaments.  Looks like they housed their first rook tournament in January this year.  Hope Kentucky is not the only place that sees the playing of rook continue to grow so strong!

  • Long term rook battles

    One of the things that makes rook so fun is challenging the same opponents over and over again until after many nights of repeat play, one team takes the overall championship.  Last year, my wife and I took on a challenge to battle two of our good friends in rook with the first team getting…

  • Review of 57 Cards: Deck of Plastic Rook “like” Cards

    Over the years, we have played many, many hours of rook.  So many hours that we have seen our fair share of rook decks come and go.  In early years, the rook decks were fairly sturdy and would last for many months of playing.  In more recent years, the rook decks found themselves to be…

  • Playing rook during the Holidays: Reminder of family game nights

    The Holiday season has always been a great time to get together with family for fun and fellowship. With our family, we have always enjoyed playing boardgames or card games together.  We are competitive, but the holidays seems to mellow the competitive spirit out for everyone.  For some family members, we haven’t seen them in…