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

  • 16 Person Round-robin Rook Tournament: Instructional Guide

    Due to a request, I have decided to create a post for how a set partner rook tournament would go with 16 people.  With round-robin, you have two stages of the tournament.  The round-robin portion which basically produces two tournament brackets to complete the tournament. Initial Notes 16 People 8 Teams Broken up into two…

  • Taking a Rook Hiatus: Why Some Players Think Rook Has No Strategy

    It has been almost six months since we played our last competitive match of rook.  Wow, since I learned to play 5 years ago, I never thought it would occur.   There are simply so many people that play rook and consistently great fun each time we play.  However, sometimes all it takes is one or…

  • Rook Turned 105 in 2011

    Yeah, it’s not the big century mark, but this rook game website was not quite around in 2006, so we thought we would give a happy birthday shout out to rook this year.  105 years ago the greatest card game known to man was born.  The card game rook born to give non-gamblers a way…

  • Playing Rook 6 to 8 Hours a Day: Too Much?

    So, I happened to be speaking to a friend of mine about playing rook.  We were talking simply about things like who they play with and where they play, you know, small talk in the rook game world.   No strategy talk or anything.   Then, I asked them about how often they play.   I was amazed…

  • Two color powerhouse

    It’s rare, but every once in a while you get those rook hands that you would be willing to bid so high with. What do you do if you opponent has bid 170 though? Do you bid higher? Well, looking at the above rook hand, you obviously want to take the bid.  You are going…

  • Rook Strategy: Playing Against Different Opponents

    It seems as though the rook game keeps growing and growing.  People I would never have expected to play the game I find out randomly play.  Not only do they play, but they play well!  The more and more people I find that play the game, the more I realize, I there are a number…

  • Rook Strategy: Poor Trump Distribution

    There are times when you make a bid and you know you do not have the strongest of hands, but you are hoping that your partner has some help for you.  Maybe some extra 1s or a bunch of your trump color.  With these possibilities in mind, you set out to win a round that…

  • Rook Tournament Review: Jan 12, 2011

    So we held our first rook tournament of 2011 this past week.  What a great day it was.  We had 8 people playing and there was of course food and treats along side. After warming up with a game of Settlers of Catan while we waited for everyone to show up, the tournament began.  Quite…

  • Playing Rook on Your iPhone

    If you do a quick search for a rook app on your iPhone, you will find that there is really only one application that comes up. It is a rook application which allows you to keep track of your rook game scores on the phone. Including who’s deal it is, and what the bid was…

  • Settlers of Catan: Perfect for Rook Players

    The rook game staff has recently ventured out into the best selling game in the world right now, Settlers of Catan.  For you rook enthusiasts, it is a blast to have a more traditional board game alternative to play either for mixing things up a bit, or simply to allow for 2 or 3 players to…