rookgame

From the table

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

  • Rook Strategy: What to do with a Lone 14 in Your Hand

    To take your game to the next level, the lonely 14 strategy is very important to being able to win those marginal holdings. What is meant by lone 14? A lone 14 is when you only have one card of a certain color and that one card is a 14. So for example, you have 5…

  • Rook Cards: Finding Better Quality Cards

    You know you are an avid rook player when you find yourself having to go back to walmart month after month to buy another new deck of rook cards.  The poor decks that you keep buying are nice for about 2 days and then you can already start to feel the cards starting to stick. …

  • We Keep Playing Rook: How Come?

    What is it about rook that allows us to play for hours day after day, after day.  I know some groups of rook players that have been playing together for more than 20 years.  Is there really that much going on in the rook game that keeps people coming back to play more and more?…

  • Bidding Your Opponent Up in Set Partner Rook

    I was recently asked if it was smart to bid up your opponent in a 4 player, set partner, rook game when your partner has passed and you clearly do not have a good enough hand to bid on.  Notice, if your partner has already passed and you are the last one from your team…

  • Is the Rook Game similar to the Bridge Card Game?

    Rook Game,Bridge I have been asked a number of times if the rook game is similar to the game bridge.  And if they are similar, how so?  Well, the truth is, I grew up playing bridge and didn’t even touch rook cards until later on in life.  But when I was first tought about the…

  • Best Places to Play Rook: On a Camping Trip

    While nothing beats the comfort of playing in your own home, around a card table set up with perfect lighting, smooth countertops, and endless fresh reverse osmosis water, playing rook with a group of friends on a camping trip can make for some of the best times possible.  Sitting next to a campfire, s’mores in…

  • Are There Professional Rook Players?

    Clearely, if the question “Are there professional rook players” interests you, you are a true fan of rook. To get the answer, I must compare the question to a similar field.  What makes a professional card player? They spend a significant amount of time playing or promoting their card playing. They make a significant portion of…

  • Playing Rook As Low

    Over the years, there are two major adjustments people have made when playing rook which cause for completely different strategies in play.  One is taking out the 2s, 3s, and 4s to make each round shorter. The other is playing with the rook as the highest trump, the lowest trump, and in some cases, in between…

  • Thanks to Rook, I’m Married!

    For all you single guys and girls out there, looking for “the one” to walk into your life, you probably would not have guessed that playing rook would be ultimate in strategies for meeting that special someone.  Well, guess what, neither did my wife and I, but thanks to a mean little bird game called…

  • Playing Rook on Your PC

    Growing up, Rook was the game we played the most in my house.  I had three older brothers (8, 10, and 12 years older), and when they would come home for the holidays, we would always play Rook.  Rook was also played by my cousins.  One summer, my cousin, Danny, and my brother, J.B., were…