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 to battle it out on the card table for many years was created 105 years ago. And to this day, the variations of rook keep pouring in.
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 taken for.
Not quite a rook game app. It is helpful, however, some may find it unnecessary to pay the $.99 fee to purchase.
Back to the matter at hand, there is currently no way to play rook on the iPhone! This post serves as a request to all those iPhone programmers out there looking for something to do. Create an iPhone app that you can connect with friends to play in your network. The closest thing right now would be the PC version of the rook application.
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?
There are a group of four of us that get together to play rook about 2 times a week, and we have been playing against each other with the same four and same partners for about 2 years now. We actually keep a running tally of wins and losses – currently our opponents are up on us by 1 game with 20 games left to go in the race to 100. The winning team buys the other a tasty Olive Garden meal.
What is it about rook that keeps us wanting to play more? Is it the Olive Garden? For me, rook satisfies two very important things in my life.
1: Camaraderie – Getting together with friends is an extremely important part of my life. If I wasn’t able to get together and spend time with my friends, I would be extremely devastated! I cherish all my friends and rook is just one simple way to get a group together and have some good old fashioned fun together.
2: Competitive gaming – Growing up in a family that always played cards or some sort of games together has placed a fire inside me that only seems to be put out with strategically playing some sort of card game. The rook card game can be an extremely competitive game, and for me this is just what the doctor ordered to keep me from wanting to challenge everyone to a duel!
What is your reason for playing rook? Why do you keep coming back to it week after week?
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 your hand, and sitting around a picnic table with your favorite card game.
The rook game is easy for camping because there are a number of games that can be played anywhere from 2 to 8 players. Its also semi-competitive in nature so you can play it for fun, or challenge yourself to some real strategic plays. Being that anyone with a little bit of understanding of card games can pick the concept up really quickly, it makes for including the entire group in a camping trip extremely easy.
So next time you are planning a camping trip out somewhere, make sure you remember to pack your deck of rook cards and let the games begin!
What are some of your favorite places to play rook?