From the table

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

  • Aggressive Bidding Scenario

    Here’s a real game scenario.  We were playing set partner rook the other day as we usually do and my partner and I found ourselves relatively close in score with our competition at 240 pts to 210 pts in the middle of a heated rook game to 500.   During this next had, the bidding was…

  • Using the Kitty or Nest

    One of the major uncertainties with playing rook is dealing with the kitty.  These 5 cards can sometimes make or break your hand.   There is no real way to know whether or not the kitty is going to help or hurt your hand when bidding, this is what makes rook so fun.  There is some…