Rook

ROOK is a trick-taking game played with a deck of Rook playing cards. It was first sold in 1906 by Parker Brothers.

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Four players are organized into two teams of two players each, sitting opposite each other. Players must keep their hands secret from all other players, including their teammates. The object of the game is to be the first team to reach 300 points by capturing cards with a point value in tricks. If both teams have over 300 points at the end of a round, the team with the higher point total wins.

Trick-taking game: Trick-taking games are card games with a distinct and common play structure: Each round of play is divided into units called tricks, during which each player selects one card from his or her hand. These games comprise one of the most diverse and prolific genre of card games — they are played o...

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Rook playing cards: Rook playing cards were introduced in 1906 by Parker Brothers to provide an alternative to standard playing cards for members of certain fundamentalist Protestant groups that forbade their use. They were originally designed to play ROOK, but many other games have since been designed to be played wit...

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