Comments on: The Vintage Gamer #1: Rook (CG)

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 08 May 2007 18:24:26 +0000

Does anyone know where I can get the vintage 1943 Rook card deck (other than eBay)? If so, please email me at sonicatmd@yahoo.com. I would REALLY appreciate it! Thanks, Steph

By: Rodney

Rodney — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:21:44 +0000

We play a variation of rook with 2 decks and up to 7 players where each person is on a team by themselves although each hand is played with different players. My family loves it so much we rarely play with one deck anymore.

First card played of a number is high and rook is low trump. High bidder calls for two partners. Other rules are as usual.

Try it, I bet you love this new twist to an old game.

By: Kieron

Kieron — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:57:40 +0000

Well researched – thanks for the post summarizing the podcast as well. I’m looking forward to listening to more (as you can see, I’m catching up).

I heard about your ‘cast on boardgamespeak…

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The Vintage Gamer » Blog Archive » The Vintage Gamer #16: Origins 2006 — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:54:31 +0000

[...] My review of Rook [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:07:52 +0000

Yeah, I was quite pleased that there was a non-partnership version that supported up to 6 players, since that's often the number of people who show up to our game night, and we usually like to play the same game. We mostly play Bohnanza or Bang! in that situation, so it's good to have another alternative. As a side note, my wife did get me another game for Christmas which is good for up to 8 players: Tsuro. I believe we played with 7 players and it went quite well. Very fun and quick (and a rare Wizkids board game), so I think we'll be bringing out if only for a warm-up game. But it came out in 2005 so I don't think I'll be talking about it on the show.

By: ekted

ekted — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:51:54 +0000

I play Rook on and off. One of my favorite forms is 5-player. Everyone plays for themselves. Whoever bids the highest calls out a card he doesn’t have. The player with that card is their partner for that round. They share the result. Very fun and crazy, with interesting twists because of player position and shared scoring. For example, the player in the chooses a card in your hand, so you are his pertner. If you make the bid, he will win. So you have to TRY to go down. Hilarious!