If a player "Shoots the Moon", that is they bid , then they automatically win the game if he or she makes that bid. Players who take the bid may also call "turn it" before they make trumps. An optional rule is that players may swap one card before the bidder calls trumps. Players and bidders alike may not discard game of any sort. After a color has been named trumps players may discard cards that are not trumps or game although they can throw down trumps if they wish and try to draw for better cards.
The game continues until a team reaches This type of Rook is often referred to as Poker Rook. This version of the game was named after its inventor and a legendary player named Woodson Patrick of Hager, Kentucky. This style of Rook is played with all 1s, 2s, 2s, and 4s dicarded save for the Red 1. All players are dealt a hand of 9 cards with a 6 card widow, or nest.
If a players hand contains no counting cards 5, 10, 14, Rook, or Red 1 then a misdeal is called and the hands are redealt. Bidding, then, procedes to the left of the dealer. Players may bid up with the minimum bid being Also, bidders may pass, they choose not to bid for widow, pass in-favor, which allows bidding to comtinue normally until bidding returns to the player that has passed in favor who then places his bid normally, Note: Only one player per team my pass in-favor and "Shoot the Moon, which is a bid of and wins the game if the bid is made.
Play continues with the window winner leading out and calling trumps. The Red 1 captures the Rook in this style of play. The Rook is the second dominant card in the deck. Play continues until one team has a score equal to or over But the red 2 is included. There are 10 cards dealt to each player 4 and 6 in the kitty. Play in teams of 2. The rook is top trump and the red 2 is next followed by 1,14, 13, 12 etc. The trump color is determined by the one who wins the bid and gets the kitty.
The starting bid is I have not heard of this variation anywhere else. I have never heard of this variation but is sounds very fun. I like the added red 2 value. If I was to play with rook as high, I would prefer to play with this added element of the red 2 being That must really make the bidding crazy.
We are from eastren ky. Black 2 is Top trump , then Rook. Delt 10 with 6 in kitty. Team that wins the most books takes the points in the kitty. We are in N. AL and it seems like most know this style around here. In our family we play with cards plus the red 1 and the rook card. We love to shoot the moon where you call your bid at and you secure all the points, it will equal pts.
Of course if you are in the negative on points, playing to pts. This way to play has always been fun. Thank you! We play the Eastern Kentucky variation of Rook.
All 2s, 3s, and 4s are removed from the deck, leaving 45 cards including the Rook card. The Rook counts as highest trunp in whatever color is trumps.
The card values are : Each 1 ……15 Points Each 14 ….. I knew Rook was very flexible but not this flexible. One of the greatest all time card games. Easy to catch a cheater too.
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In double deck versions the first played of two equal cards beats the second. If the bidding side win at least as many tricks as they bid, each side scores one point for each trick they won. If the bidding side fail to make as many tricks as they bid they are set , and lose a number of points equal to the number of tricks they bid.
The other side still score one point for each trick they won. It is possible for a team's overall score to be negative. Games are played to a target score.
A team wins if at the end of a hand in which they succeed in a bid, or defeat the opponents' bid, their score is equal to or above the target. You cannot win by reaching the target by means of odd tricks made as the opponents of a successful bid. If you reach the target in this way, the game continues until either team fulfills the winning condition.
John D'Ambrosio contributed this version from Barrie, a small city km north of Toronto. The game is played with 2 decks using the J Q K A only, that is 32 cards in all, so each of the 4 players is dealt 8 cards. You can bid any number of a suit or no trump up to a maximum of 8. You can also bid to take all 8 tricks alone, calling for 1 or 2 cards, which you exchange with your partner as described in the general rules above.
A bid to play alone is higher than a bid with a partner, and a bid calling for one card is higher than a bid calling for two. The highest bid of all is moon , in which you have to win all 8 tricks alone using the cards you were dealt. It is played between two teams of two, with partners facing each other. Play and scoring are as in the general rules.
Bids are any number up to 12 in a suit or 'no trump'. In this version the bidding does not end after the first round, but continues for as many rounds as necessary. The bidding ends when no one wants to bid higher, or when 12 the maximum is reached, or someone 'goes it alone'.
Passing does not prevent you from bidding at a later turn in the auction. The highest bid of all is to 'go it alone'. This terminates the bidding, and you have to take all 12 tricks by yourself your partner sits it out. If you make it you get 24 points, if you fail even by one trick you get negative 24 points. When going alone, before the play starts you have the option of discarding up to 3 cards and accepting replacement cards that your partner chooses to pass to you.
The deck is 40 cards: 2 decks of A-K-Q-J It is usually played by 4 people, partners sitting opposite each other. The target score for winning the game is Each person is dealt 10 cards. I have never heard of the rook card being low. We play it is the highest trump and is worth 20 points.
Also we play that if you shoot the moon and succeed, you win the game. Have you ever heard of that? I am in Louisiana and have played this way for 60 years. I have not heard of that version of shooting the moon. Shooting the moon is one of those rules that I have heard many different variations for though.
With rook being low, it is still worth 20 points, but it is just below all the other trumps…so even the 5, 4, 3, and 2 of trump. It is often a challenge to get the trump in this version. Not to be completely confusing, but In another variation I have played with rook worth It is better than the 10, but cannot be the I actually really like this version.
To begin playing, each player has 12 cards. Is it a misdeal or do you throw away the smallest counter? What an interesting scenario! I have not heard of this mainly because I have not played the version you are describing. With two decks and only the 5 through 14s. I would suspect that if you had 13 counters in your hand, you should only drop the lowest counter as you suggest.
Rook pts. Top card. Little black 1 is 20 pts. Which is second to win any after the big took bird. Again, a unique option of having rook as 30 points and incorporating the little black 1.
I love learning about all these other variations on top of the initial rules. I could see how this version would be fun as well. That seems to be the way we play as well. Games to were too short, so seemed like the perfect evening.
So if a trump is led and you have the rook, you have to play it if you have no other trump cards. But non-trump suits would not force you to play the bird. Is the following a real version? Play with all cards 1s are highest, 15pts 14s, 15pts 10s, 10pts 5s, 5pts Rook, lowest trump, 20pts Total of No counters in kitty ever. This is a different version than I have seen once again. For the most part it sounds like how we play, however, the 14s are 15 points rather than 10 points and the last trick does not count for any points.
It certainly makes for some different strategies, especially in those very close bids. I would think that in this scenario, 14s are some of the more difficult cards to play. We have always played that there is an option to call no trump. In this case, the rook is the high card worth 20, and the other cards are played as normal. Something came up the other day when playing with friends, and that was the question of what happens if someone leads out with the rook during no trump.
I find it so interesting how there are so many variations on this game. Rook was a big deal at my college, with tournaments held regularly with these rules:. I have played this version often. I actually prefer this version you describe myself as it provides a more strategic game.
I think being part of my family genetically endowed me with the ability to play rook. My family has always played it with all cards and as follows. But our nest is just 1 card. Bidding is more conservative and it can get pretty wild cause cards are spread out and people trump in quickly…so getting count in quick is paramount.
How fun! Larger hands and only a single card in the nest. I like it! What do you usually start bidding at? I bet a typical bid is probably or so, correct? I have played Rook since I was a young man and spent too much time playing it when I was in college. I have played many different ways. In college we played with the Rook and , possible score. Rook was the highest trump. To make it more fun we would play high and low card. In high card the highest card wins and low card the lowest card wins.
Either way we played the Rook always wins the trick in which it is played. We also played no trumps and the Rook only won if it was lead in a trick otherwise it could not catch a trick. We play all the variations I mentioned above.
If he is in the hole he can shoot the hole and if wins all the points his score is now zero regardless of how much he is in the hole. If he has a positive score and shoots the moon and makes it his team automatically wins the game. If he fails in either one, the game is over and the other team wins the game. That would be really cool too! I do like your variations described here. Playing low card is such a fun variation that adds a whole new layer of complexity.
Adds a little fun to the game. Rook was worth 20, 14,10 was worth 10 and 5 was worth 5 of course. The nest was 9 cards with the four players holding 12 in their hand. Top card on nest was face up. The game was won by the first team to points. Interesting, so you kept all the cards in…including 1, 2, 3, 4, but 1 is not worth anything, and it also sounds like it remained the lowest card, correct?
Is rook the lowest or highest of trump? Sounds similar to many rook versions, though I sort of like the fact that this version has less points available each round. Rook is the highest of trumps 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12,13 were all no count just played as the card with the bigger value would win against another one.
For example the 13 would beat the 2 3 and 4. All the cards stayed in the deck and my grandparents and great aunts and uncles would play this all afternoon on saturday and sunday. The deck we now have does not include these rules nor can I find them online. Can you help me with this? I just bought the rook cards and was going through the instructions.
I must be confused about this rule. Please I would appreciate some clarification on this rule. I want to play this so bad but I want to be clear about all the rules first. If the rook card is led, it is considered a trump card typically the lowest trump.
Therefore, the same rules apply as with any other card led, a player must follow the color that is led unless they do not have the color, then they may play any other card. You can do your best to remind people of this rule, but occasionally players forget or make mistakes by mis-reading their hands. I am a bit of a stickler when it comes to this rule. I actually just get a tally in my mind of what colors people are out of. If I see them play that color later in the game, then I would have to call them out on it.
We usually call it a misdeal if it appears to completely alter the hand and then just do not record the score for that round. Every house would have different rules for not following the color led including some sort of punishment, 20 push-ups or something! My family plays as follows. Rook 20 pts.
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