How To Play Rook (4 Players)

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How To Play Rook (4 Players)

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Күн бұрын

This video tutorial will teach you how to play Rook.
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There are different variations to the card game Rook, this video will cover how to play with 4 players, divided into 2 teams.
This video will start by teaching you the general concepts of Rook, and is followed by the more detailed features of the game. This tutorial is perfect for beginning players, as well as, experienced players that need a refresher.
After watching, you will know the basics on how to play the card game Rook. All that is left to do is grab some friends and start playing!
This Rook tutorial will cover the following topics:
- The deal
- The objective
- How to play
- How to keep score
- A review of the rules
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@hannahnadaweo3738 3 жыл бұрын

Best card games ever. My family have playing Rook card games for about 30 years till now.

@crystallight2 5 жыл бұрын

If you do not have a rook deck you can use a normal deck. King is 13, Queen is 12, Jack is 11. Aces are used in this varent and are 14. One Joker is used and represents the Rook bird card. Game is played the same.

@LuisRodriguez-ux7yx 4 ай бұрын

I made my own version of Rook. I call it Evasion Rook. Deal 14 cards to each player, the last card will be flipped up to reveal the trump color. So a flipped up Yellow 3 makes the trump color Yellow. There is no bidding round. When a player gets to 200 points, the game ends, and whoever has the fewest points by the end of the round, wins. The Rook card is like the Queen of Spades in Hearts. It doesn't win any trick, but you can only play it if you have no matching color nor have no trump cards.

@OldMovieRob Ай бұрын

Helpful instructions. Reminds me a little of the game Rage but without the mean cards haha.

@Endymion766 3 жыл бұрын

Gonna file this under "games I just don't understand" right next to backgammon.

@coacht1738 3 жыл бұрын

😆 🤣 😂 I guess this video didn't help much

@GeauxRilla Жыл бұрын

Guess you don't know about spades huh

@Endymion766 Жыл бұрын

@@GeauxRilla i know about spades i use them to dig holes

@user-yf4jx6te2b 4 жыл бұрын

You can also build the deck with a standard 52. Get rid of 2-5. Keep one Joker; he's the bird. Ace is 14, King is 13, and so on. Ace is worth 10 points, 10 is worth 10, and the 5 is worth 5. Colors are suits and it plays the same.

@face4radio 4 жыл бұрын

Rook cards make me so sad... So boring. Were designed not to offend religious people opposed to court cards

@user-yf4jx6te2b 4 жыл бұрын

@@face4radio Matter of perspective. I like the rook, being the bird of ill omens, death, carrion and such, coming in to wreck your day. The use of colors instead of suites makes the deck more unique. When you hold a rook deck in your hand, you are holding only a rook deck in your hand, whereas the playing deck is rummy, poker, speed, ERS etc. It intimates singularity of purpose, focus, and dedication to one task. By being unique to one task and is not used for any other, the rook deck brings a sense of specialness. I celebrate the standard deck's sheer versatility, usefulness, and rich history. Its uses are many, and it does them well. I also celebrate the uniqueness, focus, and minimalist approach of the Rook deck. It has a different allure.

@plrc4593 10 ай бұрын

Seems like simplified bridge or 500 with counting points like in German games. This is how skat should look like except that there should be 10 tricks in the game :D

@Ellybelly90 Жыл бұрын

I’m not understanding the bidding. How do you determine how much to bid? Is it how many points you think you will win in that hand? What determines a “good hand” vs a “bad hand?”

@samcrowder1001 Жыл бұрын

A good hand is a hand that will win many tricks. Having high/many cards of the same color means you have more trump colors if you win the bid, which can be used to take points of the other colors.

@carolarmer8020 3 жыл бұрын

good instructions

@mickstar85 2 жыл бұрын

U Can play rooker low or with the red one

@kartaros002 5 жыл бұрын

When will be next card game tutorial because i really like those games

@StepnicelyDance 5 күн бұрын

Seems very similar to Bid Whist.

@philaufan6 5 жыл бұрын

Best game ever.

@oddbird5825 2 жыл бұрын

Here’s a question for you, we’ve tried playing rook and we found that it’s hard to get up to 70 in bidding. When we all Take the tricks, we figured you would have to at least get at least 70% of the counters in order to win at this game otherwise you’re gonna lose the bedding every time. Is there a way to play this game we’re getting up to at least 70 marker is easier?

@Canwegetsubscriberswithn-jc7nh 5 жыл бұрын

Can you play this with normal playing cards?

@Canwegetsubscriberswithn-jc7nh 5 жыл бұрын

Can you play this with normal playing cards

@ahaironyourscreen1425 5 жыл бұрын

At the beginning you mentioned removing the 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s from the deck before playing. What's the point of having them in the deck? Is there an alternate way to play the game that I don't know about?

@GatherTogetherGames 5 жыл бұрын

There is a version for 5-6 players that uses the entire deck.

@hsbvt 5 жыл бұрын

My family has Rook nights and this is with 8 teams going, We use the entire deck with 4 per team. It works fine.

@willpalmer6028 2 жыл бұрын

my family has always played with the 1s being worth 15 points and being the highest card in each color. the 2s 3s and 4s still being removed, only because they prolong the game

@jeffreyjacobs3471 5 ай бұрын

The older rulebook for Rook included many other games one can play with this deck, and some did use the full deck, either with or without the Rook card. It is unfortunate that the current rules Hasbro provides include just this one game, but older rulebooks do exist as PDF files on the internet. This game is called Kentucky Discard in these rules.

@sophiahonaker4809 2 жыл бұрын

I understand this now, thank you. Just what do you do with the cards in the middle? What's the significance with those cards?

@jeffreyjacobs3471 5 ай бұрын

Those cards form the nest (a term used in Rook for what is called either the kitty or the widow, as in bid whist or pinochle). The bidder can improve his hand by discarding bad cards and keeping good ones, and players often put 5s and 10s of plain colors into the nest, trying to win the last trick to capture those counters.

@peggycole6137 2 жыл бұрын

You need to talk about what you are doing and slow down moving to fast

@eduardoxenofonte4004 3 жыл бұрын

you can play this with a regular deck of cards, just remove 2s, 3s and 4s and add a joker

@oddbird5825 2 жыл бұрын

What’s the 14th card? If Kings and Queens are the 12 and 13 and Ace’s are 15, what’s the 14th card in the deck?

@eduardoxenofonte4004 2 жыл бұрын

@@oddbird5825 aces would be 14s, i didnt even know there were 15s in the deck lol, but as you can see in the video, you dont use them

@moistman5074 Жыл бұрын

Kosrae has a different set of rules😂

@jeffreyjacobs3471 5 ай бұрын

If you read the history of Rook, you will learn that the game was invented to give those with religious objections to regular playing cards a game that can be played with cards with just numbers and colors, except for the Rook bird card. Also, having the numbers from 1 to 14 avoids superstitions about the number 13.

@XExilloX2271 Ай бұрын

And then he sacrifice THE ROOOOKKKKKK

@junaidk941 3 жыл бұрын

Lost me at bidding.. what's going on??

@hayleycox3798 3 жыл бұрын

Is this Rick Steves explaining this?

@ritaroach3491 2 жыл бұрын

I used to play Rook a long time ago. I don't remember taking cards out of the deck. My mind must be going because these instructions didn't make sense. I may just be someone who has to learn by playing. Oops.

@vampysuperset4358 4 жыл бұрын

Thought this was about R6

@kaylahall1219 4 жыл бұрын

My family has these rules. Thoughts on them? -If you don't have the lead suit, you can the break trump by playing trump. -if you do not have the lead suit, you *must* play a trump, and if you have neither, you can play what you want.

@Thej0kesta 4 жыл бұрын

If you win the bid you don’t go first? It’s still just left of the dealer?!?

@chandlerwilliams9083 4 жыл бұрын

Connor Junevicus I always play the bid winner goes first

@jeffreyjacobs3471 5 ай бұрын

Yes, that is what the official rules state. Not all bidding card games give the high bidder the opening lead, and in a few variations of Rook (in older rulebooks on the internet), the lead goes to the left of the bidder, as in bridge. Having the bidder lead would be a house rule, of course, but it is not the standard.

@Mister_Pedantic 4 жыл бұрын

Can you lead a trump before one has been played?

@GatherTogetherGames 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, trump can lead anytime

@Mister_Pedantic 4 жыл бұрын

@@GatherTogetherGames Thank you. When I was a child (50+ years ago) I found a Rook deck complete with the rules in a drawer and I could not understand it. I don't recall my parents ever playing it. I don't think I ever met anyone who played it. I'm going to watch this video until I understand how the bidding works.