RookCardGameOnline.com was created as a resource for rook players wanting to
play Rook online. The
Rook card game has strategy as well as luck involved in the game play.
A Rook player has the option to play
Rook online or offline using a real deck of Rook cards. Be sure to checkout our section about
buying the rook card game.
The History behind Rook
The Rook deck was introduced in 1906 by Parker Brothers for use in Fundamentalist Protestant Christian communities such as the Mennonites where decks
of playing cards are regarded as "the Devil's picture-book".
Instead of French suits, Rook cards use the colours black, green, red, and yellow. Cards are numbered from 1 to 14 in each colour, and there is
one Joker-like card called the Rook, bearing a picture of that bird. Since the structure of the deck is so similar to the standard deck, many similar
games can be played, such as a Hearts-like game called Golden Ten; in fact, some Rook games have been adapted to the standard deck and are currently
popular at Princeton.
