played likewise. When called low, it is the lowest possible trump(below the 2 card); when called high, it is the highest possible trump. The 1 card is the highest card of each suit, unless the Rook Bird card is called high. Players must follow suit when discarding, the player with the Rook Bird card may not play it anytime (unlike other versions). When playing with 6 players, the bid winner is allowed to call 2 cards as partners. After the bid winner exchanges cards with the kitty, they then must declare if there are points in the kitty. Next they state which card or cards will be their partner, whether Rook is high or low and which color is trump. In 4 player Rook there are 5 cards in the kitty, 5 player has 7 cards in the kitty(since the bid winner and their partner will be against 3 opponents), and 6 player has 3 cards in the kitty. If the 2s, 3s and 4s are removed the number of cards in the kitty remains the same except for 5 player Rook, which will then have 5 cards in the kitty. Another four-player version which uses all the same cards as the version of "call-your-partner Rook" which would include using the all four 1s and also using all suits of 5s through 14s. The total point count is at 180 points. The point system uses the 1s = 15, 14s = 10, 10s = 10, 5s = 5, and the Rook Bird still valued at 20. The game still follows the standard still of play only difference is that the 1s are included and they replace the 14s as the highest of their suit. References Orbanes, Philip E. (1999). Rook in a Book. Winning Moves, Inc. . External links PDF Rules Tournament rules for Kentucky Discard from Hasbro Coit Morrison's ROOK Card Collection A collection of old and new ROOK Card sets and related items. BGG Rook page boardgamegeek.com's information page with pictures and discussion about Rook ROOK Card Collectors Association Organization with the goal of educating and networking ROOK card collectors. Trick-taking card games Card games introduced in 1906 Dedicated deck card games Parker Brothers games Winning Moves games