Rook (card game) to trump the Rook Bird card. Red 2 Trump: Another variation of Rook in which the red 2 is the second highest trump card in the game. Also known as the "little rook" Orbanes, Philip E. (1999). "Rook in a Book". Winning Moves, Inc. . Rook (card game) Rook is a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards. Sometimes referred to as Christian cards or missionary cards, Rook playing cards were introduced by Parker Brothers in 1906 to provide an alternative to standard playing cards for those in the Puritan tradition or Mennonite culture who considered the
Put (card game) Put (card game) Put is an English tavern trick-taking card game first recorded in the 16th century and later castigated by 17th century moralists as one of ill repute. It belongs to a very ancient family of card games and clearly relates to a group known as Trut, "Truque", also "Tru", and the South American game Truco. Its more elaborate version is the Spanish game of Truc, which is still much played in many parts of Southern France and Spain. The name Put, pronounced ""u"", like the name of the English village of Putney, derives from "putting up your cards