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
Mariage (card game) also a close relative but features a number of peculiarities, has spawned numerous variants, and is played with 36 cards. The popular South Asian card games "Twenty-eight" and "Twenty-nine" are derivatives of this family and share many of its characteristics. The earliest known games of this family were two-handed, such as "klaberjass" (also known as "bela") which is still played worldwide. Royal Marriage, a solitaire game in which the goal is also the union of a King and Queen Mariage (card game) The King–Queen card games, also known as the marriage group, are a family of point-trick games of which