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How to Play a differnt verion of Rook called: Big Bird Rook 4 players

Cards are valued as follows:

5 = 5 points 10, and 14 = 10 points 1 = 15 points Rook which is a 10 1/2 = 20 points (counts as extra trump) Winning the last “trick” = disk carded cards in the middle

The number 1 card is high and 5 is low. There are 180 points that can be won in each hand. Decide beforehand how many points you would like to play to: It is common to play to 1,000 points.

How to play: Partners should sit across from each other. Owner of cards deals first. The dealer shuffles and then deals all the cards.(10 to each playerand 5 in the middle). Once the cards are dealt, the bidding can begin.

Each person bids, starting with the person to the left of the dealer, and continues bidding until everyone but one person has passed. That person, the winner of the bid, calls trumps and gets the cards in the middle and gets to discard 5 cards.

The bidding starts at 80 and increases in increments of 5, 10, or 15. You are bidding on the minimum value of points you think you and your partner will score by the end of the game (when the last trick is played).

Bidding: The point of bidding is to win the right to call trumps and the middle cards. The trump suit beats all other suits, can be played at any time if you are out of that suit, can you can start of by playing trump. Remember when you are bidding that you can't see your partner's hand, and your bid is based on both your hands. As mentioned earlier, each hand is worth 180 points.

You might be wondering why you would want to stop bidding before 180 since that's the highest you can go. Well, if you win the bid and you and your partner score fewer points than what you bid you go Negative what you bid.

For example, But if you win the bid at 120 points and you only win 110 points you go Negative 120, 70 points (the number of points your opponents won) are added to your opponents' total score.

Scoring: High Score When all the tricks are played, it's time to count the points. There are 180 points in each game, and since you will likely play several games, running scores can go up to at least 1,000 points.

For example, if you win the bid at 120 points and you win 120 points in the game, then you and your partner add 120 points to your total score and 60 points (the number of points your opponents won) are added to your opponents' total score.

But if you win the bid at 120 points and you only win 150 points you still add 150 points, 30 points (the number of points your opponents won) are added to your opponents' total score.