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SHIPPING AVAILABLE > A 1924 Rook card game cardstock box containing what likely is a partial set of cards as originally -57- cards would have been included ~ Also includes a Parker Brothers booklet, well preserved, titled SOME ADDITIONAL ADVANCED ROOK GAMES, copyright 1924 ~ The Rook card features what might be considered a castle on a lake scene, with mountain background ~ Also includes a standard size box of regular playing cards featuring a cottage and lake scene to the back.
CONDITION REPORT > Uncertain if items offered are complete ~ Rook deck lacks cards ~ Expect varying elements relative to age, handling and materials ~ Overall, fair to good, vintage condition, best noted by examining the images offered.
HISTORY of the CARD GAME ~ ROOK
Rook is a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards. Sometimes referred to as "Christian cards" or "missionary poker", Rook playing cards were introduced by Parker Brothers in 1906 to provide an alternative to standard playing cards for those in the Puritan tradition who considered the face cards in a regular deck inappropriate because of their association with gambling and cartomancy.
A blaze of lighting. A wind turned cold. Beware the power of the Rook. The eerie black bird can make all the difference.
The Rook deck consists of 57 cards: a blue Rook Bird card, similar to a joker, and 56 cards divided into four suits, or colors. Each suit-black, red, yellow, and green-is made up of cards numbered 1 through 14. This 14-card, 4-suit system is derived from the French tarot deck; removing the 21 atouts, or trumps, from that deck while keeping the Fool card yields the 57-card French-suited deck that was re-faced to create the Rook deck. Though the culture-neutral deck was developed for the game Rook, many other games have evolved or existed previously that use the 56-card deck with or without the Rook, or - by removing the 14s and the Rook - one can use the deck like a deck of standard playing cards.
Parker Brothers was an American toy and game manufacturer which in 1991 became a brand of Hasbro. More than 1,800 games were published under the Parker Brothers name since 1883. Among its products were Monopoly, Clue (licensed from the British publisher and known as Cluedo outside of North America), Sorry!, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, Bop It, Scrabble , under a joint partnership with Milton Bradley in North America and Canada, and Probe. The trade name became defunct with former products being marketed under the "Hasbro Gaming" label with the logo shown on Monopoly games.
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