Rook Bird Card
The Rook Bird card is the highest trump card in the game. As such, it takes any trick in which it is played; leading it is treated the same as leading a card of the trump suit; and if trump suit is led and the player holding it has no other trump, he or she must follow suit by playing the Rook Bird card. However, the Rook Bird card may be played at any time, even if the player holding it is able to follow suit. It is the only card that may be played this way.
In an alternate method of play the Rook Bird card is the lowest trump card in the game. As such it beats all non-trump cards but is taken by any other trump. It cannot be played out of turn. This adds a different strategy to play with the bid winner actively seeking out the rook and the rook holder trying to play it at a time when it can be retrieved quickly and kept.
A third method known as "Rook ten-and-a-half" places the Rook card's rank between the 10 and 11 of trump. In this version the player holding the Rook must follow suit if possible. The Rook retains its 20 point value when the game is scored.
Read more about this topic: Rook (card Game), Official Rules For Tournament Rook (Kentucky Discard)
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