Why Rook is the New Poker: Skills, Strategy, and Socializing!
As an experienced card player who’s spent countless hours at tables surrounded by poker faces and high stakes, I’ve recently found myself drawn to a different kind of card game—one that’s been around for quite some time but is now making waves among my circle of friends. The game is Rook, and it’s quickly becoming […]
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GamesWhy I Prefer Playing with the 2s, 3s, and 4s: A Mathematician’s Discussion
In Rook, it is very popular to remove the 2s, 3s, and 4s from each of the four colors. This amounts to 12 cards less and 3 fewer rounds per game. This makes each game shorter. However, I have a suggestion as to why this takes away from inherent challenge of the game, and ultimately […]
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ArticlesPremium Colonist Deck
As we have mentioned in the past, we are big fans of the game Settlers of Catan. However, being big fans of the game, but also being aware of how low quality the cards used for the board game are, we sought for a way to harness our ability to create long-lasting, quality decks of […]
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Rook Cards10th Anniversary Green Back Decks Available for Sale
We are pleased to offer the second version of our very popular 10th Anniversary version of 57 Cards. This new green-backed deck is just like the blue-backed deck, except it has green back (go figure). Included in this deck are 4 colors (yellow, green, red, and black) numbered from 1 to 14, 2 bird cards, […]
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Rook CardsGreen Backs for our 10th Anniversary Deck Are Coming
Our muy popular 10th anniversary decks are getting a partner. The 10th anniversary decks arrived around the same time last year and have been a monster hit. We weren’t sure if adding the bird was a major desire (although it was requested frequently), but it turns out that it was. In just a few days, […]
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Rook CardsWhat’s Different about the 10th Anniversary Decks by 57 Cards?
In November, 57 Cards will be shipping (for the first time) a fully plastic deck of cards that contains a “bird” in them. Up until now, our “wild” card was the logo design. It’s hard to play a game where players are always saying, “who’s got the bird?” without a bird card. One of my […]
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FAQPicking Up Plastic Cards on Hard Surface
Fully plastic cards have a lot of advantages. They last a long time, they withstand a lot of wear and tear. They are extremely durable. You knew this already, that was the reason you got yourself a deck! But you probably didn’t expect to have a hard time picking them up off your hardwood […]
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GamesFamily that plays together…
Why do you play rook? I’ll tell you why I love playing rook. Yes, I love the strategy. I love playing games to try and outwit my opponents. That’s always been part of it. But if I were to try an put together my number one reason why I play rook (or any […]
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GamesTeach Kids Math [Card Game]: A Fun Way to Learn Important Math Concepts
A small twist on the game of memory match and go fish make a fun yet powerful learning game that gets kids practicing math. Rooted in base ten, matching cards to add up to 10 is an essential concept to set kids up for excelling in mathematics at the early stage of their lives. My daughter […]
