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Printable Rook score sheet

Every Rook table eventually re-derives whether the 14s count ten and what happens when a bid goes set. This pad keeps a bid column beside WE/THEY scores and running totals to 300, with the counter values printed where the deal happens.

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Rook

Partnership play · 41-card deck (1s–4s out, Rook Bird in) · 5-card nest
120 counter points per hand · game to 300
Hands to 300 — write the winning bid, then each side’s counter points and running total. A set side scores minus the bid and none of its counters.
HandBidWETHEY
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Counters & bidding

  • Each 5 = 5 · each 10 = 10 · each 14 = 10 · Rook Bird = 20 — 120 per hand
  • Bidding opens at 70, climbs in 5s, tops out at 120 — winner names trump and takes the 5-card nest
  • Make the bid: both sides score the counters they captured
  • Set (bid missed): bidding side scores minus the bid, and none of its counters
  • The Rook Bird is the highest trump — it counts 20 and wins the trick it lands on
  • First side to 300 wins; if both cross in one hand, the bidding side wins
Rook® is a registered trademark of its respective owner. This sheet is an independent work created by Limestone Games and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the trademark owner — the name is used only to identify the game the sheet is for. Kentucky-style tables add the 1s as high cards worth 15 each (180 points per hand) and play to 500 — this pad’s totals columns work for that variant unchanged.
Limestone Games Rook score sheet · free printable · limestonegames.com/printables/

How to score Rook

Rook is a partnership trick-taking game played with its own 57-card deck trimmed to 41: the 1s through 4s come out, the Rook Bird goes in, and five cards form the nest. Only the counters matter for score — the 5s, 10s, 14s, and the Bird — and the pad's key repeats their values because someone always taxes the 14s at five.

The auction and the nest

Bidding starts at 70 and moves in fives. The winner names trump, picks up the five-card nest, and buries five cards back — counters buried in the nest are counted by whoever wins the last trick, which is a rule worth agreeing on out loud before the first deal (some tables give the nest to the bidder's side automatically; both are common).

Writing the hand

One line per hand: the bid, then each side's captured counters. If the bidding side makes it, both sides add what they took. If it goes set, the bidding side writes minus the bid — the pad's running totals make the swing visible, which is most of the fun of setting somebody at 120.

Frequently asked

Is the Rook Bird always trump? In the standard partnership game, yes — the highest trump in the deck, worth 20. Some family variants play it as the lowest trump; agree before it decides a hand.

Can both sides pass? If nobody opens at 70 the hand is thrown in and redealt. Somebody always cracks by the second deal.

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