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The card game that millions have come to love known as Rook was born in 1906 in a set aside third floor upstairs room by a man named George and a woman named Grace. When this game was played by George and Grace it was played using regular playing cards. Cards during this time in history was frowned upon by many because they were thought to be relative to the tarot cards. Tarot cards were thought to be evil as was Rook and many other card games at this time in history. Being the cards were thought to be evil they were not suited for people who practiced religion to play. The face cards of the deck ( the King, Queen, and Jack) were voted as being unsuitable for the viewing and use of children. George wanted to allow everyone to share in the fun of Rook so he decided to make the cards more religious friendly. The new cards that George designed became the same familiar cards we recognize when we sit down to play a game of Rook today.

The new card deck was designed like this: the ace became a 1, the jack, queen, and king became an 11, 12, and 13 and then George added a 14 into the new deck. The suits hearts, clubs, spades, and diamonds became suits of just colors of red, yellow, green and black. At this point a more friendly verison of the game was introduced which was now suitable for those of religion and children. It was at this dawn of a new card deck that Grace decided for unknown reasons to give this now famous card game the name known as Rook. Once the card game had an official name George illustrated a picture of a Rook holding five fanned out cards in its claw while perched on a branch. Grace had belief beyond reason in the card game that her and her husband had created. George held to the game because of the dedication to it from his wife. Rook became increasingly popular and as a result it has out lived the husband and wife duo who invented it.

Today Rook is one of the millions of choices offered by the Parker Brothers company. The cards still include the original idea from George all those years ago. The 57 card deck is bright colored and has large easy to read numbers. Rook is played by all ages both young and old. The game suggests the age of ten being suitable to play but many younger than ten enjoy the hours of entertainment Rook has to offer. Today there is a variation of including a Red 1 and/or Black 1 during game play. When these cards are used the Rook is no longer the boss of the hand. The Red 1 will catch the Rook and the Black 1 when included

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