Rook is a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.

[4] To accomplish this, George and Grace recast the standard deck of playing cards.

The hearts, spades, clubs, and diamonds were replaced with "suits" of colors: red, yellow, green, and black.

With this new fifty-six-card deck, whist and most other common card games could be faithfully played.

The official rules for Tournament Rook (also known as Kentucky Discard) are as follows.

The dealer shuffles and cuts the deck, then deals all of the cards, one at a time.

After the deal, players bid in increments of 5 points for the privilege of naming the trump suit.

At any time during the bidding process, a player can call a redeal if they have no points in their hand.

The error of a player reneging, or failing to follow suit, may be corrected before the next trick is taken.

The player that takes the last trick in a round captures the nest and scores any counters in it.