Blackbird

R. Don Wilson

About this game

This game is similar to the classic ROOK® card game*.

Compete against the computer in this classic trick-taking game. Bid competitively for the chance to declare trump. Take tricks with pointers to reach your bid or you’ll get set!

Play with two widely different rule sets (Kentucky Discard or Western Wyoming) or create your own set of rules to play with any of these options that can be on or off:
• Include 1's worth 15 points
• Low/high/10.5 Blackbird card
• Remove the Blackbird card
• Allow Blackbird card to be played anytime
• Winning bidder leads the first trick
• Red 1 worth 30 points
• Adjustable game winning score
• Bonus for taking most tricks
• and more!


* This is not in any way endorsed by or affiliated with Hasbro, Inc. ROOK® is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc.

Ratings and reviews

Used to play Rook with friends and family - this game version (with some of my own rules) is as close to how we played! Love it! I love that there is the option for adding your own twists and character names. Yes, sometimes the AI plays a "stupid" move (like playing a 14 (second highest point card) on the oponent's 1 (Highest point excluding the Rook/BlackBird) even when the next turn they play a non-point card in the same color). But I thoroughly enjoy the game 😁. FYI- I like playing offline.

Lowered by one star because of no changes. I love playing this, but I wish a few things would be added: multiplayer (the Apple version has this), option to view one or more cards in nest while bidding, computer bidding aggressiveness setting, option to allow partner to call trumps when you win the bid for extra points tacked on to bid. If it had a few of these, I'd rate 5 stars. Nothing is changing with this game. Rating will go down as I'm asked to rate, but get no feedback on my suggestions.

I used to love playing ROOK with my coworkers at lunch. Been looking for real life ROOK partners or an app for years. I miss 'reading' my partner, but this is a fun approximation. Has all the features of the original from making the bid to strategizing how to take the most tricks. Fairly no frills. They could probably jazz it up, but it has all the key features.

What’s new

This includes fixes for a couple crashes and optimizations for newer versions of Android.