Rook vs Mexican Train Scoreboard

Play the classic Rook trick-taking card game on your iPhone or iPad. You play South, partnered with North, against the West/East team. Rook uses a special deck with four colored suits numbered 5 through 14, plus the powerful Rook card. In this app, the Rook is represented by a castle chess piece, and the cards are designed to be color-blind friendly. Customize the game to match the Rook rules you know. Change the wallpaper, add optional 1 cards ranked above the 14s, choose whether players must play trump when unable to follow suit, award a bonus for winning every trick, adjust the winning score, and more. HOW TO PLAY Dealing: The deal rotates to the left each hand. Each player receives 9 cards, with 5 additional cards dealt to the widow in the center of the table. Bidding: Players bid for the right to choose the trump suit. The player to the dealer’s left opens the bidding at 70 or passes. Bidding continues to the left, usually in 5-point increments. Once a player passes, that player is out of the bidding for the hand. The Widow and Trump: The high bidder takes the 5 widow cards, which are revealed to all players, chooses the trump suit, and then discards 5 cards. The discarded cards remain hidden from the other players. Depending on your settings, point cards in the discard go either to the bidding team or to the winner of the last trick. Playing Tricks: The dealer—or optionally the high bidder—leads the first trick. Play continues to the left, with each player playing one card. Players must follow the suit that was led when possible. If unable to follow suit, a player may play any card—or, with the appropriate option enabled, must play trump when possible. The highest card of the suit led wins unless a trump card is played, in which case the highest trump wins. The Rook is the highest trump card and can be played strategically to capture a valuable trick. Standard card ranking from highest to lowest is: Rook – 14 – 13 – 12 – 11 – 10 – 9 – 8 – 7 – 6 – 5 With the optional 1 cards enabled: Rook – 1 – 14 – 13 – 12 – 11 – 10 – 9 – 8 – 7 – 6 – 5 The winner of each trick collects the four cards and leads the next trick. Scoring: At the end of the hand, each team counts the point cards it captured: • Rook: 20 points • 14: 10 points • 10: 10 points • 5: 5 points Other cards have no point value. If the bidding team fails to score enough points to make its bid, the bid amount is deducted from its score. An optional bonus can also be awarded for winning every trick. Winning: The first team to reach the selected winning score wins the game. You can adjust the target score in the game settings. Rook is free to play and supported by advertising. Prefer to play without ads? Rook+, the paid ad-free version, is also available on the App Store.

Leave the pencil, paper, and calculator behind. Mexican Train Scoreboard is a fast, dependable scoring companion for real-life Mexican Train domino games. Enter each player’s score, and the app automatically calculates totals, ranks the standings, tracks every engine, and remembers exactly where your game left off. BUILT FOR REAL GAME NIGHTS • Fast numeric score entry • Automatic totals and low-score rankings • Support for 2 to 8 players • Double-6, Double-9, Double-12, Double-15, and Double-18 sets • Automatic engine tracking through Double-Blank • Clear current-round and standings displays • Edit previous rounds and recalculate the entire game • Resume an unfinished game with one tap • Save players for faster setup • Create named groups for your regular crew • Play again with the same players • View completed games and lifetime standings • Built-in Mexican Train rules reference DESIGNED FOR THE TABLE Large, readable controls make scoring easy on both iPhone and iPad. The clean layout helps everyone see the current engine, scores, and leader without passing around a paper score sheet. RELIABLE BY DESIGN Your active game and unfinished score entries are saved automatically, helping you recover after interruptions or accidentally closing the app. SIMPLE, FAIR PRICING Complete your first game free. Unlock unlimited games, saved groups, lifetime statistics, and sharing with one affordable, one-time purchase. No advertisements. No subscription. No account required. Mexican Train Scoreboard is a scoring companion for in-person domino play. It does not deal dominoes or replace the physical game.