SET (PT)

Description

In SET, each card contains 1 to 3 objects, with all the objects on the card having the same color, shape, and shading, for example, two ovals shaded purple. The colors, shapes, and shading come in three different types: green, purple, and red; oval, diamond, and squiggle; and solid, shaded, and outlined.

All players compete simultaneously and attempt to claim sets of cards in a single pass through the deck. A set is made up of three cards that are either all the same or all different in each attribute. For example, if all three cards have the same number of objects, but three different shapes, shades, and colors, then those cards are a set; if two of the cards have a common attribute that is not shared by the third, they are not a set.

To play, one person takes the deck and deals twelve cards face up. The first person to find a set collects these three cards; if the player is mistaken, then that player cannot claim a set until another player has done the same. After someone claims a set, the cardholder deals three more cards. (If all players agree that no sets can be claimed, the cardholder deals three more cards. These cards are not replaced after someone claims a set.) Whoever claims the most sets wins!