Editing Set (card game) (section)

== Games ==
[[file: Deskohraní 2012 - 6831.JPG|thumb|alt=A group of people at a table playing set |Playing ''Set'']]

Several games can be played with these cards, all involving the concept of a ''set''. A set consists of three cards satisfying ''all'' of these conditions:
* They all have the same number or have three different numbers.
* They all have the same shape or have three different shapes.
* They all have the same shading or have three different shadings.
* They all have the same color or have three different colors.

The rules of ''Set'' are summarized by: If you can sort a group of three cards into "two of ____ and one of ____", then it is not a set.

For example, these three cards form a set:
* One red striped diamond
* Two red solid diamonds
* Three red open diamonds

Given any two cards from the deck, there is [[one and only one]] other card that forms a set with them.

In the standard ''Set'' game, the dealer lays out cards on the table until either twelve are laid down or someone sees a set and calls "Set!". The player who called "Set" takes the cards in the set, and the dealer continues to deal out cards until twelve are on the table. A player who sees a set among the twelve cards calls "Set" and takes the three cards, and the dealer lays three more cards on the table. (To call out "set" and not pick one up quickly enough results in a penalty.) There may be no set among the twelve cards; in this case, the dealer deals out three more cards to make fifteen dealt cards, or eighteen or more, as necessary. This process of dealing by threes and finding sets continues until the deck is exhausted and there are no more sets on the table. At this point, whoever has collected the most sets wins.

Variants were included with the ''Set'' game that involve different mechanics to find sets, as well as different player interaction. Additional variants continue to be created by avid players of the game.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Set Variants|url=http://magliery.com/Set/SetVariants.html|access-date=2022-02-07|website=magliery.com|archive-date=2012-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530223226/http://magliery.com/Set/SetVariants.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Get Set - A Set Variant|url=http://www.thegamesjournal.com/rules/GetSet.shtml|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.thegamesjournal.com|archive-date=2013-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413050239/http://www.thegamesjournal.com/rules/GetSet.shtml|url-status=usurped}}</ref>