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81 Special Cards. You can print templates for these onto A4 card
using a colour printer.
2 upwards
The cards are shuffled. One player goes dealer. It is probably best
if the dealer does not take part in that particular round and that
players take turns at being the dealer. Four rows of three cards are
dealt face up on the table.
There are no turns. Any player who sees a three card SET in the
layout shouts "SET". The player explains the SET to the other
players. If a SET is agreed then that player retains the SET and
scores 1 point. If the cards do not form a SET or "SET" was shouted
in error then that player loses 1 point (if that player has a
retained SET then it could be put on the rubbish heap and that player
effectively loses 1 point). Should there be a tie in the "SET" shout
then the two players should explain the SETS they have found. If the
SETS have no shared cards then each player may retain her SET. If
there are shared cards then these are placed on a rubbish heap and
neither player scores. When a SET (or shared cards) is removed from
the layout then the dealer replaces the cards from the pack to
complete the 12 card layout again. As soon as the last card has been
replaced players are free to shout "SET" again. It may happen that
there are no SETS in the layout. If all players agree this is so
then the dealer deals an extra three cards to the layout. The first
SET removed thereafter is not replaced by new cards and the 12 card
layout is reestablished.
If your score is the highest after all the cards have been dealt and
no more SETS remain.
A SET consists of three cards for which each property is of matching
type or one of each different type. Each property is treated
independently so that one property may have matching type and another
property may have one of each type. Here are three examples of SETS:
For one of the Properties if two types match and the other is
different then it is not a SET. This is a good rule to concentrate
on when hunting for sets:
For example this set of three cards IS NOT a SET:
The SET Game Company Home Page
This is the Official Site for the game. It contains a wealth of
articles and resources: The Daily Puzzle, Alternative Rules, a
section on the Mathematics of the game and a Java Tutorial for
learning the game.
Read about a Mathematics Project on the SET Game
This was produced by the Education Development Center. There are
Warm-up Problems, hints for play, Resources and a very useful set of
Teaching Notes.
contains among other items a page of the rules of 14 SET variants.
This discusses some of the more advanced mathematical aspects of the game.
