A set or group in

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s is a scoring combination consisting of three or more

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of the same rank;Parlett (2008) p. 489. in some games, such as

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, a set may also comprise just two cards (a 'pair').

Description

Sets are one of the two types of meld that may be used in games where melding is part of the play; the other being a run or sequence. A set or group comprises 3 or 4 cards of the same rank and, usually, different suits. A prial, pair royal, gleek or triplet is a set of 3 cards of equal rank and a quartet or, in some older games, a mournival, is one of four cards of the same rank.Parlett (2008), pp. 287, 645. Usually a pair (2 cards of the same rank but different suits) is not counted as a "set"; but some games, such as

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do include pairs as sets. A wild set is one containing

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– that is, those cards designated in the rules as being wild, for example, the jokers in Rommé. On the other hand, a natural set is one consisting entirely of '

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'.Parlett, David. ''A History of Card Games''. Oxford: OUP (1991), p. 127. .

Examples

French suited cards

German suited cards

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