A set or group in

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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

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that may be used in games where melding is part of the play; the other being a

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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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