Set (cards)

A set or group in card games is a scoring combination consisting of three or more playing cards of the same rank;[1] in some games, such as Bieten, a set may also comprise just two cards (a 'pair').

A set of threes

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 or triplet is a set of 3 cards of equal rank and a quartet is one of four cards of the same rank.[2]

Usually a pair (2 cards of the same rank but different suits) is not counted as a "set"; but some games, such as Bieten or Perlaggen do include pairs as sets. A wild set, as opposed to a natural set, is one containing wild cards such as jokers or deuces rather than 'natural cards'.[3]

Examples

French suited cards
Pair
(may not count as a set)
Prial or triplet
Wild triplet
Quartet

German suited cards
Pair
(may not count as a set)
Prial or triplet
Wild triplet
Wild Quartet

See also

References
  1. Parlett (2008) p. 489.
  2. Parlett (2008), pp. 287, 645.
  3. Parlett, David. A History of Card Games. Oxford: OUP (1991), p. 127. ISBN 0-19-282905-X.

Bibliography
  • Parlett, David. The Penguin Book of Card Games. London: Penguin (2008). ISBN 978-0-141-03787-5.
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