Set (card game) Set (card game) Set is a real-time card game designed by Marsha Falco in 1974 and published by Set Enterprises in 1991. The deck consists of 81 cards varying in four features: number (one, two, or three); symbol (diamond, squiggle, oval); shading (solid, striped, or open); and color (red, green, or purple). Each possible combination of features (e.g., a card with three striped green diamonds) appears precisely once in the deck. The game evolved out of a coding system that the designer used in her job as a geneticist. "Set" won American Mensa's "Mensa Select" award in 1991 and placed
Glossary of card game terms dealer declarer defenders Diamonds discard pile doubleton draw a card eldest face card facedown (US) faceup (US) face value fold follow suit game points hand Hearts in turn joker kind lay off lead Leaves meld natural card pack penalty picture card plain card pool prial rank renege renounce revoke schmear or smear schneider schwarz singleton slam solo soloist Spades squeeze tableau trey turn-up upcard value void widow youngest Glossary of card game terms The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. This list