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
Trump (card games) to the prevalence of the trump in card games, the term used in Japan for the standard 52-card deck of playing cards is , derived from the English word "trump". From this card game use came metaphoric uses, e.g.: In general strategy, a trump card is the move one party can use to attain decisive victory. In this sense, a trump card can be a person, a weapon, or the starting of a chain of events. Trump (card games) A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is