TH

HEFAMILYGAMEOFVISUALPER
RCEPTION
N
INSSTRUCTIO
ONS
Agess:6toadultt
Num
mberofPlayeers:1ormore
The objectofthegameisto
oidentifyaSSETof3card
dsfrom12caardsplacedffaceuponthetable.Eaachcardhasfour
features,whichcanvaryasffollows:

ASEETconsistso
of3cardsin whicheach ofthecardsfeatures,lo
ookedatone
ebyone,are
ethesameo
oneachcard
d,or,
aredifferenton eachcard.A
Allofthefeaaturesmust separatelysatisfythisru
ule.Inotherwords:shap
pemustbeeither
thesameonall3cards,ord
differentoneeachofthe3
3cards;colo
ormustbeeiitherthesam
meonall3caards,ordiffeerent
one
eachofthe3
3,etc.SeeEX
XAMPLESbelow.
AQU
UICKCHECKIsitaSET??
If2 cardsarethesameand 1cardisdiffferentinan
nyfeature,th
henitisnot aSET.Foreexample,if2
2areredand
d1is
purp
plethenitisnotaSET.A
ASETmustbeeeitherallth
hesameORalldifferentineachindivvidualfeaturre.
EASY
YSTART
Foraaquickintro
oduction,startwiththessmalldeck(ju
ustthesolidsymbols).Th
hiseliminateesonefeaturre,shading.O
Once
youcanquicklysseeaSETwh
henplayingtthe3feature
eversion,shu
ufflethe2de
eckstogetheertoplaytheefullgame.
THEPLAY
Thedealershuffflesthecardsandlays12
2faceuponthetable(in
narectanglee)sothatthe
eycanbeseenbyall.Plaayers
removeSETsof 3cardsfrom
manywhere onthetablee.EachSETiischeckedbytheother players.Ifco
orrect,theSSETis
kepttbytheplayyer forone pointandth
hedealerrep
placesthe3
3 cardswith 3fromthe deck.AplayyermustcallSET
befo
orepickingupthecards.Therearenoturns,thefirstplayerttocallSETgeetscontrolofftheboard.Afterhe/sheehas

calle
edSET,nootherplayerccanpickup cardsuntilthatplayerhasfinished. TheSETmustbepicked
dupwithinaafew
seco
ondsaftercaallingit.Ifap
playercallsSSETanddoessnothaveo
one,oriftheSETisincorrrect,he/sheelosesonep
point,
andthe3cardsarereturned
dtothetablee.Ifallplayeersagreethaatthereisno
otaSETinth
he12cards,3morecardsare
laid faceupontthetable.Th
he3cardsarenotreplacedwhentheenextSETisfound,redu
ucingthenum
mberbackto
o12.
Note
e:Thereare~33:1oddsthataSETisspresentin1
12cards,and
d~2500:1oddswhen15
5cardsareo
onthetable.

Theplaycontinu
uesuntilthedeckisdepleted.Attheendoftheggametherem
maybecardsremainingthatdonotform
aSEET.Thenumb
berofSETsheldbyeachplayeristheencounted.O
OnepointisgivenforeacchSET.Highscorewins.
Ifyo
ouwantalo
ongergame, thedealpasssestothep
persononth
hedealersleft,andtheplayresumeswiththe deck
bein
ngreshuffled
d.Whenallth
heplayershaavedealt,th
hegameendss.Theplayerrwiththehigghestoverallscorewins..
Whe
enplayingso
olitaire,iftheplayerdoeesnotfindaaSET,3morrecardsare laiddownw
withapenalttyofoneSETT.To
winthegame,th
heplayermu
ustremovethispenaltyb
byfindingaSSETonthetaableoutofth
helast12cards.
EXA
AMPLES
Foreexample,theefollowingaareSETs:

Allthreecardsh
havethesam
meshape,theesamecolor,thesamen
numberofsyymbolsandtheyallhavedifferent
shad
ding.

havedifferen
ntshapes,diffferentcolorrs,anddifferentnumberssofsymbolsandtheyalllhavethesame
Allthreecardsh
shad
ding.

havedifferen
ntshapes,diffferentcolorrs,differentn
numbersofssymbolsanddifferentshadings.
Allthreecardsh

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