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Help page for Junior, Ultra9, MegaSet, GhostSet (#87)
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Co-authored-by: advikmrai <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Eugene Toder <[email protected]>
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<SetCard value="0202" />
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Set is played with a special deck of 81 = 3×3×3×3 cards. You can see
Set is played with a special deck of 3×3×3×3 = 81 cards. You can see
some examples of Set cards above. Each card has four features that
distinguish it from the others: color, shape, shading, and number. For
each feature, there are three variants, as shown in the example.
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For experienced players, there are many interesting variations on the
standard Set game. Currently this site lets you play two of these
variants: <em>Set-Chain</em> and <em>UltraSet</em>. Here's how.
standard Set game. Currently this site lets you play the following
variants:
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Junior
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Set Junior is a simplified version of the standard Set that only uses
cards with solid shading. This means that every card has only{" "}
<strong>three</strong> features instead of four &mdash; great for
beginners!
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<SetCard value="200" />
<SetCard value="011" />
<SetCard value="122" />
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Set-Chain
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Note that you do not have to select the four cards in any particular
order while playing.
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Ultra9
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Ultra9 follows the same rules as UltraSet, but 9 cards are dealt
instead of 12. This makes the game harder because there are many fewer
UltraSets on the board. In the very rare case that there are no
UltraSets among the 9 cards, 3 additional cards are dealt. (There is
always an UltraSet in any 10 cards.)
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MegaSet
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This is an extended version of Set where each card has a{" "}
<strong>fifth</strong> feature &mdash; border style. Every card has
either a single, double or dotted border.
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<SetCard value="02000" />
<SetCard value="12011" />
<SetCard value="22022" />
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The goal is the same as in the standard Set &mdash; find sets of three
cards that, for each of the five features, have variants of that
feature that are either all the same or all different. Since the
probability of 3 cards forming a five-feature set is lower, 16 cards
are dealt instead of 12.
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With 5 features, there are 3×3×3×3×3 = 243 cards in the deck. Be
prepared for a long game.
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GhostSet
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In GhostSet, you should pick out 3 disjoint pairs of cards (6 cards in
total) at a time. The 3 cards{" "}
<em>that complete each of the pairs to sets</em> should themselves
form a set. The game is called &ldquo;ghost set&rdquo; because these 3
cards do not need to be present on the board. For example, one valid
selection of the six cards could be:
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<SetCard value="0211" />
<SetCard value="2211" />
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<SetCard value="1100" />
<SetCard value="2222" />
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<SetCard value="0210" />
<SetCard value="1012" />
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Each row is one of the pairs. The corresponding &ldquo;ghost
set&rdquo; is shown below.
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<SetCard value="1211" />
<SetCard value="0011" />
<SetCard value="2111" />
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Finding a GhostSet can be quite hard in general, but there are two
easy special cases &mdash; 2 disjoint regular sets and a 3-pair
UltraSet (that is, 3 pairs of cards that form sets with the same
additional card).
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Memory
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<strong>
Memory variant is experimental and details are likely to change in
the future.
</strong>
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This variant is a hybrid of Set with the game{" "}
<Link href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_(card_game)">
Memory
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. The rules are the same as in the standard Set, but all cards are
dealt face down. Players reveal 3 cards at a time. If revealed cards
form a Set, it is taken as usual. Otherwise, the cards are turned face
down again, and the players make another attempt.
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