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Several games can be played with these cards, all involving the concept of a set. A set consists of three cards which satisfy all of these conditions:
Given any two cards from the deck, there will be one and only one other card that forms a set with them. One example of a set would be these three cards:
In one game, the dealer lays out cards on the table until either twelve are laid down or someone sees a set and calls "Set!" The player who called "Set" takes the cards in the set and the dealer continues to deal out cards until twelve are on the table. If a player sees a set among the twelve cards, he calls "Set" and takes the three cards, and the dealer lays three more cards on the table. It is possible that there is no set among the 12 cards; in this case, the dealer deals out three more cards to make fifteen dealt cards, or eighteen or more, as necessary. This process of dealing by threes and finding sets continues until the deck is exhausted and there are no more sets on the table. At this point, whoever has collected the most sets wins.