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Interesting card game - never heard about it before. But it reminds me of the card game Set [1], which has a similar objective of finding cards that "belong tog
by henrik_w 3y ago
Interesting card game - never heard about it before. But it reminds me of the card game Set [1], which has a similar objective of finding cards that "belong together" in some sense. It also has interesting (and similar) mathematical properties, although there is no analytical solutions (as far as I know) once you start playing by removing sets. I was really fascinated by this twelve years ago, an simulate game play to find the probabilities [2]. Great fun!
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(card_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(card_game)
2. https://henrikwarne.com/2011/09/30/set-probabilities-revisited/ https://henrikwarne.com/2011/09/30/set-probabilities-revisit...
- passion__desire 3y agoPBS Infinite series video on the topic https://youtu.be/zurpOBPt4LI https://youtu.be/zurpOBPt4LI
- gcanyon 3y agoI miss infinite series :-/
- passion__desire 3y agoPBS should get someone else to restart the channel. It has high quality videos.
- gcanyon 3y agoAs far as I know, it was PBS that quit, not the hosts.
- gcanyon 3y agoI came here to recommend Set -- it's a fantastic game to play with kids older than about 7. It requires serious thought rather than just spotting things (not that there's anything wrong with Spot It!) And generally kids have an advantage over older players.
- dahart 3y agoMy then 7-year-old used to crush me and my wife at Set. I suspect part of the reason is because I thought about it too hard. :P The all-different sets are the mind-benders for me, I don’t see them easily and have to spend time enumerating combinations. He would generally beat us at Spot-It! too.
- gcanyon 3y agoI tend to favor the all-different-in-most-ways cards as well. When there's a streak of 1, 2, and 3 all-red, all-filled, all-ovals (and other similar "obvious" sets), my family crushes me.
- bitcoinmoney 3y agoYou should link it given the word Set is very generic.