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SET Game | 
 enlarge | Brand: SET Enterprises
Category: Toy
List Price: $12.99
Buy New: $6.44
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Avg. Customer Rating:  158 reviews
Sales Rank: 17
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 6 - 99 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 1 x 4.3 x 6.5
MPN: 100
Model: 4098363
UPC: 736396001009
EAN: 0736396001009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand new, factory sealed game/toy. We ship daily.
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| Features:
| • | Award winning card game | | • | For one or more players | | • | Game contains complete instructions for play and 81 cards | | • | Comes with a durable plastic carrying case | | • | SET has become a classic game |
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Product Description
This award winning card game is for one or more players. It is recommended for ages six and above. The object of the game is to identify "sets" of three cards. Each card is unique in its four features; color - red, green or purple, symbol - diamond, squiggle or oval, shading - solid, striped or open, and number - 1, 2 or 3. A "set" consists of three cards on which each feature is either the same on all of the cards, or different on all of the cards. This game contains complete instructions for play, 81 cards, and a durable plastic carrying case.
Editorial Review
SET is a card game of quick recognition and deduction. Each card contains one of three symbols (squiggles, diamonds, ovals) in varying numbers (up to three), colors (purple, green, red), and degrees of shading. A dealer arranges 12 cards, face up, and the players--without taking turns--hastily scrutinize the images for logical "sets" of three cards linked by combinations of sameness or difference. It's not as complicated as it sounds: examples include a trio of paired ovals with increasing levels of shading between cards, or disparate symbols in different colors which increase in number on each card (card one has a green squiggle, card two a pair of purple ovals, card three a trio of diamonds). The trick is to keep calm while trying to make the rapid connections. The Darwinian nature of the game (remember: everyone plays simultaneously) is certain to cause some feistiness among more competitive players. --Tom Keogh
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| Customer Reviews: Read 153 more reviews...
You will be seeing these shapes in your sleep August 27, 2000
153 out of 154 found this review helpful
Highly addictive game because there are no turns, just every body whaling away at once. Trying to match up these shapes and colors becomes maddening after awhile. It is quite easy to get lost and see no matches what so ever and all of a sudden your brain will just click and you will be seeing sets everywhere. This is a very simple game to learn and very hard to master. First time players will get frustrated very easily if they are playing with SET veterans. The idea is to match any three cards on the table by having all of the card's characteristics being all the same or all different. Your spatial reasoning will get a real work out as you play through the deck the number of times equal to the number of players. Points are scored for each successful set and points are lost for incorrectly picking a set(which happens alot when everyone is in a hurry to find the next set.). A great great game that is loads of fun but a real mental workout.
The best since chess November 24, 1999
171 out of 174 found this review helpful
This game is the best invention since chess, if you want to improve your child's thinking ability! When I taught gifted students in grades 2-8, they would beg to play it. Kids would say over and over, "It''s hard, but it's fun". I read that it is an activity where the right brain and the left brain work together. The best thing about it is that it is not dependent on age or reading ability. There are 6 year olds who could beat me, and there are adults I can beat. A group of all ages can play together competitively, and no one has to hold back. Also, it is very light and portable for travel, or for just having handy if people are bored.. I take the cards out of the case, put a rubber band around them, and put them in my bag.
Super fun at a small price December 6, 2005
35 out of 35 found this review helpful
So many "thinking" games these days cost big bucks, but not SET! It is basically a pattern recognition game, but MUCH more fun than "pattern recognition game" sounds. My family loves to play SET, and, as others have noted, five year olds can play on a par with adults.
I also love the portability of the game - it's good wherever you have to wait, the dentist, the Drs. office, etc...
And I also love the fact that you can lose cards and STILL play the game. Our deck is probably 5 cards short but still going strong.
I highly recommend this game.
A simple concept, but it drives you to be creative. August 26, 2000
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
Like many great games, the concept here is simple. There are 81 cards, and they vary on 4 characteristics (shape, color, shading, and number on the card), each characteristic having three varieties. So all the combinations are 81 (3*3*3*3=81).The object of the game is to look at a group 12 cards and find three where they all share common elements, or differ completely on a characteristic. For instance, a trio could all be green, all be diamonds, and all have a different number of elements and all have different shading... But if there are 'two' of a kind, and not three, it's not a winning trio. (Two reds and a green will not work, even if all the other elements are appropriate.) If you spot a trio, you need to call out "SET" in advance of selecting it; mis-calls count against you. You can also have a set where there is nothing in common in any pair of the three cards. The educational value of this toy is in how it trains you to see relationships and common elements - - as well as uncommon elements. Remember, three completely unique cards constitutes a set just as well as a trio with a common theme. Because there are no 'turns,' per se, with all vying for the relationships at once, players are encouraged to think very quickly. We love this game. I hope you try it!
This is a FUN game November 13, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My girlfriend and I play this occasional, and both love it, even though we don't think alike (what guy and girl do!!). After playing a few times (very evenly matched) it was interesting to discover we look for different types of sets from each other.
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