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SET Game | 
 enlarge | Brand: SET Enterprises
Category: Toy
List Price: $12.99
Buy New: $6.63
You Save: $6.36 (49%)
New (61) from $6.63
Rating:  172 reviews
Sales Rank: 78
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
ASIN: B00000IV34
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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 45 more reviews...
You will be seeing these shapes in your sleep August 27, 2000
B. Battaglia (buffalo, ny United States)
173 out of 174 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
183 out of 186 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.
Game loving family February 15, 2000
66 out of 66 found this review helpful
This educational game is extremely fun. Of the 7 members of our family - 5 of us play very often. We even invite company over to play! Our youngest who is 6 enjoys this game and can beat mom at 40! The other 5 children also are extremely fond of the game. The only problem that we have encountered is that sometimes 2 or more people yell "SET" at the same time. We have solved that proplem by incorporating a bell from a different game set next to the 12 cards to ring instead of yelling "SET". This works very well for our family! The best thing about this game is that it is extremely fun for all age groups! We can get quite competitive and play it over and over again.
Great fun for kids and adults also helps learn useful skills December 6, 1999
53 out of 53 found this review helpful
We played after family dinner with kids from 4 to 15, and adults too. Great way to get everybody to interact with each other, and the kids were so pumped up by how well they did compared to the adults. This is not a silly game, and kids get great thinking skills from it. My daughter is learning disabled and did REALLY well, it made her proud of how well she could think and gave her lots of positive feedback. I like to play it alone with her when we don't have time for more complicated games at night, but it also works very well in large and diverse groups.
Super fun at a small price December 6, 2005
Learning All The Time (USA)
39 out of 39 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.
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