SET: The Family Game of Visual Perception
- The Family Game of Visual Perception
- Winner of over 35 Best Game awards
- Great family game, kids can compete with adults
- Easy to learn and unlimited replay value
- Classic fast-paced game with no turns and no luck
Ashley Taggart
Addictive! Good for varied ages and numbers of players.
Great game!!! Love that a game is relatively short. The description sounded very simplistic and the kids (ages 8, 11, and 14) didn’t think they’d like it, but it’s very fun. Even though my youngest doesn’t make as many sets as others, she’s very proud when she sees one that we miss. It accommodates any number of players. I love that it can also be played solo, so that you can practice and get better and faster. I’m addicted!
Angelica Nordgaard
Really fun and challenging
This game is the perfect balance of fun and challenging. Older kids can enjoy it, but it's just as fun for adults. The instructions say that there are 33:1 odds a set is in 12 cards, and 2500:1 odds a set is in 15 cards. We will stare at the cards on the table for what feels like an eternity, only to have someone suddenly and triumphantly collect a set that was in front of our eyes the whole time. Love this game.
Alanna Medlock
Great for gamers OR family game night!
This game is great! Simple yet complex. There aren't many mechanics to it, but it's still challenging. There's a simple version to the game and a more complex version, depending on how many cards you use. The basic idea is that there are 4 qualities to a card, the shape, the color, the number of shapes on the card, and the shade of the shapes (blank, shaded, solid). In a setup of 12 cards, the first person to spot and call "Set" gets to attempt to take three cards that have all of the aspects of the card either all the SAME or all DIFFERENT. For example: All three have to be the same color, or all different colors; you can't have two purple and one green, they have to either be all one color or three different colors. They all have to be ONEs or a set of one, two, three. They all have to be diamonds (for example) or all different shapes (diamond, circle, squiggle). And, finally, they all have to be solid or all different (one solid, one shaded, one blank) in the more challenging version. The great thing about this game is that it's good for gamers who are really into other, more complicated games, but also great for kids, families and other people who aren't normally into "serious" games. Great for a tabletop game day OR a family game night. It's simple, compact, easy to carry/travel with and a quick enough play time that even someone with a short attention span for games can still enjoy.
Nikola Mandov
First discovered this game 25 years ago - good for my aging brain
I first encountered this game 25 years ago and discovered that I had a natural knack for it. Many, many years later I bought this when my kids were old enough to play - 4th grade for my daughter, which is when she was introduced to the game in the gifted and talented program at school. It would appear my daughter inherited my talent for this game. Or perhaps she stole it, as I discovered I was now struggling to identify the "sets." She's now in 10th grade, and this is still one of our go-to games. She dominates us all. Games like this are good for the aging brain.
Rebel Jutt
Fun for almost any age!!!
Bought last Christmas and have played it every single time that our family gets together. Even my five year old nephew was able to get in on the fun as it's all about symbols and making matches or sets. It's a great game and fun for almost any age. You don't have to wait to take your turn as everyone plays at the same time which is great for those impatient players!
Dawn Scholl
Really Fun and FAST to Learn & Play
I love this game! PROS: -VERY EASY TO LEARN. It takes 2-3 minutes to explain to someone and then they're ready to play! -I feel like it sharpens your brain. Obviously I don't have any tests to support this, but it makes you think without being too complex. -Takes up minimal storage space, unlike a lot of board games. -Fun, obviously! -Perfect for taking places, due to its small size and how quickly it can be learned. -Many people can play at once, or just two. Or, you could test yourself and play alone! -It doesn't take 30 minutes to play a round. The rounds are maybe 5-10 minutes long, depending on how many people are playing and how good you are at it! CONS -The old ones used to come in a little plastic case for the cards. This one doesn't. This may be a con for some, but honestly, I like the idea of cutting back on plastic consumption when possible.
Holly Beckwick
Wow! Unexpected challenge for all ages!
I like mental challenges, so I actually waffled over getting this game because it looked too simple. Not so! Don't let the basic shapes fool you too. We played it with four people, but it can be played alone or with ten people, doesn't matter. With four players, each game took about 20-30 minutes. Anyone at any age can enjoy this game and find a set or two. Our foursome had two in their mid-20s and two in their mid-50s. This game is perfect for a family game night with middle-schoolers too. It's a great mental exercise disguised as a fun game that can teach efficiency, awareness, and perseverance. The game starts with twelve cards face-up on the table. The directions say this is fast-paced, so I was thinking something akin to the card games Spoons or Slap-Jack. In reality, the only things moving quickly are your eyes. You have to look at the cards to find sets of 3 that match three of the four characteristics, or none at all. So you study every card (it's not uncommon for the group to sit for three or four minutes silently staring at the table) and eventually find a set. It's not a race to that card, you simply have to shout "Set" before anyone else does. After that, you can take your time grabbing your cards--you already have first claim, so there's no rush. However, you get penalized when you're wrong (and you will be wrong, frequently), so be careful. Scoring are as follows: you count the number of sets you found. That's it. But remember, for each wrong guess, you lose a set (we put them into a discard/burn pile). In each game we played, the winner had four or five at the end. It's not a high-scoring game, so if the leader only has a few sets, everyone is in the game until the very end.
كوني توريس جاليا
This is such a good game! In the math department area of my ...
This is such a good game! In the math department area of my college we had a deck of this would commonly play it to get a bit of a break from studying. I've now introduced it to my nieces (youngest is 7) and they love it just as much! It's incredibly simple and easy to explain, but remains consistently challenging and interesting over time. Kids can compete with adults, experienced players with newbies-- you can even play this on your own to kill time! There is also no waiting for turns or on other players, so it works well for the young, impatient or large groups. Really just an incredibly well-rounded (and cheap!) game. The only downside I see is their color choices-- it uses purple, red and green, so people with the most common kind of color blindness (like my cousin) won't be able to play without modifying the cards. It seems to me like they could easily choose colors that would affect fewer people. But it doesn't hurt most people's ability to play, so 5/5!
Mayodele Mosuro
WHOLE FAMILY favorite. Can be played solitaire or in just about ...
WHOLE FAMILY favorite. Can be played solitaire or in just about any size groups. The first time or two that a new person learns this game can feel like a lot to remember, but after the 3rd time, it becomes pretty natural and tons of fun! We love not only competing for the MOST number of sets, but we also try to see who can catch the MORE COMPLEX COMBINATIONS of sets that aren't so immediately obvious. This game challenges and develops your brain and thinking skills on so many deeper levels. You don't need math for this...just a sense of patterning. Our youngest child was about 4 years old when he started playing this game and he caught on relatively quickly. Our family has loved this game for several years now and it never gets old or boring.
Katie Jo Moore
One of the very best family games ever
Set deserves the awards it has won. Always popular with my family, I've now started giving it as a gift to other families, e.g., when invited to dinner. (Kids can't drink a bottle of wine!) It is a way to encourage quality family time and stimulate logic and perception. You can play for 10 minutes or for hours--each game is fairly short. Why give a stuffed animal or a board game that depends on luck when you can help kids develop valuable thinking habits while they have fun? Another plus: it is small enough to take on vacations. I do hope the company changes back to selling the cards in a package that includes a handy plastic box for keeping them neat. This is one of my two top games to give children. (The other is Amazing Labyrinth.)