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Set!

All different or all the same

The name of the game is the aim of the game, you need to find sets quickly and win with most of them. 81 cards differ in amount, color, shape and filling of symbols. Each card is unique – possible colors are red, green or purple, the shapes are diamond, wave and ellipse, fillings are empty, striped or full and there can be one, two or three of the same symbols on a card. A set comprises three cards on which each of the four characteristics, when checked by itself, is either identical or completely different on each card. For instance, a set would be three cards showing three different shapes in three colors, all with striped filling and two shapes on each card.

Cards are stacked face-down and you lay out twelve cards in a grid of 3x4 cards. All players now simultaneously search for a set in this display grid. When you spot a set, you call “Set” and the game is interrupted; you point out the cards in your set and take them, if you are correct. The display is filled to twelve cards from the stack. When the grid of twelve cards does not yield a set you extend it to 15 cards; should now a set be found, you do not fill the grid to 15 cards, unless there is no additional set again.

When you make a mistake you are not allowed to take another set until another player has found and taken a correct set.

In this new edition, too, set is a challenging game, hectic, demanding, good and interesting. After a few game a bit of a learning curve sets in, you spot sets quicker and speed of reaction gets more dominant. A tidbit for fans of fast abstract games! Set! No, it’s not! It is! Set! Yes! 

Players: 1-8

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Marsha J. Falco

Artist: not named

Price: ca. 11 Euro

Publisher: Amigo-Spiele 2013

Web: www.amigo-spiele.de

Genre: Collecting and reaction game

Users: For families

Special: 1 player

Special: Many players

Version: de

Rules: de en es fr gr it nl pl pt ru

In-game text: no

Comments:

New edition of a near classic

Abstract game

Good solo game

Compares to:

Was the first game of its kind, also all set collecting games

Other editions:

Set Enterprises, USA

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 3

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 3

Action (dark green): 0