In Set, each card contains 1-3 objects,
with all of the objects on a card having the same color, shape and
shading, e.g., two purple shaded ovals. Colors, shapes, and shadings
come in three different types: green, purple and red; oval, diamond and
squiggle; and solid, shaded and outlined.
All players compete simultaneously and try to claim sets of cards in a single pass through the deck. A set
consists of three cards that are either all alike or all different in
each attribute. For example, if all three cards have the same number of
objects, but three different shapes, shadings, and colors, then those
cards are a set; if two of the cards have a common attribute that is not
shared by the third, they are not a set.
To play, one person takes the deck and lays out twelve cards face up.
The first person to spot a set collects those three cards; if the
player was mistaken, then this player cannot claim a set until after
another player has done so. After someone has claimed a set, the
cardholder lays out three more cards. (If all players agree that no sets
can be claimed, then the cardholder lays out three more cards. These
cards aren't replaced after someone claims a set.) Whoever claims the
most sets wins!
Awards (from SET Enterprises web site)
- 2007 Creative Child's Preferred Choice Award
- 2007 TDMonthly Classic Toy award
- 2005 "Top 100 Games of 2005" Games Quartely
- 2004 ASTRA Hot Toys
- 2004 Parents' Choice 'Best 25 games of the past 25 years'
- 2002 Bernis's Major Fun award
- 2002 NSSEA - Top New Product
- 2001 Teachers' Choice Learning Award
- 2001 Educational Clearinghouse A+ Award
- 2000 Top Ten Games - Wizards of the Coast
- 1999 Parents' Council award
- 1998 Parents Magazine
- 1997 Parents' Choice Award
- 1996 Dr. Toy's 10 Best Games
- 1996 ASTRA Top Toy Pick
- 1995 Games Magazine 'Games 100' Award
- 1995 Deutscher Spiele Preis
- 1994 Games Magazine 'Games 100' Award
- 1993 Games Magazine 'Games 100' Award
- 1992 The Consumers Association of Quebec
- 1992 The Canadian Toy Testing Council
- 1992 Games Magazine 'Games 100' Award
- 1991 The Detroit News
- 1991 OMNI Magazine
- 1991 Mensa Select