Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Mar 01 '06
Pros: Clever game of visual perception with endless variations suitable for adults and kids alike.
Cons: Color-blind players will be confounded by the poor ergonomic design.
Summary: Introduction: In Which We Meet a Much-Beloved Game Packing for vacation when you've got a five-year-old math whiz and game addict in tow is an experience not dissimilar to packing when bringing a baby along. Instead of carefully checking that ...
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Feb 21 '03
Pros: It'll keep you busy for hours and everyone can play.
Cons: It gets kinda hard on the eyes.
Summary: "Set" is an interesting card game. My best friend's little sister brought it out one day and we sat and played it for 4 hours straight.
Object of the game:
To make sets of cards that are either all the same or all different.
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Jan 22 '02
Pros: fun, challenging, 1 player or more, uses whole brain
Cons: none unless you don't like challenges or thinking
Summary: This is a great card game I found after a lady in my Mom's group told us about another great game called Quiddler. That night I decided to see if there was a website for this "quiddler" and that's how I saw the SET® game. I read the instructions and...
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Jul 11 '01
Pros: Simple, engaging, stimulating, no batteries required, promotes thinking
Cons: don't lose any cards!
Summary: My husband is a mathematician so this game is a natural for my family.
What is it, exactly? Nothing but a deck of cards. Each card has four attributes:
• shape of object(s)
• number of objects
• color of objects
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Jan 07 '01
Pros: challenging to many age levels
Cons: takes some people a little while to warm up
Summary: Bought this at a neat toy-and-game store in Michigan and gave it to my game-loving husband this Christmas. We ended up playing set every time we got together with family and friends over the holidays. Took us a little while to settle on the clearest...
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Dec 09 '00
Pros: Clever, challenging and engaging for the whole family
Cons: If any cards get lost, the whole thing collapses like a house of, well, you know ...
Summary: After the wassail has been drunk, the roast beast eaten and the wrapping paper strewn, it's fun to completely overanalyze the gifts we receive for the holidays. Presents speak volumes about the donee and/or their hopes for, or assumptions about, the...
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Sep 16 '00
Pros: Fun thinking game
Cons: kind of difficult
Summary: Set is an extreme game of skill and speed. It really boggles the mind, and makes you think in perspectives you never thought possible. It takes real patience to play a game such as Set, because it can be very irritating if you can't quite get it...
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Apr 06 '00
Pros: Makes ya think, good group game
Cons: Matt's too good at it.
Summary: I first came across SET in the 8th grade gifted class. Our gifted teacher, Mrs. Hirsch, always had a new "mind-expanding" game to try on us. We took to SET right away. It's fast paced (especially the longer one plays it) and can get REALLY...
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Apr 04 '00
Pros: Simple, great for any number of players, consuming, educational
Cons: kind of mathy
Summary: Set is one of those games. It's the kind of game that you can play for a half hour or for seven hours. Eventually, you see the world through Set. You dream about it. Your entire life alters slightly so that you're seeing sets in everything. It's...
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Apr 02 '00
Pros: Brain engaging, easy rules
Cons: none
Summary: I received SET as a gift the first year it was produced and play it whenever I can. The concept is simple, yet the play can be difficult for some people.
The cards picture 1, 2 or 3 objects that vary in Color, Shape and Fill. A SET is...
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Mar 24 '00
Pros: fun fun fun! and challenging. Easy to travel with
Cons: confusing to learn at first
Summary: This is a fantastic game! I've had it for 6 years, and it's still a favorite. It's challenging, and addicting. I was lucky enough to have somebody explain it to me because it is a complex game, and not easy to explain! Most people sit back and...
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Feb 17 '00
Pros: educational, thought provoking, and fun
Cons: none
Summary: My 10 year old daughter played SET while on our family vacation last summer. I hovered and I had no clue what was going on! I decided to purchase the game for her for Christmas this past year since she enjoyed it so much. What a great decision...
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Feb 11 '00
Pros: lots of fun, mental challenge
Cons: can get pretty competitive
Summary: I got SET a couple of years ago, and I always really enjoy it. It takes a little while to really get the hang of it, but once you do it's a lot of fun. If you get four people together who really know how to play well, it comes close to being a...
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Feb 03 '00
Pros: umm...it's portable
Cons: sort of dull
Summary: I'm not sure what the big deal is about Set, but then again, I never was one of those kids who liked doing "Math and Shapes" worksheets. We own this because my boyfriend's family gave it to us, and to be fair, they seem to adore it. But...
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Jan 26 '00
Pros: Portable! Never gets boring!
Cons: Very competitive.
Summary: Every once in a while you'll find yourself playing a game at a friend's house and you know you MUST own the game for yourself. Set is one of those games. It seems like a simple card-matching game, but in its simplicity is an elegence that will get...
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