SET
1988
BGG Geek Rating
6.3
based on 13,887 ratings
BGG Average Rating
6.5
community average
BGG Ranking
#1843
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Players
1-20
Weight
1.65/5.00
Playtime
30 min
Age
6+
⚙️ Game Mechanics
How this game works - core systems and player actions
🎨 Artists
🏢 Publishers
999 Games
AMIGO
Brain Games
Broadway Toys LTD
Compaya.hu: Gamer Café Kft.
Copag Cards (Copag)
CreativaMente
Devir
Enigma (Bergsala Enigma)
Esdevium
F.X. Schmid
G3
Galápagos Jogos
Gigamic
Hobby Japan
HomoLudicus
Kaissa Chess & Games
Korea Boardgames
Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd
Nordic Games ehf
PlayMonster
Ravensburger
TWOPLUS Games
📖 About This Game
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!