
1988Marsha J. Falco
Mostly how-to-play and reviews. SET is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 15 reviews, 20 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 6 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
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!
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SET has 42 videos from 39 creators: 15 reviews, 20 how-to-play guides, 1 playthrough and 6 other videos. They date from 2010 to August 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "How to play Set" by BoardGameTutorials, which runs 5 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Persephone's SET Review" by Persephone C. 14 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "SET gra karciana na spostrzegawczość, card game" by antros.
If you like it, try Five Crowns and Set Cubed, also by Marsha J. Falco, or Anomia and Spot it!, which share several of its mechanics.
8 of 39
2010Andrew Innes
3 - 6 players30 minLight weight
2009Denis Blanchot, Jacques Cottereau, Guillaume Gille-Naves, Igor Polouchine
2 - 8 players15 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
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!
Designer
Marsha J. Falco
Artists
John Langdon, Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher
Set Enterprises, Inc.
Categories
Mechanics