Regular
SET
Race to find a set of three among the twelve cards.
2“Do you like Dobble, Boggle, or other “fastest finger” ultra light party games?
I’d so here’s another one for you.
Personally I hate fastest finger as a mechanic.
That aside here’s another reason I don’t like this game: it rewards a certain type of intellect.
The game in a nutshell:
- 3x4 grid of cards laid on table
- Cards have different shapes and qualities
- Spot and claim a “Set” of 3 cards first
A set can be 3 cards that either match on 1 quality or on multiple, but never 2.
Qualities:
- Shape: Diamond, Oval, Squiggle
- Quantity: 1, 2, or 3 shapes per card
- Colour: Red, Green, Purple,
- Texture: outline, half infill, solid infill
You can claim a set if you find something like:
“3 diamonds, each is a different colour but only 1 per card and they’re all different textures.”
Personally I hate this. For me it takes me time to look over all the cards and then try to make mental combinations meeting the criteria, but still I kept getting things wrong: “3 diamonds, each a different colour, but 2 share a texture”
Other players just has the type of mind to be able to spot sets in less than 10 seconds each round.. but me… nope… not my brain wavelength.
I both played and watched this game played about 7-8 times with different groups. It was very clear that certain players brain wavelengths just dominate and they have a great time, whereas the other players usually got almost no points and felt stupid at the end of the game.
I didn’t like that.
It’s not for me when a game finishes and 1 or 2 people feel super happy that they’re really smart at spotting puzzles fast but the other players feel pretty dumb for not being able to spot Sets quickly.
