Set Game

SET is fun and is a challenging simple game for children and adults. Check it out when you want to liven up your classroom. All players search for set so no one has to wait for his or her turn.

SET is a card game of quick recognition and deduction. Each card contains one of three symbols (squiggles, diamonds, ovals) in varying numbers (up to three), colors (purple, green, red), and degrees of shading. A dealer arranges 12 cards, face up, and the players--without taking turns--hastily scrutinize the images for logical "sets" of three cards linked by combinations of sameness or difference. It's not as complicated as it sounds: examples include a trio of paired ovals with increasing levels of shading between cards, or disparate symbols in different colors which increase in number on each card (card one has a green squiggle, card two a pair of purple ovals, card three a trio of diamonds). --Tom Keogh (Editorial Review from Amazon.com, www.amazon.com/SET-Enterprises-4098363-Game/dp/B00000IV34)

When I first introduce SET to make it easier to find sets, I either display 15 cards or just cards in one color. Children who are 7 or 8 quickly get the hang of it and quickly want to play by the conventional rules with 12 cards from the entire set.

Set can be played by one or more players. If you are going to use more than one set of cards, I suggest that you put some sort of marking on each set so that you can easily separate the cards into their original sets.

Rules
www.setgame.com/set/rules_set.htm
Test version
www.setgame.com/set/test.htm

Online version of the set game:
www.setgame.com/set/puzzle_frame.htm

Resources for teachers:
www.setgame.com/set/mathematics.htm