SET Game

Set is about pattern-making, but the patterns touch 4 different categories: shape, color, number and shade. My 7 year-old learned the rules in a few minutes, and we were quickly playing. It's an enjoyable, addictive game, but also requiring concentration and focus to succeed. I highly recommend for the game-oriented family with kids 6+.

This is really such an awesome game. It is great for teaching thinking "outside the box" and looking for patterns. Love it!

Friends introduced us to this game several years ago and we've been hooked. Since then, we've had kids. Four things:

1. It is great as a competitive game with great suspense as everyone stares intently at the cards laid out.

2. We've also played cooperatively and we don't keep score.

3. Our toddler makes up matches of two and tells us what he's matching i.e. shape, color, number etc.

4. It helps sharpen those categorization/matching brain cells. Each picture can be broken into four variables, i. the number of shapes ii. the shape itself, iii. the color of the shape iv. and the fill type. Each variable can be one of three variations i.e. three colors, three shapes etc. A set is made when each variable in a set of three cards is either all the same or all different.

We have bought this game for numerous friends and family. Makes a great small birthday gift, stocking stuffer, thank you gift etc.
We're also hooked on Quiddler - a kind of a cross between Scrabble and Rumy.

A perfect game that is easy enough to play with your 10 year old but hard enough that he or she might beat you!

We first played this game with a group of seven, it took a few rounds to memorize all the rules, but we had a blast by the end. We also played with two people and it was also fun. You have to think and watch quickly!