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super relevant for me. I have been playing this game with my 6 yo daughter and was frustrated many times that we could not find a set even though the odds said
by vitolds 16y ago
super relevant for me. I have been playing this game with my 6 yo daughter and was frustrated many times that we could not find a set even though the odds said that we should. Finally the mystery is solved.
- jarin 16y agoYou just need to stick it out. There's always a set there somewhere.
- dmd 16y agoThere's a bunch of Set solvers online (like http://www.stevenolte.com/set/set.html http://www.stevenolte.com/set/set.html ) for when you get really stuck. Also, http://3e.org/set/ http://3e.org/set/ is great for practice.
- baddox 16y agoIs brute force the only way to solve the game? I only glanced over the rules so I'm not sure, but it seems like a solution would involve finding subgraph isomorphisms (which is NP-complete) or something along those lines.
- rubyrescue 16y agoAgreed, this totally validates our experience of the game. He mentions in the article that the game has 205 5-star reviews out of 238. I heartily recommend this game - it's one of the most mentally challenging games that is equally accessible to children from about 6 all the way to adults - pretty much everyone competes at the same level.