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Set Enterprises
IndustryVideo Game Development
FoundedJan 1, 1989
FounderMarsha Jean Falco
Headquarters
ParentPlayMonster

Set Enterprises, Inc. was a game publishing company based in Fountain Hills, Arizona, USA. Two of its games won in the annual Mind Games competition American Mensa.[1]

In April 2019, PlayMonster acquired Set Enterprises.[2]

Games

  • SET, a visual perception matching card game that involves cards depicting shapes.[3]
  • Set Cubed, a board game where SETs are made by combining the dice in a player's hand with SETs already on the board.
  • SET Electronic Handheld, an electronic handheld version of the game SET.
  • SET The Computer Game, a computer version of the game SET.
  • Quiddler, a rummy-based card game involving spelling.
  • Xactika, a trick-taking card game involving cards that have four suits each.
  • Five Crowns, a rummy-based card game involving five suits and wild cards.
  • Trilogy, the visual challenge of SET that involves rummy and the action of war.
  • Jurassic Jumble, a blind trading game that involves dinosaurs.[citation needed]
  • Zangle, a shape-matching card game – won the "Best of Toy Fair 2019" award at the 2019 American International Toy Fair.[4]

References

  1. ^ Fluxx Wins Mensa Select Award, Looney Laboratories, Inc., บลMarch 25, 1999
  2. ^ "PlayMonster Bolsters Game Lineup with Set Enterprises Acquisition • The Toy Book". The Toy Book. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  3. ^ Steinberg, Danielle (August 23, 2018). "Canine Epilepsy and Purple Squiggles: The Unexpected Success Story of SET". Gizmodo. Gizmodo Media Group. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Charzuk, Barb (March 15, 2019). "Local game inventor wins prestigious award". The Fountain Hills Times. Retrieved March 20, 2019.