SetBack

SetBack is the Buildable Board Game of strategy and chance that never plays the same way twice.

Shuffle the cards. Build the board. Deal each player a hand. Put your tokens on START and get ready — you’ve never played a game quite like this one.

The goal of SetBack is simple: be the first player to cross the FINISH line. To get there, you follow the cards. Each turn you’ll play a Board Action (the mandatory action of the card your token sits on), a Hand Action (one or more available options from the cards in your hand), and a Draw Action (replenish your hand from the draw pile).

Some cards are straightforward; they tell you exactly what to do. But most cards have options. Do you use the card to help yourself? Or burn your opponents? Wait – is there a way to do both? Of such is SetBack strategy born.

SetBack combines the portability of a card game with the playability of a board game to give it a fast-paced style where strategy shifts on the fly and the whole game can turn on the play of each card. Using the same cards to build the board AND your hand simplifies mastery of basic game mechanics while also resulting in millions of possible board configurations and unlimited replayability.