SandstormAll enemy pieces (except the king) around one square are paralyzed for 2 moves. An enemy pawn right in the center is buried.
EgyptSet
Egypt · Style Chaos
SetThe lord of chaos
Set paralyzes with sandstorms, blows pieces backwards and finally turns everything upside down. The god for players who love wrecking enemy plans.
Sandstorm, desert wind and confusion. For lovers of chaos.
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Who is Set?
The lord of the desert sends sandstorms and throws the enemy ranks into disorder.
Set is the god of the desert, of storms and of bad behavior. He murdered his brother Osiris, quarreled with his nephew Horus for eighty years and is still considered indispensable, because every night he defends Ra’s sun barque against the serpent Apophis. Set is complicated. He causes chaos, but he does it thoroughly.
Before the first move, Set hides the Quicksand trap on the board. If your opponent moves onto the square, the piece runs into quicksand: a pawn sinks, any other piece is stuck for 2 moves.
Powers
Set's three powers
Every move earns 1 favor, every captured piece adds its value on top. Instead of moving, you use a power. After that it needs a few moves before it is ready again.
- Sandstorm
All enemy pieces (except the king) around one square are paralyzed for 2 moves. An enemy pawn right in the center is buried.
- Desert Wind
All enemy pieces in one file are blown back one square where there is room. A pawn that cannot give way is buried in the sand.
- Confusion
Ultimate power: Two enemy pieces of different kinds swap places. The storm sweeps away the more valuable one: it is banished for 3 moves.
In mythology
Who was Set really?
Set was the god of the desert, storms, foreign lands and chaos. He was shown with the head of a mysterious animal with a long curved snout and squared ears that matches no known species. In the best known myth, Set murders his brother Osiris out of envy and then fights a long battle with Osiris' son Horus over the throne, until the gods declare Horus king. Yet Set had a useful side too: he stood at the prow of the sun barque and fought off the serpent Apep every night. Several pharaohs bore his name, such as Seti I. So in the game Set unleashes sandstorms, desert wind and sheer confusion.
Tactics
How to win with Set
Center the storm on a pawn
Aim Sandstorm right at an enemy pawn surrounded by pieces. The pawn is buried and its neighbors freeze for 2 moves.
Desert Wind on jammed files
If a piece stands right behind an enemy pawn, the pawn can't retreat and gets buried. Look for files with exactly that kind of traffic jam.
Confuse the strongest piece
Swap a valuable enemy piece with a weaker one. The valuable one is banished for 3 moves and the other suddenly stands in the wrong place.
Quicksand in the center
A pawn that steps into quicksand sinks for good. Place the trap on a central square that enemy pawns like to advance to.
Quips
Set has something to say about everything
Rules? I do not read rules.
at the startUnfair! I am the unfair one here!
after a lossA trap? For me? That is my trick!
caught in a trapThat was surely Osiris’ fault.
after a defeat
Every mythology has a god of the Chaos style: Poseidon and Surtr play a similar game with very different powers.
Good to know
Questions about Set
The download is free. Set can be bought on their own in the game, or together with every other god in the Key of the Gods.
The ultimate power Confusion. It costs 25 favor, works only once per game and does this: Two enemy pieces of different kinds swap places. The storm sweeps away the more valuable one: it is banished for 3 moves.
Every mythology has one god for the Chaos style. Besides Set, these are Poseidon (Greece) and Surtr (The North).
24: eight each from Greece, Egypt and the North, each with a play style of their own. Zeus is playable right away, Gaia and Hermes join you after three wins.