Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis
Apples to Apples is the wild, award-winning card game that provides instant fun for 4 to 10 players. Open the box, deal the cards, and you're ready to play! Select the card from your hand that you think is best described by a card played by the judge. If the judge picks your card, you win that round. Everyone gets a chance to be the judge.
Amazon. com Review
Apples to Apples is an award-winning party game that will have everyone laughing. We had a blast playing this game and think it is a perfect game for a "board game night" with friends and family. It is quick to set up, easy to learn, challenging, and a whole lot of fun. p style type="text/css" .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } img.withlink {border:1px black solid;} ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -15px; } table.callout { font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1. 3em; } td.think { height: 125px; background: #9DC4D8 url(http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bg.png) repeat-x; border-left: 1px solid #999999; border-right: 1px solid #999999; border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 250px; } td.glance { height: 100%; background: #9DC4D8; border-left: 1px solid #999999; border-right: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 250px; } /style table align=left width=200 cellpadding=10 tr td img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/toys/detail-page/B00112CHCK-1-sm.jpg" border=1 class="withlink" align=topbrbrspan class="caption"The party box includes over a thousand cards for many card combinations. View larger. /span /td /tr tr td img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/toys/detail-page/B00112CHCK-2-sm.jpg" border=1 class="withlink" align=topbrbrspan class="caption"Unexpected and funny comparisons make the game fun to come back to again and again. View larger. /span /td /tr /table table width="250" align="right" cellspacing="10" tr td table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 class="callout" width=250 align="right" trtdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-top.png"/td/tr tr td class="think" valign=topcenterfont size="4"bWhat We Think/b/font/centerbr bFun Factor:/b img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/toys/detail-page/5stars.gif"brbr bDurability:/b img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/toys/detail-page/5stars.gif"br brfont size="1"(what this means)/font brbr bThe Good:/b Quick set up; inspires quick thinking and creativity; fun for whole familybrbr bThe Bad:/b Not as fun without at least five players; subject matter targeted for mid-teens and older brbr bIn a Nutshell:/b Quick-paced board game requires just a minute to set up and will have everyone laughing for hours /td /tr td class="glance" valign=topcenterfont size="4"bAt a Glance/b/font/centerbr bAges:/b 12 and upbr bRequires:/b At least four playersbr /td trtdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bottom.png"/td/tr /table /td /tr /table bSmart, Award-Winning Fun/bbr Apples to Apples has won numerous awards including "Party Game of the Year" by Games magazine and "Mensa Select" by Mensa International. And for good reason: it involves quick thinking, humor, and strategy. For teens, the game teaches them to think about how different things can be compared to one another and how analogies are formed. One of our criticisms is that although the game states that it is designed for ages 12 and older, many of the subjects are clearly for older teens. p bHilarious Comparisons and Analogies/bbr The name of the game is a play on the phrase "apples to oranges," and the game is about making comparisons between different things. General game play is as follows: players are dealt red cards which have a noun printed on them, and the judge (a different player in each turn) draws a green card on which an adjective is printed and places it for all players to see. Each player then chooses a red card they are holding that they think best describes the green card. The judge then decides which adjective she likes best. p The fun is in the variety of unexpected comparisons people make, sometimes apt, funny, creative, or simply absurd. For example: people might match "Awkward" with "Oil Spills," "My First Kiss," "Dandruff," and "Gold Chains. " Or: "Painful" with "High School Reunions" and "Regis Philben. " Strategy comes into play since, because each player takes turns being the judge, you begin to pick up on the preferences of each player and tailor your choices accordingly. p Players can also try variations on the basic game play. For example, instead of choosing the most apt comparison, players might try choosing the red card that is least like the green one. These variations keep the game fresh and interesting every time. p bConversation Kick Starter/bbr Part of the fun is in standing up for your choices. For instance, you might discuss why you think "Regis Philben" is painful, or segue into a discussion of the embarrassing situations you got into on your first day of school, or your first kiss. Apples to Apples excels as an ice breaker and promotes a good amount of social interaction, as many conversations will be kick started thanks to these little cards. p bMore Players, More Fun/bbr Although the box states that the game is playable with just four players, we found that the game is a lot more fun when there are at least five or six players. This increases both the frequency of funny answers and also requires players to refine their strategy a little more. Once we got going, hours passed, and it was only the lateness of the hour that reminded some of us that we had to go home. p This Party Box set comes with more than 1,000 cards total, and will entertain for a long time. Additional expansion sets are available to further increase the variety of word combinations. p bWhat's in the Box/bbr 756 Red Apple Cards, 252 Green Apple Cards, card tray, quick play rules. br clear="all"
