Apples to Apples Party Box - The Game of Hilarious Comparisons
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Toys and Games Reviews of Apples to Apples Party Box - The Game of Hilarious Comparisons
Customer Review: Apples To Apples Party Box Edition - Truly A PARTY IN A BOX!
Summary: 4 Stars
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In 2007 Mattel acquired the rights to Out Of The Box Corporation's award winning Apples To Apples franchise. Mattel's Apples To Apples Party Box Edition truly is a PARTY IN A BOX! This game is great to play at parties with good friends or acqaintances. Be aware that you will know more about your game partners and opponents after playing this game! All you have to do is just open the box and deal the cards! 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. As you go around the table, everyone gets their chance to be the judge. Each round is filled with crazy and totally outrageous comparisons from a wide range of people, places, things and events in each other's lives. Adults and kids 7 and up can play this game.
Mattel also makes a cute wooden Apple Crate Version - http://www.amazon.com/Mattel-Apples-Party-Crate-Game/dp/B001DXF9ZO/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1227198453&sr=1-20
a travel version of Apples To Apples http://www.amazon.com/Apples-Travel-Go-Game/dp/B0014484FO/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1227198453&sr=1-19
and a card expansion pack http://www.amazon.com/Mattel-Apples-Party-Box-Expansion/dp/B00123TIQ6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1227198672&sr=1-4
Along with the Apples To Apples franchise, Mattel makes an Apples To Apples 7 Plus Kids Edition http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Apples-Kids-Plus-Comparisons/dp/B00112EJEY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1227198672&sr=1-3
and also an Apples To Apples Junior Edition for kids 9 years and up. http://www.amazon.com/Apples-Junior-Game-Crazy-Comparisons/dp/B00112CHD4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1227198672&sr=1-2
I think the two items above would "a-peel" to the younger generation.
All in all a great party game that never gets old or boring!
Happy Playing!
Customer Review: One of my top five favorite party games
Summary: 5 Stars
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I'm a major fan of board games, and I was curious about Apples to Apples the first time I heard about it. After playing it a friend's house, I just had to add Apples to Apples to my collection.
The game begins with each player being dealt a hand of cards with nouns on them, like "plastic," "Michael Jackson" and "underwear." In each round one of the adjective cards, like "scary" or "organic," is turned over on the table. Each player chooses which card in his or her hand best fits the adjective and passes it to the player who is the judge for that round. The judge chooses which noun card best fits the adjective, and the player who submitted that noun card gets to keep the adjective card. The player with the most adjective cards at the end wins.
The main downside in Apples to Apples is that judging is subjective, so this might not be a good game for those who like games to be "fair." The upside to this is it doesn't matter who wins or loses--it's just so much fun to see the crazy connections people make! For example, "scary" could get the cards "Michael Jackson" or "underpants." No answer is right or wrong. Only the judge for that round can decide which is best.
The other downside to Apples to Apples is that this is definitely a party game, which means you should have five to eight people to play. Less than that, and it isn't quite as much fun. With more than ten, I think it might be best to work in pairs, with each pair submitting two cards and working together to make a decision when it's their turn to judge. Otherwise, there's a good chance several individual players could win two adjective cards, and it could take forever before one player gets three cards, which is what happened when I played at a friend's house.
All in all, I would say Apples to Apples is my fourth favorite party game--after Taboo, Hilarium and Outburst, but right before Shout About Movies, Pictionary and Cranium.
Customer Review: Great game for families
Summary: 5 Stars
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Apples to Apples is a card game for four to ten players, ages twelve and up. The Party Box version of the game contains about 1000 cards, 249 green cards and 749 red cards. (Expansion packs are available. There is a junior version of the game for younger players as well as Jewish and Bible editions.) The game itself is unusual. Each player is dealt seven red cards, each of which has a noun or phrase written on it. Then a green card is selected and placed face up. Each green card contains an adjective, and the players are challenged to select from their hands the card whose noun or phrase is best described by the adjective on the green card. One of the players acts as judge each hand--the position rotates among the players. The judge sits out the hand they're officiating and does not know who has played which card. (So, it is in fact more truthful to say that the players are challenged to select the red card in their hand that they think the current judge will find most appropriate, which puts a slight twist in the game play.)
The game isn't as tricky as it may sound. But selecting a card to play can be tricky, because often any association between the green adjective card and the cards in one's hand is obscure. Given the green card "Repulsive," for example, which of the following red cards would you play?
A Bad Haircut
China
Apples
Corvettes
Keanu Reeves
Jodie Foster
What if the adjective card read "Puffy" instead? Or "Spooky"? Different players will make different choices. Laying bare the thought processes and mental connections that inform the players' selections and the judge's decision can make for interesting discussion. The game is probably a useful tool also for vocabulary building.
In short, a great game for groups or families, but if your kids are younger you'll want to get the junior version.
Customer Review: A top-notch party game -- no artistic skills required.
Summary: 4 Stars
This game is on the one hand quite simple, and on the other quite profound in its concept. Your "equipment" consists of two decks of cards, one green (smaller deck) and one red (larger deck). Gameplay is very easy, but also a ton of fun.
At the start of the game, each player is dealt a hand from the red deck, with each card containing a random word or phrase, usually a noun but not always. During each round, one player (the "judge") takes a card from the green deck, which contains various (and again random) descriptive words and phrases. The other players then choose one of their red cards to best match the judge's green one, but that decision is totally subjective, according to the opinion (whim?) of the judge for that round. Whosever card the judge picks wins that round. The first player to win a certain number of rounds (players can decide in advance) will win the game.
The simplicity of the concept is also its beauty. The randomness of the words and phrases on the cards regularly leads to some rather unusual, even riotously funny, associations. And of course, the players often feel the need to embellish or to explain their occasionally absurd choices -- somehow there's a twisted logic behind every one. Doesn't matter though, because the judge is free to disregard every shred of logic and choose whatever goofy association he or she wants.
The long and short of it is, this game is good clean fun, and suitable for all ages from about teenage and older. Although there is a finite number of cards in the box, there is pretty good replay potential since everything stays random and it's statistically unlikely in the extreme that any two rounds will be the same. But expansion packs are available anyway. At $30 for the regular box set, the price is a tad steep for just a couple decks of cards (the "wood crate" set is about $35), but it's a worthy investment anyway. Try it, and I'm sure you'll like it.
Customer Review: Great Card Game for Family Game Night
Summary: 5 Stars
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Apples to Apples, The Game of Hilarious Comparisons, is a card game that is fun to play with family or friends. It is recommended for 4 to 10 players and for ages 12 - adult.
It is fast-paced and a game can be played in about ½ hour, depending on the pace of the players. As with many games, the more players, the more fun the game is because of the varied responses from players.
The game itself consists of green cards which have the characteristics of a noun listed and the red cards which have a name of a noun listed. The red cards are dealt to each player and the judge (which rotates between players) picks a green card from the stack with a characteristic on it. Each player chooses a red card that matches the characteristic on the green card the closest and plays that card. The responses can vary wildly because you may or may not have a card that has anything to do with the green card. The card comparisons chosen by players can be hilarious. The judge chooses a card that he/she thinks matches the best. The green card is awarded to the player that played the winning card. The game is played until someone has enough green cards to win.
The game is a real blast, great for get-togethers, family game night or just a rainy day inside. It is a good game for players of all types because it is basically a card game and does not require players to perform actions or tasks like many other games which shy or more reserved players do not feel comfortable doing.
This game is designed for older players but there is a Junior Edition for players ages 9 and up.
Highly recommend. Get yourself a box and have some fun, comparing Apples to Apples.