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Orson Scott Card
January 2004
USA

Great new game we got at Christmas: Apples to Apples. You really don't have to know anything to have a great time playing. The idea is that you are dealt a set of random cards -- celebrities, historical figures, or things like "my bank account" or "my senior prom."

Then, when one player puts out a card naming somequality -- "cuddly" or "filthy" or "complicated" or "delightful" or "happy" -- you choose the card from your hand that you think best exemplifies that quality. (Or, failing that, the one that will get the biggest laugh when it turns up in the list.)

It's not a game about competition -- there's a winner, but it's pretty random and you don't much care who wins. What's fun is that when you win a round, you get to put that quality card in front of yourself, and pretty soon the other players start talking about how your list of qualities exemplifies you.

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