PortlandGamers
Kevin Graham
October 2003
USA

Apples to Apples is the ultimate party game. It is tremendously popular and has won numerous awards. I honestly can't speak highly enough of it. It's one of those rare games I can play over and over and never get tired of it. I've played the game with at least 50 different people and I have yet to meet a single person that doesn't like the game.  

Here's an example of a round of Apples to Apples. The judge turns over a green card with an adjective on it. In this case, let's say it has the word "Horrifying". Each player has 7 red cards in their hand with nouns on them. Players quickly toss one card from their hand into the center of the table that they think is best described by the word "Horrifying". In this case, let's say the red cards that were played are Paying Taxes, A Morgue, Hairballs, Lawyers, Skydiving, Cockroaches, Michael Jackson, and Madonna's Hairy Armpits. The Judge would read the cards out loud to everyone, since the best part of the game is hearing how funny some of the answers are. The judge would then pick which card he/she thinks is the best match. The person who played the winning card takes the green card. The first person to get a specific number of green cards wins the game. It's that simple! I strongly recommend playing with at least 5 players. With less than that it isn't nearly as fun.  

When I first read the rules for the game, I thought "this doesn't sound very exciting." Was I ever wrong! The game is hilarious, fast paced, and takes only 30 seconds to learn. If your group doesn't enjoy this game, you're either playing it wrong, or you're borderline comatose.  

Out of the Box games recently released an Apple Crate Edition of game which comes in a very cool wooden crate. The Apple Crate Edition comes with the original Apples to Apples game and the first two expansions. That's 1000 cards!  

If you don't have Apples to Apples yet, get off your lazy butt and go get it! You won't regret it!

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