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Apples to Apples Party Box - The Game of Hilarious Comparisons | 
| Brand: Mattel
Category: Toy
List Price: $26.99
Buy New: $19.96
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  306 reviews
Sales Rank: 24
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 99 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 3.2 x 10.3 x 10.3
MPN: N1384
Model: N1384
UPC: 659390077200
EAN: 0659390077200
ASIN: B00112CHCK
Release Date: December 10, 2007
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| Features:
| • | Apples to Apples are the game of hilarious comparisons | | • | It's as easy as comparing apples to apples... just 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 | | • | Includes over 1,000 cards | | • | Each round is filled with surprising and outrageous comparisons from a wide range of people, places, things and events |
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Product Description
Apples to Apples is the game of hilarious comparisons! It's as easy as "comparing apples to apples"... just 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. And everyone gets a chance to be the judge. Each round is filled with surprising and outrageous comparisons from a wide range of people, places, things and events. Includes over 1,000 cards.
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"
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 306
 VERY FUN February 19, 2010
E. Coffey (New Jersey)
This is a truly great game. You need a larger group to play, and it is really a lot of fun.
 Apples to Apples February 12, 2010
My mom got us this game for Christmas and I LOVE it!! We had to sorta cull through the cards though. If we get it for someone as a gift we will get the Jr. verson. The bible verson is to hard.
Fun for ages 8 to 88. February 11, 2010
Gerda Koppel (SARATOGA, CA, US)
Someone brought Apples to Apples to a Hallowe'en party in 2009. The group of people who hardly knew each other, aged 18 to 80, became quickly acquainted and was laughing together for at least 2 hours.
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br /I instantly knew what I wanted to give as Christmas gifts. And I didn't forget to buy one for myself.
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br /Easy to play, and lots of laugh. All you need is a wild imagination.
Fun Family Game February 7, 2010
R. Shames (Israel)
My kids had played the game often before at their friend's house and we have found it to be a fun family game and good family time spent together
my favorite game! February 1, 2010
L. Walsworth (atlanta, ga)
my sister wanted this for christmas, and since i wasn't going home i let amazon do the wrapping and sending. i (26) love this game and play it all the time, now my little sis (16) loves it and plays it all the time, too. we even sometimes get together with mom (56) and play it and actually have fun. the rules are loose, there's not really a winner, and it is the best for parties where you've invited a good number of people who don't know each other so well because you have to talk and always end up laughing. i would; however, go with apples to apples junior for anyone under 12 - not for bad content or anything, just because the topics in adult apples to apple might be boring or beyond what they've learned in school yet (there are a few historic references).
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