Apples to Apples Party Box. Apples to Apples Game Review

Apples to Apples Party Box Expansion 1

Apples to Apples - Party Box Expansion 1 contains an additional 576 cards to add to your Party Box edition! The laughter will continue late into the night as the Party Box Expansion 1 generates thousands of outrageous new combinations!

Please note: This set contains every card from expansion set 3 and 4 from the original Apples to Apples core game. This set also contains the same cards as the Party Crate Expansion 1.

Contents of Apples to Apples - Party Box Expansion 1:

432 red apple cards
144 green apple cards
Deluxe card tray
Game play variations card

Apples to Apples is a great game, that I play with a wide variety of people. It gets played a lot and Ive picked up the expansions as they have become available. I wanted to like this expansion (#4), but its a disappointment. I just got finished removing about half of this expansion from my set.

Expansion #4 is the Pairs edition. All the cards have a pair of words: like Ice & snow or cat & mouse. About half of the expansion had pairs that worked for me: whips & chains, Calvin & Hobbs, and Beavis & Butt-Head. They must have just run out of ideas for the rest Pail & Shovel, Phone & Fax, and Lock & Key. And then there are the duplicates. Ive already got Apples and Oranges do I need Apples & Oranges and Lemon & Lime. Ive got Batman do I need Batman & Robin. Ive got Fred Flintstone do I need Fred & Wilma and Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm. And my favorite duplicate Rock and Roll and Rock & Roll

Apple Turnovers Variation - For a change of taste, start by dealing five GREEN apple cards to each player. The judge turns over a RED apple card from the top of the stack. Players choose the GREEN apple card from their hand that they think is most like the word on the RED apple card. The judge then selects the GREEN apple card that he or she thinks is best, and awards the RED apple card to the person who played the selected GREEN apple card.

Crab Apples Variation - For a tart twist, choose and judge red apple cards that are least like, or the opposite of, the word on the green apple card. For example, you might choose Charging Rhinos when the word Dainty is played.

Baked Apples Variation - For a more leisurely and thoughful game, allow everyone, except the judge, to play a red apple card in each round. You may wish to set a time limit for each round to prevent a player from taking too much time.

Apples to Apples Testimonial
Apples to Apples is just way too fun. Whether you are playing it with kids, adults, or both, you will enjoy it.

The thing I like the most about the game is that it's fast paced, never boring, and doesn't take an hour or two to play most games only last 20-30 minutes TOPS!

On a side note about the expansion sets that are available for the game, the original "Core Game" and its expansions have been retired and replaced by the "Party Box". The "Party Box" contains the entire collection of cards from the original "Core Game" plus the "Core" expansion sets 1 & 2.

The "Party Box Expansion 1" contains cards from the third and fourth "Core" expansions, and a "Party Box Expansion 2" contains all new cards.

I know I had a hard time trying to figure out all of the different versions and expansions, so hopefully this will help somebody out there.

Apples to Apples Testimonial
We have great fun playing this game.
We had so much fun playing this game. We had ages between 10 and 55 playing this game and we all had fun

Apples to Apples Testimonial
Wow. This game is an ingenius idea! Why didn't I think of it? For those who love a good, fun, educational, durable, perfect game, try Apples to Apples! It doesn't matter if you get the Junior edition or Party Box expansion - they're all great editions of my favorite game. If you haven't played Apples to Apples, you need to play NOW. The game play is basic and simple - you don't have to be the smartest person in class to figure out how to play! For anyone any age, try Apples to Apples - I've even seen a three year old play!

Basically, the judge, which everyone gets a chance to be, hands everyone five cards. Then, the judge lays a green card down in the center. Each player looks through their cards, which they don't show to anyone, and lays down one card of theirs facedown that fits the adjective of the green card. The judge doesn't lay a card down. Then, the judge turns the cards up and chooses the most creative card that fits the adjective. At the end of the game, whoever has the most green cards wins.