Game Review: Apples to Apples

Out of the Box Games, $29.99

This game is just silly. And we love it. My wife Joni and I were first introduced to Apples to Apples earlier this year at my aunt Elaine’s house, and at first I didn’t think I’d like it. Now it’s one of my favorite games ever.

The idea is for one person to be the judge and play down a green card that might say something descriptive like “terrible” or “smelly” or “beautiful.” The other players secretly play one of their seven red cards that might say something like “Clint Eastwood” or “underarms” or “politics” or something like that. The judge, possibly being influenced by their own sense of humor, decides which is the best match, the the player of that red card gets to keep the green card. After seven rounds, the player with the most green cards wins.

The box says “for ages 12 & up,” but last week we played it with a family, including their eight-year-old son, and everybody had a great time until late in the evening. What a lot of fun!