Editing Apples to Apples (section)

{{short description|Party game}}
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{{Infobox Game
| title = ''Apples to Apples''
| subtitle = "The Game of Hilarious Comparisons!"
| image_link = [[Image:Apples to Apples cover.jpg|200px|center]]
| image_caption = The cover of the ''Apples to Apples Party Box''
| designer = Mark Alan Osterhaus, Matthew Kirby
| publisher = Pegasus Spiele, [[Out of the Box Publishing|Out of the Box]], [[Mattel]]
| date = {{Start date and age|1999}} 
| years = 1999–present
| players = 4–10
| ages = 12 and up
| setup_time = 1 minute
| playing_time = 30–75 minutes
| random_chance = Medium
| skills = [[Social interaction|Social skills]]
| related = [[Dixit (board game)|Dixit]], [[Say Anything (party game)|Say Anything]], [[Cranium (board game)|Cranium]]
| footnotes = <ref>{{cite book |last1=Goodridge |first1=Michelle |last2=Rohweder |first2=Matthew J. |author-link= |date= November 15, 2021|title=Librarian's Guide to Games and Gamers: From Collection Development to Advisory Services |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=243CEAAAQBAJ|location= |publisher= [[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|page= |isbn=9798216110958}}</ref>
}}
'''''Apples to Apples''''' is a [[Card game|card-based]] [[party game]] originally published by [[Out of the Box Publishing]] Inc., and now by [[Mattel]]. Players start with a hand of seven "red apple" cards, which feature nouns. A player is selected to be the first judge, and that judge plays a "green apple" card, which features an adjective. The round is won by playing the "red apple" card that the judge determines to be the best match for the "green apple" card. The role of the judge rotates, and the number of rounds is determined by the number of players. The game is designed for four to ten players and played for 30–75 minutes.

''Apples to Apples'' was chosen by [[Mensa International]] in 1999 as a "[[List of Mensa Select recipients|Mensa Select]]" prizewinner, an award given to five games each year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mindgames.us.mensa.org/mindgames/?LinkServID=7A10887D-4C23-47C1-A5E3F1FF40B4E161  | title=Mind Games (select year in menu) | publisher=American Mensa Ltd | access-date=2008-03-11}}</ref> It was also named "Party Game of the Year" in the December 1999 issue of ''[[Games (magazine)|Games]]'' magazine<ref>{{cite journal | title=Industry News: Apples to Apples Named Party Game of the Year | journal=Pyramid (Online) | publisher=[[Steve Jackson Games]] | date=1999-10-07}}</ref> and received the National Parenting Center's seal of approval in May 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnpc.com/soa/spr99soa_d.html |title=1999 Seal of Approval: Spring 1999 Seal of Approval Product Testing Report |publisher=The National Parenting Center |access-date=2008-03-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506054217/http://www.tnpc.com/soa/spr99soa_d.html |archive-date=May 6, 2012 }}</ref> The popularity of the game led to an increased interest in similar card-matching/answer-judging party games. On September 8, 2007, [[Out of the Box Publishing]] sold the rights for ''Apples to Apples'' to [[Mattel]].<ref>[http://www.otb-games.com/listmanager/archive_about.asp?id=661 Out Of The Box Publishing<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025174438/http://www.otb-games.com/listmanager/archive_about.asp?id=661|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>