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{{short description|Party game}}
{{italic title}}
{{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>

==Game versions==
[[File:Apples to apples cards.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|Seven red cards]]
The original boxed set contained:

* 108 green cards (green apples), each of which has an adjective printed on one side.
* 324 red cards (red apples), each of which has a noun printed on one side.
* A tray for holding the cards.

Four expansion sets were available, adding 72 extra green apple cards and 216 additional red apple cards each. In 2002, ''Expansion Set 3'' won the [[Origins Award]] for ''Best Card Game Expansion or Supplement of 2001''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Origins Award Winners (2001)|url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/2001/list-of-winners|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202042430/http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/2001/list-of-winners|archive-date=2008-02-02|access-date=2007-11-01|publisher=Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design}}</ref> As of 2005[update], the original set and its expansions have been retired and replaced by a ''Party Box'' with the combined contents of the basic set and its first two expansions, and ''Party Box Expansion 1'' set with the combined contents of the third and fourth expansions, and a ''Party Box Expansion 2'', which contains new cards. ''Apples to Apples Junior,'' for ages nine and up, ''Apples to Apples Kids,'' for ages seven and up, and a variety of themed editions were also developed. Mattel has continued to update card sets and packaging and add themed editions.{{clr}}

==Reception==
In 2019, ''Apples to Apples'' was inducted into the [[Origins Award]] Hall of Fame.<ref name="hall_of_fame">{{cite web|url=http://www.originsawards.net/hall-of-fame/|title=Academy - Hall of Fame|website=www.originsawards.net}}</ref>

==Reviews==
*''Family Games: The 100 Best''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/familygames100be0000unse/page/8/mode/2up | isbn=978-1-934547-21-2 | title=Family games : The 100 best | date=2010 | last1=Lowder | first1=James | publisher=Green Ronin }}</ref>
*''That's a Good Game: Games Like Apples to Apples''<ref>{{Cite web |title=What Games are Like Apples to Apples and Are Easy to Learn |url=https://thatsagoodgame.com/games-like-apples-to-apples/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Thats A Good Game |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[Cards Against Humanity]]'' – a similar game, but oriented for an adult audience
* [[Dixit (card game)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mattelgames.com/games/en-us/family/apples-apples Official site]
*{{bgg|74|''Apples to Apples''}}

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