Apples to apples

The Apples to Apples is a fun, award-winning card game in which the other players set the pace for you. Players get word cards and are tasked with matching one of their words by a judge.

The person whose card offers the judge the best solution first receives a point.

Game set up

Open the packs of red apple cards and thoroughly mix all the red apple cards. After which, you distribute them evenly across the two bottom wells, one per side of the box.

Then open the pack of green apple cards and thoroughly mix the green apple cards together. Put them next to the red apple cards in the single well. To use them, take out the red and green apple cards from the box as needed.

Remove the box off the table. Select a player to serve as the first judge. Then a judge deals each player seven red apple cards, all face down (including him or herself). There is no restriction on card-gazing by players.

How to play

The Judge.

A judge uses the green cards to toss challenges to the players. Then they give the judge solutions.

However, the judge may be more interested in a card’s visual appeal than the accuracy with which it relates to the Green Apple Card. As a result, he or she has to choose one, and the player with it scores a point.

Follow these simple steps to play Apples to Apples

1. At the start of the game, each player draws seven Red Apple cards from the deck.
2. The judge reads a prompt from a Green Apple Card.
3. Each participant responds to the prompt with a Red Apple Card.
4. When someone comes up with the “best” solution, it’s a winner-take-all situation.
5. At the start of each new round, a new Red Apple Card is picked to replace the previously used one.
6. The first participant to win a certain number of rounds wins the game.

How to win

The more Green Apple cards a player collects, get more points. However, depending on how many individuals play, this amount can vary. The following is how winning cards are:

• To win with 4-players, you’ll need to use all eight cards.
• 5-players: seven cards to win.
• It takes six cards to win in a game of six.
• There are five cards to win out of a possible seven players.
• Four cards to win for 8-10 players.

Many aspects of this game’s appeal stem from the notion that it is entirely up to the judge to determine which Red Apple Card is best.

This means the best solution is mostly dependent on the individual. In addition, selecting a card involves more than just matching the description on the Green Apple; it also involves making sure that the card is one that the judge will appreciate.

Therefore, understanding the judge’s reasoning or sense of humour is essential to your success. For this reason, it’s crucial that you learn about their personality.

Rules

• Red apple cards that aren’t flawless can still be used. The most inventive, amusing, or fascinating responses are generally the judge’s selection.
• Lobbying and “table talk” are encouraged! Using comments on the cards, players want to persuade the judge to choose their own or a favoured candidate’s card.
• Playing red apple cards that appeal to the judge can help you win.
• “My” cards should be read from the perspective of the judge. It is safe to conclude that the green apple card, which reads “My Love Life,” is describing the judge’s own love life.

Extra

Potpourri of Apples – This is the drawing of Red apple cards from each player’s hands before the turning over of the green Apple Card. The judge, as is customary, then picks one red Apple Card as the victor.

2 for 1 Apples – At the start of a round the judge will turn over two green cards. Then the rest of the players follow each with a red best fitting the greens.

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