Apples to Apples
4 - 10 Players
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Apples to Apples is the wild,
award winning card and party game
that provides instant fun
for four to ten players!
It’s as easy as comparing
“apples to apples" just open the box,
deal the cards, and you’re ready to play!
Select the card from your hand
that you think is best described by
a card played by the judge.
If the judge picks your card,
you win that round.
And everyone gets a chance to be the judge!
Each round is filled with surprising
and outrageous comparisons
from a wider range of
people, places, things, and events.
<Components>
- Red Apple Cards
: 749 cards,
each featuring the name of
a person, place, things, or event.
- Green Apple Cards
: 249 cards,
each featuring a characteristic of
a person, place, thing or event.
- Blank Cards
: 3 green and 7 red apple cards
to write on and personalize your game.
- Two Deluxe Card Trays
<Set Up>
Open the red apple card packs
and thoroughly mix all the red apple cards.
Evenly distribute them in
the four deep wells in the card trays.
Open the green apple card packs
and thoroughly mix all the green apple cards.
Evenly distribute them in
the two shallow wells in the card trays.
Place either card tray on the table.
Set the box aside.
Choose a player to be the first judge.
The judge deals seven red apple cards,
face down, to each player (including him or her self).
Players may look at their cards.
<Game Progress>
The judge picks a green apple card
from the top of the stack,
reads the word aloud, and places
it face up on the table.
Players (except the judge) quickly
choose the red apple card
from their hand that is best described
by the word on the green apple card
played by the judge.
Players place these red apple cards
face down on the table.
Quick Pick Option:
With five or more players,
you might want to try
the Quick Pick Option.
The last red apple card placed
on the table will not be judged
and is returned to that player’s hand.
If you snooze, you lose!
The judge mixes the red apple cards
so no one knows who played which card.
The judge turns over each red apple card,
reads it aloud, and then selects
the one he or she thinks is best
described by the word on the green apple card.
The player of the selected red apple card
is awarded the green apple card
played by the judge.
To keep score,
players keep the green apple cards
they have won, on the table,
until the end of the game.
The judge collects all of the red apple cards
played during that round
and discards them into the box bottom.
The card tray, and the role of judge,
pass to the player on the left.
The new judge deals enough red apple cards
to bring each player’s hand back up to seven.
Play continues following steps 1–6
until someone has earned enough
green apple cards to win the game!
<Play Again>
Discard all red and green
apple cards used in the game,
shuffle them, and return them
to the bottom of the red
and green card stacks.
The next judge starts with a fresh
set of cards and deals seven
new red apple cards to each player.
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