Mattel Games Apples to Apples Party in a Box Family Game with Over 500 Cards

I love this game! It is one of my favorites. I played other's Apples to Apples games before, including a Junior version, and they are all great! I bought this to bring to a family reunion, where we were staying for a few days. This is a simple game to learn, gets everybody laughing, and is very engaging. People just watching from the sidelines seem to enjoy it, as well. There is no major strategy, or heavy thinking; it is just a relaxing, fun, enjoyable game that anyone can play.I highly recommend Apples to Apples.

I don't know that a group of cocktail drinking adults could sit through too many rounds of this game without feeling a little silly, but it's perfect for mixed company. We always played tons of games at family gatherings and around the holidays when the whole motley crew would be staying with my grandparents...but as they began getting up in years it was harder for them to play host & hostess to all of us and things gradually started transitioning to my folks house more and more. My parents had candyland from when I was little (25 years ago) and that wasn't really cutting the mustard. I took it upon myself to get on amazon and order a dozen or so games for them to keep at their house and this was one of them.I had never heard of it before. I ordered it because I basically ordered the top 12 most popular games that appeared to be family friendly. It has been a few years since I purchased this and I can report it has gotten the most use out of the whole lot. I believe it's been such a big hit for the following reasons:- its easy enough for little kids to play & really enjoy (if they can read, they're old enough to play without a helper)- its fun for adults to play if there are little kids playing or hilarious old people playing- its good for families that don't see one another a lot because it involves a degree of making personality inferences when you're playing to win- every turn involves all the players so nobody has time to mess with their smart phone or iPad or whatever - its like actually engaging family time- it goes by pretty quickly. It's nothing like the time it takes to play monopoly or trivial pursuit and the like. If everybody is having fun then you just play another game but if you're nearing dinner time or whatever the game can wrap up pretty quickly.- I don't think it matters how many people play, it's basically just a card game. 2 players wouldn't work but we've had 8 or 10 playing lots of times- the content is clean, there's nothing vulgar, nothing controversialSo, if you ever have company I would for sure keep this game on hand. You can't go wrong.

We love family games. My daughter loves games that are word oriented. My husband loves games that are not long and easy to learn to play. This game makes all of us happy.Essentially you are trying to find the word (or phrase)in your hand that best matches the word or phrase on the played card. The person who gets to judge the phrases or words suitability rotates through the players. You play five rounds and then the person who has had the most winning plays wins.Part of what makes this fun is the table banter, getting to know the other players through the words and phrases they pick to play or pick to win each round. The other part of what makes this fun are the crazy little phrases or quotes on each of the cards.So, an example might be this- the main card played that everyone has to match might be Rotten. At this point player one will pull one card from his hadn that matches this word. It might be Cruella DeVille. Player two might play the word apples. Another player might play traffic. The judge then reads everything and picks the word he thinks best matches Rotten.This set comes with many cards. We have been playing off and on for over a year and haven't opened all of the cards. We have a family of five and play this once a week almost every week. So the party box while good for a big party will also provide you with years of fun as a family.Well worth the money. Enjoy.

The first time I played this game was with my girlfriend and her family, we had I believe it was 6 people playing. It was a lot of fun even though I didn't do so well. I had the disadvantage because everyone else was in her family so they all knew each other a lot better then I did but we still had a lot of fun. The best thing about this game is that it is easy to play so even a young kid can play. My girlfriends niece is only 5 and she was able to play with us. She might not have understood some of the things but she enjoyed playing and we all had fun.Last Christmas I decided to get the game and play it with my family and it was a lot of fun. The funny thing is that me and my sister think so much alike she kept picking my card without even knowing it. That is the great thing about the game is that it is very engaging and the better you can read someone the better you will probably do. I am giving it four stars which I feel is fair. Its a great game but some of my older siblings kind of got bored of it. I guess to them it wasn't challenging enough but other then that its a great game, especially if you want something to play on a family night with your kids and maybe even their friends, Its not one of those games where you're limited to a few people. Hopefully you found this review helpful.

Easy to learn and works with grandkids and grandparents

We enjoy playing it very much and we are old.

This is a more contemporary version with newer terms and current people and terminology.It is also a small box of JUST the cards.This is a great space saver as there is no board anyway, so that’s all you need.Great to take to a party or other group event.Everybody loves it, the larger and more varied the group playing is, the more fun it is!

Great clean fun! Hilarious! Easy enough for the whole family to laugh together!!