Games Games Games
November 1999, Issue 137
Bruce Whitehill
United Kingdom

The latest entry from Out of the Box is a card game, Apples to Apples, which will be reviewed in G3 next issue. Out of the Box President Mark Osterhaus redesigned a game system taken from a board game concept by Matt Kirby of San Diego. This wonderful parlor game, originally called Apples and Oranges, had to be changed when it was discovered that company in Switzerland did a corporate training simulation game called Apples and Oranges. Apples to Apples, uses John Kovalic’s fun illustrations in a party game that’s as simple and laugh-provoking as any I’ve played in years. There are no right answers, no right moves, just associations and each player gets a chance to be a sole judge of the best link between the theme card of the round and the cards players throw off hoping for a connection. Apples to Apples has just been named Party Game of the Year by Games Magazine.

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