Customer Reviews

Apples To Apples Party Box - Expansion 1

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We love Apples to Apples and we had gone through all of our cards a few times. New cards seemed like the logical choice. However, additional variety in this expansion set would have made things even more fun. All the cards are in the format of "____ and ____", like "sugar and spice" or "hot and spicy". They did add a freshness to our play, but are sometimes very difficult to play with. You might want to buy this, so long as you know what you are in for. We mixed them in with our original set and are having fun with them.

This expansion comes with a new pack of cards that are mostly of the form ___ and ___. This may sound like a good idea, but it is clear that the designers didn't really think it through. Some of the red (noun) cards are simply poor combinations (e.g. "Whips & Chains"). For some red cards, there was absolutely no need to make it a combination (e.g. "The Atlantic & Pacific"). And in some cases, you have red cards that don't even qualify as nouns (e.g. "Crash & Burn"). To make things worse, they've adopted the same format for the green (adjective) cards, with adjectives that often contradict eachother (e.g. "Naughty & Nice" or "High & Low"), which makes the whole game difficult to play. There are some good cards, but they are few and far between.

Overall, this expansion was both difficult to play and very unrewarding. It does not live up to the standards of the original.

We love the original "Apples to Apples" game. We bought the Expansion 1 set to go with our original game since we wanted more cards to go with it. The Expansion cards have "________and________" for the subject titles and I think that is the reason we disliked it so much. We didn't have any great laughing moments with these cards. It says to include it with the original game. I just don't care for the card format to do that.

wonderful addition to the already wonderful game - gives you a new level to play on -- i own both expansion packs and it makes the game go for a long time and that is what our family likes - we mixed both expansion packs with the original game cards so you never know what sort of card you will draw - unique & very fun!

When you start repeating too many cards in the original set, get this expansion pack and mix it in with the original cards. Hours of fun!

I read someone else's review on the Apples to Apples Expansion Pack #1 and it's wrong. It states all cards are in the format ____&____. This statement is 100% incorrect. Yes, the new stacks include ____&____ formats which add to the F.U.N. of Apples to Apples but there's plenty of single worded cards within the decks. I am one happy purchaser of Expansion Pack #1 and can't wait to add it to my original box and play with family!!! Don't hesitate to buy this expansion pack!!

I was very excited to finally get the expansion box for the 'Apples to Apples' game as we have played it quite a bit and needed some new answers. Much to my dissapointment, this 'Expansion Box 1' contains many, many boring answers. Most of which are 'Ands', such as 'salt & pepper' 'ups & downs' 'ins & outs', etc. I have seen other expansion boxes (2 and 3) on line but I'm now hesitant to order them.

maybe it is just the way i like to play the game but many of the cards are very hard to make fit with most anything playing the game "straight" and even fewer work well if you play a card with the intention of having funny responses. i dotn think an adult version would be necessary but it is not uncommon to have the names of 5 very boring people in your hand at one time. i just wish they would stop reading the encyclopedia and have a little more fun when writing the cards.

We needed an expansion box for the game, which we already owned. The expansion box simply made it more fun and made it easier to play longer. This is one of the most fun games ever! You'll quickly find out who is literal (and we were surprised by that) and who is more fun and light hearted with answers. We're a homeschool family so we find it even helps the kids learn the meanings of new words, in a really fun way. Want to get your party going good? Pull out Apples to Apples and get ready for hours of laughs.

I bought this expansion kit for my brother for Christmas, along with the original game. He was very happy with it, and our family had a good time playing the game together. One nice thing about Apples to Apples is that you can start playing quickly. There aren't a lot of complicated rules to learn. It's also nice that different age groups can play together. The expansion pack is huge and will definitely extend the shelf life of the game by quite a bit! Well worth the money in my opinion.