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2	[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Describe]] ''[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Apples to Apples]]'' [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere here.]]
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4	"Pleasing", "enjoyable", "charming"... [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Show me "Delightful"!]]
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6	People tend to like games of word association. ''Apples to Apples'' by Out of the Box Publishing takes this idea and runs with it. Each player draws a hand of seven red [[color:red:nouns]], and then take turns being the judge and drawing a green [[color:green:adjective]] card, with the other players tasked with submitting the red card they believe most fits that adjective. Of course, it's smart to play the judge as well as the cards, and [[RefugeInAudacity making a completely inappropriate suggestion]] can lead to a player winning a given round, too.
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8	The position of judge rotates every round and the player who wins the round keeps the [[color:green:adjective]] card for that round. Whoever gets a certain number of greens (or has the most whenever everyone gets bored) is the winner.
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10	See also ''TabletopGame/CardsAgainstHumanity'', which takes the core gameplay of ''Apples to Apples'' and employs gratuitous amounts of BlackComedy.
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12	!!This card game provides examples of:
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14	* CelebrityPower: Cards naming Creator/PennAndTeller, Creator/CaryGrant, [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Bullwinkle]], and many, ''many'' others.
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16	* GameMod: Blank red and green cards are provided for players on which to write personal ideas. They eventually became popular enough that there's an official variant game where ''all'' green apples are blank so you can write new answers every time. The box has as an example "Name something you would not want to bite" with one answer being "The dust."
17	* JuniorVariant: ''Apples to Apples Junior'' uses more simple topics than its counterpart.
18	* KingmakerScenario: The whole point of the game, with the Kingmaker switching every round.
19	* LighterAndSofter: Apples to Apples Jr., which uses simpler words and more kid-friendly references that don't involve serious or tragic events.
20	* {{Metagame}}: "Playing to the judge" is highly encouraged.
21	* NoodleImplements: Happens if your hand consists of what you consider garbage words.
22	* RefugeInAudacity: Some of the possible plays (like just about any dead person and "Fragrant") clearly invoke this. "Helen Keller" is practically a magnet for these jokes: "Touchy-Feely", "Senseless", "Visionary", [[RuleThirtyFour "Easy"]]...
23	* RuleOfCool[=/=][[RuleOfFun Fun]][=/=][[RuleOfFunny Funny]]: The game practically runs on all three.
24	* SelfDeprecation: The judge can deprecate themselves in some cases, because "My" cards (for example My Prom or My Room) have to apply to the judge and not the person who played them. This leads to being able to say things like "My Room is Disgusting" or "My Love Life is Imaginary."
25	* ShapedLikeItself: Matching "Fuzz" to "Fuzzy", "Masculine" to "Men", "American" to "United States of America."
26	* ShoutOut: '''Way''' too many to compile into a mere list, and growing all the time.

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