Apples to Apples: Expansion Set #1

About this expansion

Apples to Apples: Expansion Set #1 is an expansion for 4–10 players, designed for games lasting about 30 minutes. Released in 1999, it adds new cards and alternate rules to the original Apples to Apples Core Game.

The expansion includes 216 Green Apple cards and 72 Red Apple cards. These cards support the familiar Apples to Apples format, in which players select cards in response to a revealed card and the judge chooses the best match.

It also introduces three New Rules variations that change how cards are selected and judged:

• Apple Turnovers: Deal five Green Apple cards to each player. The judge reveals a Red Apple card, and players choose the Green Apple card they think is most like it.
• Crab Apples: Choose and judge Red Apple cards that are least like, or the opposite of, the word on the Green Apple card.
• Baked Apples: Everyone except the judge plays a Red Apple card in each round. A time limit may be used to keep rounds moving.

These variations offer different directions for choosing cards and deciding which response wins. In Apple Turnovers, the colors and roles are reversed; Crab Apples asks for an opposite or least-like connection; and Baked Apples changes who contributes cards during a round.

Apples to Apples: Expansion Set #1 was the first expansion to the original core game. It was later discontinued when it was included with the core game in the Apples to Apples Party Box Edition.