Apples to Apples Junior the Game of Crazy Comparisons! [Packaging May Vary]

Great game for a. Family game night. It’s a a lot of fun and great buy ! I highly recommend

As a family that loves Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity, we wanted to introduce our younger set (ages 5, 7 and 8) to Apples to Apples as well. This version, though it says 9 and up, is great for kids who are strong readers and like vocabulary. My children are all capable readers and so can each play this game independently, making for really fun family game nights. I like that almost all the cards are accessible (some references to shows they haven't seen, but I allow them to trade those in), and that they learn new vocabulary from the green cards. They also have learned to think about what each judge would like, and it has sparked great conversations as a family (and jokes - since some family members are very predictable in the cards they will choose when they serve as judges!).

Once they even start to read they can play Apples to Apples! The funny, simple, card game makes a great addition to your family game night! While the game recommends 9+, with a little bit of help most younger kids could join in the fun. The biggest challenge if for kids to know the various cultural references on the cards. while some are simple (bananas, Mickey Mouse) others are a bit more dated, (Hanna Montana etc.) The combination of cards can still get a little "off color", but not nearly as often as the adult version of the game. As some other reviewers have commented it works best in larger groups, but don't despair if you want to play as a family of 4, just play the invisible player variant. Simply add one additional green card off the top of the deck. Sometimes this random one won't fit at all, other times it might just win! The extra card really helps to add a little variety to the game.

My kids recently discovered apples to apples but often didn't know what the words in the original version even referred to. They are 5 and 8 and love to play so I knew this would be a welcome investment. The description words (green cards) are all excellent. The nouns (red cards), on the other hand, I'm slightly disappointed with. I sorted through and ended up taking out 41 of the cards I felt were irrelevant or inappropriate for my family. Most of them were about specific Disney channel characters my kids have no clue about. I'm sure there are plenty of kids who do know the characters. I would simply have preferred those cards switched out for more universal nouns or for historical characters even. That would certainly up the educational factor. Overall, my kids love the game and it's nice to have a word set they understand better.

My wife and I have had the regular box set for quite a while. Got this as a gift for our son and new family. Great starter to play with the kids. It definitely helps give you some insight into how people/kids think and respond to things. We keep track of cards won, but you don't need to.

We played the 12+ version a t a friends house and had to get this for our family. Our youngest is 8 so we went with this junior version. Our 12 year-old daughter (who thinks she is 16) rarely wants to play a board/card game with the family because they are all "boring". Well she reluctantly played this game with us, and now she has actually requested it a few times because she had fun! Basically you draw a card with a feeling or adjective (like "tiny" or "Beautiful") and everyone picks a card from five in their hand and gives it to "the judge" to decide who's card was the best match. Which can be funny when all you have left is "Gorilla" or "Abraham Lincoln" for that hand. It's easy to set-up, easy to play and easy to keep score (you just keep the matching cards). I think this game is most fun with many people, like 6 or more. You need at least 3 to play, and with that, the judge is only choosing from two possible answers. So this is definitely more fun as a party game.

Having played Apples to Apples in larger groups with adults, I was super excited to get this to play with the kids (9 & 7). The words are easy enough to understand, plus since their dad forces them to learn the meaning of the word as well before playing a hand (the definitions are printed on the cards), it helps to build vocabulary as well. There are lots of times that you end up playing a card that has no relation to the word in question, but that is what makes it so much fun, especially when the kids try to justify why their card should win when their answer was so off-the-wall. Plus you can play in variations, like Apple Turnover, where the object is to play a card that is the complete opposite of the word in question. Easy after dinner, sit down, enjoy time with the family FUN!

What we liked: We played this across four generations of family at Christmas. Everyone can play and there was a lot of laughter around the table. Downside: this game sort of presumes that everyone is aware of current culture: many references to Harry Potter, Star Wars, Paw Patrol, pop singers, etc. This tends to leave out some people. All in all, I would say that most families can have fun with regular “Apples to Apples” and don’t need this version. If the kids in your family watch a lot of tv then they may prefer this Junior version. I have a feeling these pop culture references will be stale pretty soon. The red box Apples to Apples is a better game.

Tolles Spiel, wir spielen die deutsche Version Äpfel zu Äpfel sehr oft. Sehr schön, das Spiel auch mal auf Englisch zu spielen.

This is a great game to plays with your kids. We have two boys, ages 8 and 9 and we had played the adult version with them. They did okay but there were too many cards that they couldn't understand (names of famous people they never would have heard of or historical events). This junior version is the exact same game but with cards that the kids can fully comprehend. While you might think that "tones the game down" you really don't notice. What I love is that the game gets the kids reading and thinking about words, expanding their vocabulary while also being great fun. I recommend this for a great game you can play with your kids where you will have as much fun as they do.

Great game for Japanese students with high-intermediate to advance English proficiency.

As described. Came factory wrapped

Great family fun