The Game of Authors (1861)
Playtime: 15
Min. Age: 7
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Jos. Scholz, Nathan, Birkel Teigwaren GmbH, KOSMOS, Schwager & Steinlein, AMIGO, Parker Brothers, Carlit, Kaba, Erhard Neubert KG, G.M. Whipple, Klee, Verlag Bing Werke AG, Glücksklee, Mulder, Selecta Spielzeug, Schüle-Hohenlohe, Helingsche Verlagsanstalt, SchneiderBuch, Adolf Sala, Catullus, Klipps Kaffee, Whitman, Eurofranchising B.V., Rudolf Forkel KG, (Unknown), Walter Flechsig, Volkswagen/Audi, Russell Manufacturing Company, McLoughlin Brothers, Sage, Sons & Co., (Public Domain), M. Dittert & Co, Leipziger Kinderbuchverlag, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Kasco Mills, VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg, St. Benno-Verlag GmbH, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, U.S. Games Systems, Inc., The United States Playing Card Company, Cartamundi, Noris Spiele, Humanus-Spiele, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Kultquartett, Peliko Oy, ONKEL & ONKEL, Lederbogen Karl-Marx-Stadt, Cincinnati Game Co., Verlag für Lehrmittel Pössneck, Grimaud, Multicolor, General Mills, Spear's Games, Lookout Games, Djeco, Weltquartett, Groneweg & Meintrup, Granna, Milton Bradley, Merrimack Publishing Corp., Franz Schmidt, J. Bünting & Co., Gustav Weise Verlag, Fireside Game Co., F.X. Schmid, Damm / Egmont, Piatnik, Tactic, Schmidt Spiele, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Great American Game Company, St. Briktius, Richard Hauenstein, Carl Werner, Otto Maier Verlag, Bevink Edities, National Game Company, Bielefelder Spielkarten, Review and Herald Publishing, Jumbo, I.C.C. Product, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Warren Built Rite Games, MIKA, Sala
Designers: Anne W. Abbott
Artists: Max Wulff, Hergé, Peyo, Klaus Vonderwerth, Willy Müller-Gera, Heinz Jankofsky, Siegfried Riediger, Ernst Stapelfeld, Annemarie Gramberg, Regine Grube-Heinecke, Liesel Lauterborn, M. Neugebauer, F. W. Martin Wolff, Rolf Kauka, Karl Konrad Friedrich Bauer, Rudolf Engel-Hardt, Heinz Osthoff, Harri Parschau, Franz Kerka, Virginijus Poshkus, W Wilhelmsmeyer, Erika Leo-Urban, Delphine Durand, Fiep Westendorp, Erich Neubert, Peter Bauer, Hans de Beer, Traude Schlegel, Barbara Henniger, Werner Graichen, Wilhelm Busch, Richard Scarry, Käthe Francke, Harry Baerg, Werner Ruhner, Anne Erler-Reichold, Manfred Bofinger, Erich Ohser, Uwe Rosenberg, Louis Rauwolf, Janosch, Arnold Zenkert, Richard Hambach, Max Schaberschul, Klemens Franz, Jürgen Kieser, Hubert Lechner, Horst Schrader
Mechanics: Hand Management, Memory, Set Collection
Min. Age: 7
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Jos. Scholz, Nathan, Birkel Teigwaren GmbH, KOSMOS, Schwager & Steinlein, AMIGO, Parker Brothers, Carlit, Kaba, Erhard Neubert KG, G.M. Whipple, Klee, Verlag Bing Werke AG, Glücksklee, Mulder, Selecta Spielzeug, Schüle-Hohenlohe, Helingsche Verlagsanstalt, SchneiderBuch, Adolf Sala, Catullus, Klipps Kaffee, Whitman, Eurofranchising B.V., Rudolf Forkel KG, (Unknown), Walter Flechsig, Volkswagen/Audi, Russell Manufacturing Company, McLoughlin Brothers, Sage, Sons & Co., (Public Domain), M. Dittert & Co, Leipziger Kinderbuchverlag, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Kasco Mills, VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg, St. Benno-Verlag GmbH, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, U.S. Games Systems, Inc., The United States Playing Card Company, Cartamundi, Noris Spiele, Humanus-Spiele, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Kultquartett, Peliko Oy, ONKEL & ONKEL, Lederbogen Karl-Marx-Stadt, Cincinnati Game Co., Verlag für Lehrmittel Pössneck, Grimaud, Multicolor, General Mills, Spear's Games, Lookout Games, Djeco, Weltquartett, Groneweg & Meintrup, Granna, Milton Bradley, Merrimack Publishing Corp., Franz Schmidt, J. Bünting & Co., Gustav Weise Verlag, Fireside Game Co., F.X. Schmid, Damm / Egmont, Piatnik, Tactic, Schmidt Spiele, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Great American Game Company, St. Briktius, Richard Hauenstein, Carl Werner, Otto Maier Verlag, Bevink Edities, National Game Company, Bielefelder Spielkarten, Review and Herald Publishing, Jumbo, I.C.C. Product, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Warren Built Rite Games, MIKA, Sala
Designers: Anne W. Abbott
Artists: Max Wulff, Hergé, Peyo, Klaus Vonderwerth, Willy Müller-Gera, Heinz Jankofsky, Siegfried Riediger, Ernst Stapelfeld, Annemarie Gramberg, Regine Grube-Heinecke, Liesel Lauterborn, M. Neugebauer, F. W. Martin Wolff, Rolf Kauka, Karl Konrad Friedrich Bauer, Rudolf Engel-Hardt, Heinz Osthoff, Harri Parschau, Franz Kerka, Virginijus Poshkus, W Wilhelmsmeyer, Erika Leo-Urban, Delphine Durand, Fiep Westendorp, Erich Neubert, Peter Bauer, Hans de Beer, Traude Schlegel, Barbara Henniger, Werner Graichen, Wilhelm Busch, Richard Scarry, Käthe Francke, Harry Baerg, Werner Ruhner, Anne Erler-Reichold, Manfred Bofinger, Erich Ohser, Uwe Rosenberg, Louis Rauwolf, Janosch, Arnold Zenkert, Richard Hambach, Max Schaberschul, Klemens Franz, Jürgen Kieser, Hubert Lechner, Horst Schrader
Mechanics: Hand Management, Memory, Set Collection
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Authors - One of the earliest versions of the family of Go Fish games, in which players call on each other to give up a named card, attempting to meld sets for points, based on which set of the game it is (e.g. the first melded set gets 10 points, the second gets 5 points). When all sets have been melded, most points wins.
From The Card Games Website
This is Go Fish without the stock pile. All the cards are dealt out as equally as possible to the players. A turn consists of asking a player for a rank (or a specific card if you play that version). If they have it your turn continues; if not the turn passes to the player you asked. As in Go Fish, you must have a card of the rank you asked for. Books of 4 cards are discarded. The game continues until all the cards are formed into books, and whoever gets most books wins - or you can score one point per book and play to a target score.
This game is often paired in the same deck with Top Trumps
Happy Families - An even earlier (1851), British version with the educational theme centered on family members and their occupations.
Quartett - This is the German equivalent of Happy Families or Authors. Many different designs of cards were made for this game in the late nineteenth and throughout the twentieth century, with various educational or other themes.
From The Card Games Website
This is Go Fish without the stock pile. All the cards are dealt out as equally as possible to the players. A turn consists of asking a player for a rank (or a specific card if you play that version). If they have it your turn continues; if not the turn passes to the player you asked. As in Go Fish, you must have a card of the rank you asked for. Books of 4 cards are discarded. The game continues until all the cards are formed into books, and whoever gets most books wins - or you can score one point per book and play to a target score.
This game is often paired in the same deck with Top Trumps
Happy Families - An even earlier (1851), British version with the educational theme centered on family members and their occupations.
Quartett - This is the German equivalent of Happy Families or Authors. Many different designs of cards were made for this game in the late nineteenth and throughout the twentieth century, with various educational or other themes.
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Merry Circus ,
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Das Fröhliche Jahr ,
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Deutsche Märchen ,
Blumen-Quartett ,
Don Quichote ,
Tobias Taps ,
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Flower Families ,
White Squadron ,
Inside the White House ,
Briefmarken-Quartett ,
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Alte Verkehrsmittel ,
Bible Game No. 1 Illustrated ,
Fairy-Tale Playing Cards ,
Vogelhochzeit-Quartett ,
Spiel der Schmetterlinge ,
Illustrated Mythology Game ,
Tier Quartett ,
Lese-Quartett Nr. 1 ,
Blumen Quartett ,
Schöne Deutsche Heimat ,
Alles Glück mit Glücksklee ,
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Fairy Tales ,
Mini Monster ,
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Tropical Fish ,
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Alpenblumen ,
Authors ,
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Meister Nadelöhrs Ferienreise ,
Blühender Garten ,
Indian Chiefs of the Old West ,
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New Testament Game ,
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Astro Quartett ,
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