The Game of Authors (1861)
Playtime: 15
Min. Age: 7
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Klee, Leipziger Kinderbuchverlag, Carl Werner, Sala, Cartamundi, Selecta Spielzeug, Otto Maier Verlag, AMIGO, Klipps Kaffee, Richard Hauenstein, Rudolf Forkel KG, ONKEL & ONKEL, Fireside Game Co., Warren Built Rite Games, Russell Manufacturing Company, Verlag für Lehrmittel Pössneck, Great American Game Company, Whitman, Lookout Games, St. Benno-Verlag GmbH, Schüle-Hohenlohe, Catullus, Birkel Teigwaren GmbH, Sage, Sons & Co., F.X. Schmid, Damm / Egmont, Peliko Oy, National Game Company, KOSMOS, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Grimaud, Multicolor, Kultquartett, Bevink Edities, Adolf Sala, Jumbo, Franz Schmidt, Walter Flechsig, Verlag Bing Werke AG, (Public Domain), G.M. Whipple, Kasco Mills, Cincinnati Game Co., Milton Bradley, Tactic, Erhard Neubert KG, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Weltquartett, Schmidt Spiele, Bielefelder Spielkarten, Humanus-Spiele, The United States Playing Card Company, Lederbogen Karl-Marx-Stadt, Djeco, Granna, I.C.C. Product, Noris Spiele, VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg, Carlit, Groneweg & Meintrup, Eurofranchising B.V., SchneiderBuch, St. Briktius, Review and Herald Publishing, Parker Brothers, Helingsche Verlagsanstalt, McLoughlin Brothers, Gustav Weise Verlag, MIKA, General Mills, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Schwager & Steinlein, J. Bünting & Co., Spear's Games, Nathan, Kaba, M. Dittert & Co, (Unknown), Jos. Scholz, Merrimack Publishing Corp., Glücksklee, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Piatnik, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Volkswagen/Audi, Mulder, U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Designers: Anne W. Abbott
Artists: Arnold Zenkert, Fiep Westendorp, Wilhelm Busch, Rolf Kauka, Karl Konrad Friedrich Bauer, Anne Erler-Reichold, Peyo, Regine Grube-Heinecke, Erika Leo-Urban, Horst Schrader, Klaus Vonderwerth, Willy Müller-Gera, Werner Ruhner, Hubert Lechner, Jürgen Kieser, Erich Ohser, Franz Kerka, Richard Hambach, Klemens Franz, Harri Parschau, Heinz Osthoff, Janosch, Virginijus Poshkus, Annemarie Gramberg, Richard Scarry, Heinz Jankofsky, Ernst Stapelfeld, M. Neugebauer, Käthe Francke, Max Schaberschul, Peter Bauer, Hans de Beer, Werner Graichen, Delphine Durand, Uwe Rosenberg, Manfred Bofinger, Rudolf Engel-Hardt, F. W. Martin Wolff, Liesel Lauterborn, Hergé, W Wilhelmsmeyer, Erich Neubert, Louis Rauwolf, Barbara Henniger, Harry Baerg, Siegfried Riediger, Max Wulff, Traude Schlegel
Mechanics: Memory, Set Collection, Hand Management
Min. Age: 7
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Klee, Leipziger Kinderbuchverlag, Carl Werner, Sala, Cartamundi, Selecta Spielzeug, Otto Maier Verlag, AMIGO, Klipps Kaffee, Richard Hauenstein, Rudolf Forkel KG, ONKEL & ONKEL, Fireside Game Co., Warren Built Rite Games, Russell Manufacturing Company, Verlag für Lehrmittel Pössneck, Great American Game Company, Whitman, Lookout Games, St. Benno-Verlag GmbH, Schüle-Hohenlohe, Catullus, Birkel Teigwaren GmbH, Sage, Sons & Co., F.X. Schmid, Damm / Egmont, Peliko Oy, National Game Company, KOSMOS, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Grimaud, Multicolor, Kultquartett, Bevink Edities, Adolf Sala, Jumbo, Franz Schmidt, Walter Flechsig, Verlag Bing Werke AG, (Public Domain), G.M. Whipple, Kasco Mills, Cincinnati Game Co., Milton Bradley, Tactic, Erhard Neubert KG, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Weltquartett, Schmidt Spiele, Bielefelder Spielkarten, Humanus-Spiele, The United States Playing Card Company, Lederbogen Karl-Marx-Stadt, Djeco, Granna, I.C.C. Product, Noris Spiele, VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg, Carlit, Groneweg & Meintrup, Eurofranchising B.V., SchneiderBuch, St. Briktius, Review and Herald Publishing, Parker Brothers, Helingsche Verlagsanstalt, McLoughlin Brothers, Gustav Weise Verlag, MIKA, General Mills, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Schwager & Steinlein, J. Bünting & Co., Spear's Games, Nathan, Kaba, M. Dittert & Co, (Unknown), Jos. Scholz, Merrimack Publishing Corp., Glücksklee, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Piatnik, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Volkswagen/Audi, Mulder, U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Designers: Anne W. Abbott
Artists: Arnold Zenkert, Fiep Westendorp, Wilhelm Busch, Rolf Kauka, Karl Konrad Friedrich Bauer, Anne Erler-Reichold, Peyo, Regine Grube-Heinecke, Erika Leo-Urban, Horst Schrader, Klaus Vonderwerth, Willy Müller-Gera, Werner Ruhner, Hubert Lechner, Jürgen Kieser, Erich Ohser, Franz Kerka, Richard Hambach, Klemens Franz, Harri Parschau, Heinz Osthoff, Janosch, Virginijus Poshkus, Annemarie Gramberg, Richard Scarry, Heinz Jankofsky, Ernst Stapelfeld, M. Neugebauer, Käthe Francke, Max Schaberschul, Peter Bauer, Hans de Beer, Werner Graichen, Delphine Durand, Uwe Rosenberg, Manfred Bofinger, Rudolf Engel-Hardt, F. W. Martin Wolff, Liesel Lauterborn, Hergé, W Wilhelmsmeyer, Erich Neubert, Louis Rauwolf, Barbara Henniger, Harry Baerg, Siegfried Riediger, Max Wulff, Traude Schlegel
Mechanics: Memory, Set Collection, Hand Management
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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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The Author's Game ,
Briefmarken-Quartett ,
Holy Land ,
Tyrannen Quartett ,
Aus Tropenglut und Meerestiefe ,
Alfons Zitterbacke Quartett ,
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Vogelhochzeit-Quartett ,
American Women Authors ,
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Skippy ,
Shakespeare ,
Great Women: Foremothers ,
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In the White House ,
The Game of Authors ,
Blumen-Quartett ,
Sesamstraat kwartet ,
Janosch Kwartet ,
Deutsches Land ,
Flags ,
Bible Game No. 1 Illustrated ,
Kuifje Kwartet ,
Cocoa Puffs edition ,
Football Greats ,
Pluk van de Petteflet Kwartet ,
Blumen Quartett ,
Artists ,
Firkort ,
The Lion King ,
American Authors ,
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Tierkinder ,
Zoo Quartett ,
Opern Quartett ,
Märchen-Quartett ,
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Schönes Deutschland ,
Türkisch 8 ,
Elefanten Boy ,
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Yellowstone ,
Heidi Kehrt Heim ,
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Illustrated Mythology ,
Bünte Vogelwelt ,
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Big Valley ,
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Märchen ,
Komponisten ,
Rekorde im Tierreich ,
Fussball Quartett ,
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