The Game of Authors (1861)
Playtime: 15
Min. Age: 7
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Sage, Sons & Co., Parker Brothers, McLoughlin Brothers, Verlag für Lehrmittel Pössneck, Milton Bradley, Volkswagen/Audi, Franz Schmidt, Lederbogen Karl-Marx-Stadt, Bevink Edities, Rudolf Forkel KG, Klipps Kaffee, Noris Spiele, Gustav Weise Verlag, MIKA, Glücksklee, (Public Domain), SchneiderBuch, Damm / Egmont, Otto Maier Verlag, Schmidt Spiele, U.S. Games Systems, Inc., H. P. Gibson & Sons, Eurofranchising B.V., Walter Flechsig, Klee, Warren Built Rite Games, F.X. Schmid, Piatnik, ONKEL & ONKEL, Grimaud, Cartamundi, Bielefelder Spielkarten, Tactic, Verlag Bing Werke AG, M. Dittert & Co, Schüle-Hohenlohe, Kasco Mills, Humanus-Spiele, Merrimack Publishing Corp., Helingsche Verlagsanstalt, St. Benno-Verlag GmbH, The United States Playing Card Company, Mulder, Schwager & Steinlein, KOSMOS, Kaba, Richard Hauenstein, Review and Herald Publishing, I.C.C. Product, J. Bünting & Co., AMIGO, Carl Werner, Adolf Sala, Multicolor, G.M. Whipple, Jumbo, St. Briktius, Granna, Groneweg & Meintrup, Kultquartett, Whitman, Erhard Neubert KG, Peliko Oy, Jos. Scholz, (Unknown), National Game Company, Selecta Spielzeug, Great American Game Company, VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg, Sala, Cincinnati Game Co., Fireside Game Co., Nathan, Spear's Games, Carlit, Leipziger Kinderbuchverlag, Djeco, Lookout Games, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Birkel Teigwaren GmbH, Russell Manufacturing Company, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Selecta Spel en Hobby, General Mills, Catullus, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Weltquartett
Designers: Anne W. Abbott
Artists: Hans de Beer, Wilhelm Busch, Erika Leo-Urban, Richard Scarry, Delphine Durand, Erich Neubert, Uwe Rosenberg, Karl Konrad Friedrich Bauer, Hergé, Harri Parschau, M. Neugebauer, Klaus Vonderwerth, Janosch, Traude Schlegel, Louis Rauwolf, Willy Müller-Gera, Werner Ruhner, Max Schaberschul, Barbara Henniger, Jürgen Kieser, Klemens Franz, Harry Baerg, Liesel Lauterborn, Horst Schrader, Heinz Jankofsky, Ernst Stapelfeld, Fiep Westendorp, Rolf Kauka, Peyo, Manfred Bofinger, Regine Grube-Heinecke, Werner Graichen, Arnold Zenkert, Erich Ohser, Siegfried Riediger, Virginijus Poshkus, Richard Hambach, Rudolf Engel-Hardt, Annemarie Gramberg, W Wilhelmsmeyer, Franz Kerka, Heinz Osthoff, F. W. Martin Wolff, Anne Erler-Reichold, Käthe Francke, Hubert Lechner, Max Wulff, Peter Bauer
Mechanics: Set Collection, Memory, Hand Management
Min. Age: 7
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Sage, Sons & Co., Parker Brothers, McLoughlin Brothers, Verlag für Lehrmittel Pössneck, Milton Bradley, Volkswagen/Audi, Franz Schmidt, Lederbogen Karl-Marx-Stadt, Bevink Edities, Rudolf Forkel KG, Klipps Kaffee, Noris Spiele, Gustav Weise Verlag, MIKA, Glücksklee, (Public Domain), SchneiderBuch, Damm / Egmont, Otto Maier Verlag, Schmidt Spiele, U.S. Games Systems, Inc., H. P. Gibson & Sons, Eurofranchising B.V., Walter Flechsig, Klee, Warren Built Rite Games, F.X. Schmid, Piatnik, ONKEL & ONKEL, Grimaud, Cartamundi, Bielefelder Spielkarten, Tactic, Verlag Bing Werke AG, M. Dittert & Co, Schüle-Hohenlohe, Kasco Mills, Humanus-Spiele, Merrimack Publishing Corp., Helingsche Verlagsanstalt, St. Benno-Verlag GmbH, The United States Playing Card Company, Mulder, Schwager & Steinlein, KOSMOS, Kaba, Richard Hauenstein, Review and Herald Publishing, I.C.C. Product, J. Bünting & Co., AMIGO, Carl Werner, Adolf Sala, Multicolor, G.M. Whipple, Jumbo, St. Briktius, Granna, Groneweg & Meintrup, Kultquartett, Whitman, Erhard Neubert KG, Peliko Oy, Jos. Scholz, (Unknown), National Game Company, Selecta Spielzeug, Great American Game Company, VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg, Sala, Cincinnati Game Co., Fireside Game Co., Nathan, Spear's Games, Carlit, Leipziger Kinderbuchverlag, Djeco, Lookout Games, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Birkel Teigwaren GmbH, Russell Manufacturing Company, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Selecta Spel en Hobby, General Mills, Catullus, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Weltquartett
Designers: Anne W. Abbott
Artists: Hans de Beer, Wilhelm Busch, Erika Leo-Urban, Richard Scarry, Delphine Durand, Erich Neubert, Uwe Rosenberg, Karl Konrad Friedrich Bauer, Hergé, Harri Parschau, M. Neugebauer, Klaus Vonderwerth, Janosch, Traude Schlegel, Louis Rauwolf, Willy Müller-Gera, Werner Ruhner, Max Schaberschul, Barbara Henniger, Jürgen Kieser, Klemens Franz, Harry Baerg, Liesel Lauterborn, Horst Schrader, Heinz Jankofsky, Ernst Stapelfeld, Fiep Westendorp, Rolf Kauka, Peyo, Manfred Bofinger, Regine Grube-Heinecke, Werner Graichen, Arnold Zenkert, Erich Ohser, Siegfried Riediger, Virginijus Poshkus, Richard Hambach, Rudolf Engel-Hardt, Annemarie Gramberg, W Wilhelmsmeyer, Franz Kerka, Heinz Osthoff, F. W. Martin Wolff, Anne Erler-Reichold, Käthe Francke, Hubert Lechner, Max Wulff, Peter Bauer
Mechanics: Set Collection, Memory, Hand Management
Show Description Show Comments Price Trend
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.
We currently have no price data for this game.
This game is currently not traded on the marketplace:
This game is currently not listed on the marketplace. If you want to sell yours, please add it to the marketplace.
Marketplace
The game was also published under these names:
Cocoa Puffs edition ,
Lieder-Quartett ,
Game of Nations ,
Schwarzwald ,
Kleine Tierwelt ,
Dick Bruna Kwartet ,
Great Women: Foremothers ,
Football Greats ,
So fängt es an... ,
Aus Tropenglut und Meerestiefe ,
Robinson ,
Tiere in Feld und Aus ,
Das Mallorca-Party-Quartett ,
Jasper Quartett ,
Schöne Deutsche Heimat ,
Kunterbunt Quartett ,
Richard Scarry Firkort ,
Disney Kwartet ,
Beroepen kwartet ,
Die Kinder vom Wolkenplatz ,
Blühender Garten ,
The Four Cars Game ,
Schönes Österreich ,
Illustrated Mythology ,
Kaba der Plantagentrank ,
Blumen-Quartett ,
Gulliver im Land der Riesen ,
Heidi Kehrt Heim ,
Münchhausen ,
Sport-Quartett ,
Big Valley ,
Bible Game No. 1 Illustrated ,
Der Rhein ,
Kwartet z plasteliny ,
Lawmen of the Old West ,
Game of In Dixie Land ,
Elefanten Boy ,
Aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart ,
Märchen ,
Agricola Quartett ,
Bettsport-Quartett ,
Authors ,
Game of Strange People ,
New Testament Game ,
Seuchen Quartett ,
Yellowstone ,
Citatenquartett ,
Tier-Quartett ,
Rekorde im Tierreich ,
Durch den Harz ,
Baseball Greats ,
Märchen Quartett ,
Kasco ,
In Castle-Land ,
Aktiv, Gesund, Glücklich ,
Pilze jederzeit ,
Geschützte Tiere ,
Märchenquartett ,
Indian Chiefs of the Old West ,
New Testament Game Illustrated ,
Wir Tauchen mit Hans Hass ,
Flags of the Civil War ,
Mini Monster ,
Neues Komponisten Quartett ,
The Great Composers ,
Dieren Kwartet ,
Autograph Authors ,
Axel und die Autos ,
Grands Rois ,
Kinderlieder-Quartett ,
Schweizer Heimat ,
Das Heer ,
Märchen-Quartett ,
Tier Quartett ,
Animal Quartett ,
Flags ,
The Game of Authors ,
Alte Verkehrsmittel ,
Mäxchen und Tüte ,
Famous Women ,
Kleine Flieger. Große Träume. Riesenspaß ,
Deutschlands große Söhne ,
Pioneers in Medicine ,
Indians of the Old West ,
Heißner Blumen Quartett ,
Zoo Quartett ,
Zoo-Quartett ,
Oldtimers II ,
Deutsches Land ,
Vogelwelt ,
Tom Sawyer ,
A.N.W.B. Kwartetspel ,
Firkort ,
Zitterbacke ,
Komponisten ,
Bünte Vogelwelt ,
American Women Authors ,
Das Fröhliche Jahr ,
Am Waldessaum ,
Bienenleben Bienenfleiß ,
Don Quichote ,
Kuifje Kwartet ,
Fokke & Sukke kwartet ,
Führer Quartett ,
Around the World with the "Graf Zeppelin" ,
Merry Circus ,
Baustile ,
Inside the White House ,
Städte-Quartett ,
Lassie Geheimnis ,
Kinderwelt Märchen ,
Heilkräuter-Quartett ,
Türkisch 8 ,
Max und Moritz ,
Les Tableaux Célèbres (France) ,
Sesamstraat kwartet ,
Allez-Hop! ,
Spiel der Schmetterlinge ,
Briefmarken-Quartett Nr. 5 ,
Briefmarken-Quartett Nr. 4 ,
Donald im Zirkus ,
Pinocchio ,
Artists ,
Authors Card Game ,
Authors of the Forty Best Children's Books ,
Schönes Deutschland ,
Animal Quartette ,
Schuss und Tor ,
Astronomy ,
Sternbilder ,
In the White House ,
Fairy Tales ,
Musikinstrumente aus alter Zeit ,
Dealings with Dickens or a Battle with Boz ,
Beautiful Switzerland ,
Buchstaben Quartett ,
Neue's Componisten ,
Fairy-Tale Playing Cards ,
Kaba Disney Quartett ,
Vogelhochzeit-Quartett ,
The National Game of Public Men ,
Fipps der Affe ,
Volkerkunde-Sammelquartett ,
Inventors ,
Schönste Deutsche Dichtkunst ,
Kinderwelt Tiermärchen ,
Mit Kapitän Pitt durch die bunte Welt ,
Die Schweiz ,
Shakespeare ,
Die Vogelhochzeit ,
Fix & Foxi ,
Erstes Bilderquartett ,
Trees and Flowers ,
Tropical Fish ,
Hullunkuriset perheet ,
Briefmarken-Quartett ,
Schlumpf Quartett ,
Bergwelt ,
Köpfchen muß man haben! ,
Alfons Zitterbacke Quartett ,
Blumen Quartett ,
Blüten am Wegesrand ,
Kwartet ,
Scientists ,
Game of In Dixie-Land ,
Blumenquartett ,
The Author's Game ,
Alpenblumen ,
Aus nah und fern ,
Das Knetemännlein ,
The Game of Great Artists ,
Im Märchenland ,
Outlaws of the Old West ,
Komponisten Quartett ,
Janosch Kwartet ,
Composers ,
Der Lohn des Fleisses Die Strafe der Faulheit ,
Reuzenkwartet ,
Quartets ,
Funday Cartoons Card Game ,
Dieren Kwartet Spel ,
Famous Authors ,
Unter Geiern ,
Children's Authors ,
Vokabel-Quartett ,
Mäxchen Pfiffigs Abenteuer ,
The Game of Cities ,
Bonanza ,
Astro Quartett ,
In the White-House ,
Pluk van de Petteflet Kwartet ,
American Authors ,
Entdecker Der Erde ,
Lese-Quartett Nr. 1 ,
Vater und Sohn ,
Weidmannsheil ,
Das Pflanzenreich ,
Chats Katten ,
Unsterbliches Lachen ,
Opern Quartett ,
Game of Poems Illustrated ,
Thierry le Fronde ,
Illustrated Mythology Game ,
Game of Flowers ,
Les Grands Hommes de France ,
Mit graf Zeppelin um die Erde ,
Frontiersmen of the Old West ,
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes ,
Holy Land ,
Märchen-Sammelquartett ,
Ghostbusters Quartett ,
7 Hühnchen Eier-Nudel ,
Fury ,
Whitman 4497 ,
Auf Den Spuren Lenins ,
Skippy ,
Alles Glück mit Glücksklee ,
Dichter-Quartett ,
Game of Artists ,
Deutsche Märchen ,
Grosswild ,
The Lion King ,
Presidents ,
7 Hühnchen ,
Opern Komponisten ,
Game of Yellowstone ,
Game of Musical Authors ,
White Squadron ,
Tyrannen Quartett ,
Tobias Taps ,
Poems ,
Fussball Quartett ,
Famous Generals of the Civil War ,
Tierkinder ,
In Castle Land ,
Explorers ,
Internationaal Stedenkwartet ,
Flower Families ,
Wickie ,
Unser Sternenhimmel ,
Quartett ,
Super Mario Bros. Kwartet ,
Meister Nadelöhrs Ferienreise
Related Games
ag.gameitem.lastUpdated: 2025-06-06 21:41:58.129
