The Game of Authors (1861)
Playtime: 15
Min. Age: 7
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Selecta Spielzeug, Gustav Weise Verlag, Granna, Bielefelder Spielkarten, Schwager & Steinlein, U.S. Games Systems, Inc., Whitman, Multicolor, Kultquartett, M. Dittert & Co, Verlag für Lehrmittel Pössneck, I.C.C. Product, Lederbogen Karl-Marx-Stadt, Fireside Game Co., Glücksklee, Birkel Teigwaren GmbH, Richard Hauenstein, Cartamundi, Djeco, Humanus-Spiele, Grimaud, Schmidt Spiele, SchneiderBuch, Nathan, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Otto Maier Verlag, Kaba, Spear's Games, Jumbo, Sala, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Helingsche Verlagsanstalt, Noris Spiele, Merrimack Publishing Corp., Rudolf Forkel KG, Leipziger Kinderbuchverlag, Kasco Mills, Verlag Bing Werke AG, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Weltquartett, St. Briktius, F.X. Schmid, Klipps Kaffee, Erhard Neubert KG, Catullus, (Unknown), MIKA, Klee, Carl Werner, Damm / Egmont, Mulder, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Jos. Scholz, Russell Manufacturing Company, Franz Schmidt, VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg, ONKEL & ONKEL, Adolf Sala, The United States Playing Card Company, McLoughlin Brothers, Warren Built Rite Games, Peliko Oy, Schüle-Hohenlohe, G.M. Whipple, Groneweg & Meintrup, Milton Bradley, Tactic, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, General Mills, Review and Herald Publishing, J. Bünting & Co., Piatnik, AMIGO, Great American Game Company, Carlit, (Public Domain), KOSMOS, Parker Brothers, Sage, Sons & Co., Lookout Games, National Game Company, Volkswagen/Audi, Walter Flechsig, Eurofranchising B.V., Bevink Edities, Cincinnati Game Co., St. Benno-Verlag GmbH
Designers: Anne W. Abbott
Artists: Max Wulff, Liesel Lauterborn, Heinz Osthoff, Hergé, Willy Müller-Gera, Louis Rauwolf, Heinz Jankofsky, Horst Schrader, Traude Schlegel, Delphine Durand, Richard Scarry, Hubert Lechner, Anne Erler-Reichold, F. W. Martin Wolff, Barbara Henniger, Hans de Beer, Klemens Franz, Harri Parschau, Annemarie Gramberg, Harry Baerg, Klaus Vonderwerth, Peter Bauer, Rolf Kauka, Ernst Stapelfeld, Regine Grube-Heinecke, Janosch, Karl Konrad Friedrich Bauer, Käthe Francke, Siegfried Riediger, Arnold Zenkert, W Wilhelmsmeyer, Franz Kerka, Max Schaberschul, M. Neugebauer, Rudolf Engel-Hardt, Uwe Rosenberg, Wilhelm Busch, Richard Hambach, Manfred Bofinger, Jürgen Kieser, Werner Graichen, Fiep Westendorp, Peyo, Werner Ruhner, Erich Neubert, Erika Leo-Urban, Virginijus Poshkus, Erich Ohser
Mechanics: Memory, Set Collection, Hand Management
Min. Age: 7
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Selecta Spielzeug, Gustav Weise Verlag, Granna, Bielefelder Spielkarten, Schwager & Steinlein, U.S. Games Systems, Inc., Whitman, Multicolor, Kultquartett, M. Dittert & Co, Verlag für Lehrmittel Pössneck, I.C.C. Product, Lederbogen Karl-Marx-Stadt, Fireside Game Co., Glücksklee, Birkel Teigwaren GmbH, Richard Hauenstein, Cartamundi, Djeco, Humanus-Spiele, Grimaud, Schmidt Spiele, SchneiderBuch, Nathan, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Otto Maier Verlag, Kaba, Spear's Games, Jumbo, Sala, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Helingsche Verlagsanstalt, Noris Spiele, Merrimack Publishing Corp., Rudolf Forkel KG, Leipziger Kinderbuchverlag, Kasco Mills, Verlag Bing Werke AG, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Weltquartett, St. Briktius, F.X. Schmid, Klipps Kaffee, Erhard Neubert KG, Catullus, (Unknown), MIKA, Klee, Carl Werner, Damm / Egmont, Mulder, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Jos. Scholz, Russell Manufacturing Company, Franz Schmidt, VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg, ONKEL & ONKEL, Adolf Sala, The United States Playing Card Company, McLoughlin Brothers, Warren Built Rite Games, Peliko Oy, Schüle-Hohenlohe, G.M. Whipple, Groneweg & Meintrup, Milton Bradley, Tactic, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, General Mills, Review and Herald Publishing, J. Bünting & Co., Piatnik, AMIGO, Great American Game Company, Carlit, (Public Domain), KOSMOS, Parker Brothers, Sage, Sons & Co., Lookout Games, National Game Company, Volkswagen/Audi, Walter Flechsig, Eurofranchising B.V., Bevink Edities, Cincinnati Game Co., St. Benno-Verlag GmbH
Designers: Anne W. Abbott
Artists: Max Wulff, Liesel Lauterborn, Heinz Osthoff, Hergé, Willy Müller-Gera, Louis Rauwolf, Heinz Jankofsky, Horst Schrader, Traude Schlegel, Delphine Durand, Richard Scarry, Hubert Lechner, Anne Erler-Reichold, F. W. Martin Wolff, Barbara Henniger, Hans de Beer, Klemens Franz, Harri Parschau, Annemarie Gramberg, Harry Baerg, Klaus Vonderwerth, Peter Bauer, Rolf Kauka, Ernst Stapelfeld, Regine Grube-Heinecke, Janosch, Karl Konrad Friedrich Bauer, Käthe Francke, Siegfried Riediger, Arnold Zenkert, W Wilhelmsmeyer, Franz Kerka, Max Schaberschul, M. Neugebauer, Rudolf Engel-Hardt, Uwe Rosenberg, Wilhelm Busch, Richard Hambach, Manfred Bofinger, Jürgen Kieser, Werner Graichen, Fiep Westendorp, Peyo, Werner Ruhner, Erich Neubert, Erika Leo-Urban, Virginijus Poshkus, Erich Ohser
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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Wir Tauchen mit Hans Hass ,
Komponisten Quartett ,
Schuss und Tor ,
Entdecker Der Erde ,
Kwartet ,
Kinderwelt Märchen ,
New Testament Game Illustrated ,
Lese-Quartett Nr. 1 ,
Aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart ,
Big Valley ,
Flags ,
The Game of Authors ,
The Game of Great Artists ,
Yellowstone ,
Volkerkunde-Sammelquartett ,
Game of Musical Authors ,
Kasco ,
Pilze jederzeit ,
Agricola Quartett ,
Zitterbacke ,
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes ,
Fairy Tales ,
Dick Bruna Kwartet ,
Blühender Garten ,
American Women Authors ,
Opern Quartett ,
Game of Strange People ,
Weidmannsheil ,
Märchen-Quartett ,
Great Women: Foremothers ,
Aktiv, Gesund, Glücklich ,
Geschützte Tiere ,
Der Rhein ,
Opern Komponisten ,
Fury ,
The Four Cars Game ,
Tiere in Feld und Aus ,
Briefmarken-Quartett Nr. 4 ,
Heißner Blumen Quartett ,
Märchen Quartett ,
Robinson ,
Blüten am Wegesrand ,
Les Grands Hommes de France ,
Pioneers in Medicine ,
Jasper Quartett ,
Deutsches Land ,
Fix & Foxi ,
Erstes Bilderquartett ,
Beroepen kwartet ,
Blumenquartett ,
A.N.W.B. Kwartetspel ,
Pluk van de Petteflet Kwartet ,
Kaba der Plantagentrank ,
Briefmarken-Quartett ,
Mäxchen und Tüte ,
Alpenblumen ,
Deutsche Märchen ,
Whitman 4497 ,
In the White-House ,
Vogelhochzeit-Quartett ,
Vogelwelt ,
Märchen ,
Tierkinder ,
The Lion King ,
Grands Rois ,
Schöne Deutsche Heimat ,
Musikinstrumente aus alter Zeit ,
Schönes Deutschland ,
Pinocchio ,
Animal Quartett ,
American Authors ,
Game of In Dixie Land ,
In the White House ,
Reuzenkwartet ,
Mäxchen Pfiffigs Abenteuer ,
Chats Katten ,
Illustrated Mythology Game ,
Dieren Kwartet Spel ,
Kinderlieder-Quartett ,
Auf Den Spuren Lenins ,
The Author's Game ,
Firkort ,
Die Kinder vom Wolkenplatz ,
Sport-Quartett ,
Märchen-Sammelquartett ,
So fängt es an... ,
Im Märchenland ,
Kaba Disney Quartett ,
7 Hühnchen Eier-Nudel ,
Sternbilder ,
Briefmarken-Quartett Nr. 5 ,
Flags of the Civil War ,
Schlumpf Quartett ,
Ghostbusters Quartett ,
Bettsport-Quartett ,
Don Quichote ,
Kuifje Kwartet ,
Sesamstraat kwartet ,
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Oldtimers II ,
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Die Schweiz ,
Schönste Deutsche Dichtkunst ,
Meister Nadelöhrs Ferienreise ,
Dealings with Dickens or a Battle with Boz ,
Grosswild ,
Internationaal Stedenkwartet ,
Das Mallorca-Party-Quartett ,
Gulliver im Land der Riesen ,
Mini Monster ,
Janosch Kwartet ,
In Castle-Land ,
Flower Families ,
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Inventors ,
Die Vogelhochzeit ,
Game of Yellowstone ,
Zoo-Quartett ,
Game of Flowers ,
Trees and Flowers ,
Allez-Hop! ,
Baseball Greats ,
Elefanten Boy ,
Das Pflanzenreich ,
White Squadron ,
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Alles Glück mit Glücksklee ,
Bienenleben Bienenfleiß ,
Football Greats ,
Blumen Quartett ,
Funday Cartoons Card Game ,
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Merry Circus ,
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Thierry le Fronde ,
Cocoa Puffs edition ,
Lawmen of the Old West ,
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Citatenquartett ,
Quartets ,
Authors Card Game ,
Tropical Fish ,
New Testament Game ,
Dieren Kwartet ,
Führer Quartett ,
Deutschlands große Söhne ,
Mit graf Zeppelin um die Erde ,
Baustile ,
Münchhausen ,
Famous Women ,
The Great Composers ,
Game of In Dixie-Land ,
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Indians of the Old West ,
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Les Tableaux Célèbres (France) ,
Bible Game No. 1 Illustrated ,
Famous Authors ,
In Castle Land ,
Beautiful Switzerland ,
Tobias Taps ,
Kunterbunt Quartett ,
Scientists ,
Axel und die Autos ,
Game of Artists ,
Tier-Quartett ,
Bünte Vogelwelt ,
Quartett ,
Frontiersmen of the Old West ,
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Neue's Componisten ,
Outlaws of the Old West ,
Spiel der Schmetterlinge ,
Vater und Sohn ,
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Shakespeare ,
Unsterbliches Lachen ,
Illustrated Mythology ,
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Explorers ,
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Indian Chiefs of the Old West ,
Tom Sawyer ,
Schönes Österreich ,
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Heilkräuter-Quartett ,
Neues Komponisten Quartett ,
Alfons Zitterbacke Quartett ,
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