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