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