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