Authors, also called The Game of Authors, is an educational card game for three to five players. It was first published in 1861 by G. M. Whipple and A. A. Smith of Salem, Massachusetts, and in 1897 the game was published by Parker Brothers, which was also located in Salem at that time. It is one of the earliest versions of the family of Go Fish games, in which players call on one another to give up a named card. Play uses a specialized deck, and its cards carry the names of famous writers. The authors found in most decks include Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and Louisa May Alcott, and later decks added further authors to the set.
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Playing Time Band Playing Time Age Suitability PublisherASS Altenburger Spielkarten 2 PublisherBielefelder Spielkarten 2 PublisherE. E. Fairchild Corporation 2 Game Category Game Category Game Category Game Category Game CategoryMovies / TV / Radio theme 2 Game Category Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
Game Type (category) Connections
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1. Authors (card game) (Wikipedia)
Lead paragraph
The play is based on a specialized deck of playing cards.
Lead paragraph [player-count]
Authors or, The Game of Authors is an educational game for three to five players.
Lead paragraph [origin-year]
First published by G. M. Whipple & A. A. Smith of Salem, Massachusetts in 1861, The Game of Authors was in 1897 published by Parker Brothers, also located in Salem, Massachusetts at that time.
Infobox: ages
7+
Infobox: playing_time, playing time band
5', 15'
View the Source2. The Game of Authors (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 15
- Designer: Anne W. Abbott
- Publisher: (Public Domain)
- Publisher: (Unknown)
- Publisher: Adolf Sala
- Publisher: AMIGO
- Publisher: ASS Altenburger Spielkarten
- Publisher: Bevink Edities
- Publisher: Bielefelder Spielkarten
- Publisher: Birkel Teigwaren GmbH
- Publisher: Carl Werner
- Publisher: Carlit
- Publisher: Cartamundi
- Publisher: Catullus
- Publisher: Cincinnati Game Co.
- Publisher: Djeco
- Publisher: E. E. Fairchild Corporation
- Publisher: Efteling
- Publisher: Erhard Neubert KG
- Publisher: Eurofranchising B.V.
- Publisher: F.X. Schmid
- Publisher: Fireside Game Co.
- Game Category: American West
- Game Category: Animals
- Game Category: Card Game
- Game Category: Children's Game
- Game Category: Movies / TV / Radio theme
- Game Category: Music
- Game Category: Novel-based
- Game Category: Trivia
- Game Mechanic: Hand Management
- Game Mechanic: Memory
- Game Mechanic: Set Collection
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 6
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