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| Other names | Authors |
|---|---|
| Designers | Anne W. Abbott [1] |
| Publishers | G. M. Whipple & A. A. Smith Parker Brothers |
| Publication | 1861 |
| Genres | Educational |
| Players | 2–6 [1] |
| Playing time | 5'–15' |
| Age range | 7+ |
| Related games | |
| Go Fish Quartets | |
Authors or, The Game of Authors is an educational game for three to five players. 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.[2]
The Game of Authors is 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.[3] The play is based on a specialized deck of playing cards.
Later decks included additional authors, but the authors represented in most decks are:
- Louisa May Alcott
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Charles Dickens
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Washington Irving
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Sir Walter Scott
- William Shakespeare
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Mark Twain
- ^ a b "The Game of Authors (1861)" at Boardgamegeek.com
- ^ McAdam, D. J.. Authors Card Game. 2001-2004. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
- ^ The Game of Authors (1861) BoardGameGeek, accessed 11 June 2021.