Authors (card game)
Commercial card game
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Authors or, The Game of Authors is an educational game for three to five players. First was 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. [1]
![Game of Authors card deck from 1897](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Game_of_Authors_card_deck_from_1897.png/220px-Game_of_Authors_card_deck_from_1897.png)
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. [2] The play is based on a specialized deck of playing cards.
Later decks included additional authors, but the authors represented in most decks are:
See also
References
- ↑ McAdam, D. J.. Authors Card Game. 2001-2004. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
- ↑ The Game of Authors (1861) BoardGameGeek, accessed 11 June 2021.
External links
Authority control
: National
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