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The Game of Authors (1861)
2–6 players · 5–15 min · age 7+ · ★ 4.5 on BGG
- Players
- 2–6
- Play time
- 5–15 min
- Age
- 7+
- Complexity
- Light
- BGG rating
- 4.5/10
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About The Game of Authors
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 a…
Mechanics: Hand Management, Memory, Set Collection · Designer: Anne W. Abbott