Authors (card game) Authors (card game) Authors or, The Game of Authors is a card game for three to five players. The first "Game of Authors" was published by G. M. Whipple & A. A. Smith of Salem, Massachusetts in 1861. In 1897 it was also published by Parker Brothers, which also was in Salem, Massachusetts at the time. The deck of cards consists of eleven sets of four cards each representing the works of eleven famous authors. The object of the game is to form complete sets of the four cards comprising the works of a particular author. The winner is the
Civilization: The Card Game one additional card during their draw step. Happiness is determined in a similar fashion to culture, but with yellow "happy face" icons instead of musical notes. Having the highest happiness score of all players (minimum 2) grants the "Highest Happiness" status, which reduces that players technology and building AND Wonder cost by 1. All cards should be separated into their respective groups and shuffled. Resource cards should be sorted and set aside, along with population cards. Beginning with the player to the left of the dealer, each player is dealt two Plot cards, face-up, randomly from the Plot card deck.