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
Around the World (card game) about the card to be drawn, while the second is completely chance based. In the first phase of the game, each player must make a prediction about the card to be drawn on their turn. The dealer deals each player 4 cards face up but before dealing each card, the dealer asks the player a question about the card. If the player guesses correctly, they may "give" a drink ("i.e." select a rival player who must drink). If their guess is incorrect they must instead "take" a drink. The players keep the cards that are dealt to them as they