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''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, and later published by Parker Brothers (also, at the time, of Salem, Massachusetts) in 1897.〔(McAdam, D. J.. ''Authors Card Game.'' 2001-2004. ) Retrieved 11 November 2008.〕 ==Overview== 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 player with the most sets.〔 The game is the creation of Anne Abbott,〔Orbanes, Philip E.. ''The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers, from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit.'' Harvard Business School Press, 14 November 2003. ISBN 1-59139-269-1; ISBN 978-1-59139-269-9.〕 a Beverly, Massachusetts clergyman's daughter and editor of a young people's literary journal. Abbott also designed the hugely popular mid-19th century card game, ''Dr. Busby.''〔Wolverton, Nan. "Toys and Childhood in the Early 19th Century." ''Old Sturbridge Village Visitor,'' Spring 1998.〕 Later decks included additional authors, but the authors represented in the original deck were: * 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 * John Greenleaf Whittier 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Authors (card game)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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