Authors Card Game

by Wizard Headquarters

Product Features

• All magic tricks sold by Wizard Headquarters are brand new retail products.
• All magic tricks come with detailed instructions on how to perform the effect. Magic accessories (i.e. silks, foam products, balloons, etc.) usually don't come with instuctions unless otherwise noted.
• Recommended for ages 12 and above.
• Shipping Weight 0.80 lb
• Manufactured by Wizard Headquarters

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 2.5 x 0.8 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• ASIN: 1572814454
• Manufacturer recommended age: 12 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,277 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #91 in Toys & Games > Games > Card Games
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

Product Description

For more than 130 years, Authors has been an American favorite. This bridge-sized deck can be used for any playing card game or you can play the original game. Similar to Go Fish, the original Authors game has players collecting "books" of authors. A book is a set of 4 identical author cards. Play continues until all books are collected. The player with the most at the end of the game is the winner.

Authors include:

• Mark Twain
• Charles Dickens
• William Makepeace Thackeray
• Robert Lewis Stevenson
• William Shakespeare
• James Fenimore Cooper
• Washington Irving
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
• Sir Walter Scott
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• Louisa May Alcott
• Edgar Allen Poe

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the original, March 20, 2009

By 

Carla Cruzan (Minneapolis) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Authors Card Game (Paperback)

I bought this for classroom use, so would prefer it not have any use other than for playing "Authors." Also, the original card game had larger type and pictures of the authors, because it did not have the numeric and card suits also printed on the cards. Larger text and pictures was more educational. With these cards, I must watch that the cards are being used for the purpose for which I purchased them--to learn the names of key authors and their major works.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this game, January 9, 2007

By 

E. Turner (Tigard, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Authors Card Game (Paperback)

We played this a lot growing up and it really helped us in getting to know the great book and authors. Lots of fun.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learning activity tool, April 5, 2008

By 

Donna B. Smith "dabs" (East Texas) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Authors Card Game (Paperback)

As a child, I played this game with my sister, and we knew who wrote what later when we were in school! I use the card game with my high schoolers, and they have a fun day when we play.