# The Game of Authors

The Game of Authors is a board game for 2–6 players. It plays in 5–15 minutes and is meant for ages 7 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 5.

- **Players:** 2–6 (best with 5)
- **Playing time:** 5–15 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 7+
- **Complexity:** 1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1861
- **Categories:** Card Game, Animals, Trivia, Children's Game, Movies / TV / Radio theme, Novel-based, American West, Music
- **Mechanics:** Hand Management, Set Collection, Memory

**Designers:** Anne W. Abbott

**Artists:** Harri Parschau, Manfred Bofinger, Hergé, W Wilhelmsmeyer, Jürgen Kieser, Weltquartett, Horst Schrader, Arnold Zenkert, Karl Konrad Friedrich Bauer, Hubert Lechner, Erich Neubert, Heinz Osthoff, Heinz Jankofsky, Erich Ohser, Annemarie Gramberg, Anne Erler-Reichold, Klaus Vonderwerth, Peter Bauer, Barbara Henniger, Max Wulff, Richard Hambach, Siegfried Riediger, Franz Kerka, Klemens Franz, Käthe Francke, Fiep Westendorp, Virginijus Poshkus, Ernst Stapelfeld, Sybo de Geus, Max Schaberschul, M. Neugebauer, Wilhelm Busch, Willy Müller-Gera, Rudolf Engel-Hardt, Werner Ruhner, Louis Rauwolf, Liesel Lauterborn, Werner Graichen, Peyo, Regine Grube-Heinecke, Erika Leo-Urban, Traude Schlegel, Delphine Durand, Harry Baerg, Janosch, Hans de Beer, Uwe Rosenberg, F. W. Martin Wolff, Richard Scarry

**Publishers:** (Unknown), (Public Domain)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-game-of-authors)
- [The Game of Authors in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/the-game-of-authors)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11670)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._