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Authors resembles Go Fish in many ways, with a few interesting exceptions that make it a far more subtle game.

At one time, people played Authors with special decks of cards bearing the pictures of famous authors. These decks are coming back into fashion; try www.unclesgames.com.

The big difference between Authors and Go Fish is that the questions you ask other players must relate to specific cards rather than to a type of card. For example, you ask, “Do you have the ♠7?” instead of asking for 7s in general.

The other rules on asking questions are also quite specific:

 You can’t ask for a card if you already have that card in your hand.

 You can’t ask for a card unless you have at least one card of that set in your hand.

If you have two cards of a set in your hand, hearing someone else ask for a third card in the set may pinpoint who has the cards you need. If player A successfully asks player B for the ♦Q, for example, they now have two queens, so you can collect them from that player at your next turn if you get the chance.

An unsuccessful question means that the turn passes to the left rather than to the player who unsuccessfully asked for a card. Just as in Go Fish, when you complete a set, you place it on the table.

If you ask for a card when you have nothing in that set, if you fail to provide a card when you’re asked for it, or if you fail to put down a set as soon as you can, you must give one set to the player to your left — a pretty severe charge!

When you run out of cards — because other players picked your hand clean or because you’ve made your hand into sets — you’re out, and the game continues without you until all the sets have been completed and no one has any cards left. Whoever has the most sets at the end wins.