Game of Goose (1587)
Playtime: 20
Min. Age: 5
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Reader's Digest, ABC Nürnberg, Brückner Spiele, Tietz und Pinthus, Marigó, Berliner Spielkarten, Oehmigke & Riemschneider, Playbox, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Verlag G.N. Renner, Ravensburger, ABRA, Rubinstein, Kadon Enterprises, Ricon, Nathan, King International, Clementoni, Jos. Scholz, Bookmark Verlag, XVIe, Mon Petit Art, John Wallis, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Nederlandse Spellenfabriek B.V. Amsterdam, Koster Brothers, Abel Klinger, Egel-Spelen, Zwan, Peri Spiele, Klee, Altap, Cayro, The Games, Kids Games Ltd, Otto Maier Verlag, Società Editrice Internazionale, John Bowles & Son, Tactic, Editrice Giochi, (Public Domain), La Petite Boîte, Sio, Carlo Coriolani, Schmidt France, Galt Toys, Schmidt Spiele, Société Générale Polishes, Christian Janicot, Spear's Games, Hausser, Role of Honour Games, Ludens Spirit, Johann Trautner, Selecta Spielzeug, Palet spil, Louvre Editions, Το Καλό Παιχνίδι Α.Ε., MB Spellen, David Funck, Nürburg Spiele, ΕΠΑ (EPA), ERA Aux Fruits D'Orient, Galison, Martin Fritz, Galleryplay, Jeux Stella, Selecta Spel en Hobby, H. Overton, Dominioni Editore, Reclame Uitgaven De Beukelaer, Jumbo, Djeco, Majora, Clown Games, White Horse, Diabolo, Papita, (Self-Published), University Games, Noris Spiele, Watilliaux, Carlit, Borras Plana S.A., Peliko Oy, J Vlieger, Verlag J. A. Steinkamp, Pellerin & Cie, Brimtoy, Daniel Mercier Chocolatier & Créateur, Chupa Chups, Carrom Art, Inovac Rima SA, Johann Raab, Diset S. A., R. H. Laurie, play time, René Ackermann, Waldpost Spiele-Verlag, Sala, Douwe Egberts, Tomland, Georg Nikolaus Renner, Saussine Editeur, MB Juegos, (Unknown), Editions ATLAS, Jeu Jura, Epinal, Robert Sayer, Mulder, HEMA, Wild Horse
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Eugen Osswald, Michael Holzbecher, Martin Jarrie, Sébastien Chebret, Claude Deschamps, Mauro Gariglio, Yasmin Imamura, Séverine Prélat, Florence Thuillier
Mechanics: Race, Lose a Turn, Roll / Spin and Move, Track Movement, Events, Dice Rolling
Min. Age: 5
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Reader's Digest, ABC Nürnberg, Brückner Spiele, Tietz und Pinthus, Marigó, Berliner Spielkarten, Oehmigke & Riemschneider, Playbox, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Verlag G.N. Renner, Ravensburger, ABRA, Rubinstein, Kadon Enterprises, Ricon, Nathan, King International, Clementoni, Jos. Scholz, Bookmark Verlag, XVIe, Mon Petit Art, John Wallis, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Nederlandse Spellenfabriek B.V. Amsterdam, Koster Brothers, Abel Klinger, Egel-Spelen, Zwan, Peri Spiele, Klee, Altap, Cayro, The Games, Kids Games Ltd, Otto Maier Verlag, Società Editrice Internazionale, John Bowles & Son, Tactic, Editrice Giochi, (Public Domain), La Petite Boîte, Sio, Carlo Coriolani, Schmidt France, Galt Toys, Schmidt Spiele, Société Générale Polishes, Christian Janicot, Spear's Games, Hausser, Role of Honour Games, Ludens Spirit, Johann Trautner, Selecta Spielzeug, Palet spil, Louvre Editions, Το Καλό Παιχνίδι Α.Ε., MB Spellen, David Funck, Nürburg Spiele, ΕΠΑ (EPA), ERA Aux Fruits D'Orient, Galison, Martin Fritz, Galleryplay, Jeux Stella, Selecta Spel en Hobby, H. Overton, Dominioni Editore, Reclame Uitgaven De Beukelaer, Jumbo, Djeco, Majora, Clown Games, White Horse, Diabolo, Papita, (Self-Published), University Games, Noris Spiele, Watilliaux, Carlit, Borras Plana S.A., Peliko Oy, J Vlieger, Verlag J. A. Steinkamp, Pellerin & Cie, Brimtoy, Daniel Mercier Chocolatier & Créateur, Chupa Chups, Carrom Art, Inovac Rima SA, Johann Raab, Diset S. A., R. H. Laurie, play time, René Ackermann, Waldpost Spiele-Verlag, Sala, Douwe Egberts, Tomland, Georg Nikolaus Renner, Saussine Editeur, MB Juegos, (Unknown), Editions ATLAS, Jeu Jura, Epinal, Robert Sayer, Mulder, HEMA, Wild Horse
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Eugen Osswald, Michael Holzbecher, Martin Jarrie, Sébastien Chebret, Claude Deschamps, Mauro Gariglio, Yasmin Imamura, Séverine Prélat, Florence Thuillier
Mechanics: Race, Lose a Turn, Roll / Spin and Move, Track Movement, Events, Dice Rolling
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The Game of Goose is an ancient children's classic, possibly tracing its roots all the way to the Ancient Egyptian game of Mehen which was played in early Old Kingdom times.
Francesco de Medici in Italy sent a copy of this game to King Felipe II of Spain during the 16th century.
It became one of the most popular games in Europe during that time.
Circa 1600, Benoît Rigaud's heirs printed in Lyon "Le Jeu de l'oye, renouvellé des Grecs, jeu de grand plaisir, comme aujourd'huy princes & grands seigneur" [sic] "le pratiquent" - Le jeu de l'oie, renewed from the Greeks, game of great pleasure, as today princes and great lord [sic] play it -, the oldest French copy known.
Father Claude-François Menestrier describes the game in his "Bibliothèque curieuse et instructive" (1704) : 'There's another type of game, that seems easier to learn, and easier to play; it's the game of goose so common and it is said to come from the Greeks, though nothing can be found about it in their authors. This game is much easier than cards game, because it's always wholly displayed to the players, and, being in the form of a snail or spirally folded snake, it's appropriate to print the things that one wants to learn...'.
The game became an instant hit in France in the 1600s, and engendered a lot of variants (educational, commemorative, ...) up to the present day.
It turned up later in England about 1750, according to Whitehouse, under the title "Royall & most pleasant game of the goose - Invented at the Consistory in Rome and are printed and sold by H. OVERTON at Ye White Horse without Newgate where all sorts of Fine Prints and maps are Sold and Framed at Reasonable Rate".
By 1851 it had been copied by the American publisher J.P. Beach of New York who entitled it The Jolly Game of Goose. An 1855 edition was called simply The Game of Goose.
It is a simple game of racing, using a spiral track with lovely illustrations. The main principle is one shared with Snakes and Ladders as well as the later Game of Life: virtue is rewarded and vice is punished.
Schmidt Spiele rates their Gänsespiel for ages 5 and up.
Bibliography
Whitehouse, F. R. B. (1971) [1951]. Table games of Georgian and Victorian days. Birmingham: Priory Press Ltd.
'Jeux de princes, jeux de vilains', edited by Eve Netchine, Bibliothèque nationale de France / Seuil (2009).
--gameplay description from Wikipedia:
The board consists of a track with consecutively numbered spaces (usually 63), and is often arranged in a spiral with the starting point at the outside. Each player's piece is moved according to throws of one or two dice. Scattered throughout the board are a number of spaces on which a goose is depicted; landing on a goose allows the player to move again by the same distance. Additional shortcuts, such as spaces marked with a bridge, move the player to some other specified position. There are also a few penalty spaces which force the player to move backwards or lose one or more turns, the most recognizable being the one marked with a skull and symbolizing death; landing on this space results in the player being sent back to start. On Spanish boards the reverse is usually a Pachisi board.
Many themed versions of the game have been created, depicting topics as diverse as ice skating, Richard Nixon, and sewage pumps. These can be valued for their historical or artistic merits even by those who have no interest in the game itself, with some editions having been sold for thousands of dollars at auction or displayed in museums.
Francesco de Medici in Italy sent a copy of this game to King Felipe II of Spain during the 16th century.
It became one of the most popular games in Europe during that time.
Circa 1600, Benoît Rigaud's heirs printed in Lyon "Le Jeu de l'oye, renouvellé des Grecs, jeu de grand plaisir, comme aujourd'huy princes & grands seigneur" [sic] "le pratiquent" - Le jeu de l'oie, renewed from the Greeks, game of great pleasure, as today princes and great lord [sic] play it -, the oldest French copy known.
Father Claude-François Menestrier describes the game in his "Bibliothèque curieuse et instructive" (1704) : 'There's another type of game, that seems easier to learn, and easier to play; it's the game of goose so common and it is said to come from the Greeks, though nothing can be found about it in their authors. This game is much easier than cards game, because it's always wholly displayed to the players, and, being in the form of a snail or spirally folded snake, it's appropriate to print the things that one wants to learn...'.
The game became an instant hit in France in the 1600s, and engendered a lot of variants (educational, commemorative, ...) up to the present day.
It turned up later in England about 1750, according to Whitehouse, under the title "Royall & most pleasant game of the goose - Invented at the Consistory in Rome and are printed and sold by H. OVERTON at Ye White Horse without Newgate where all sorts of Fine Prints and maps are Sold and Framed at Reasonable Rate".
By 1851 it had been copied by the American publisher J.P. Beach of New York who entitled it The Jolly Game of Goose. An 1855 edition was called simply The Game of Goose.
It is a simple game of racing, using a spiral track with lovely illustrations. The main principle is one shared with Snakes and Ladders as well as the later Game of Life: virtue is rewarded and vice is punished.
Schmidt Spiele rates their Gänsespiel for ages 5 and up.
Bibliography
Whitehouse, F. R. B. (1971) [1951]. Table games of Georgian and Victorian days. Birmingham: Priory Press Ltd.
'Jeux de princes, jeux de vilains', edited by Eve Netchine, Bibliothèque nationale de France / Seuil (2009).
--gameplay description from Wikipedia:
The board consists of a track with consecutively numbered spaces (usually 63), and is often arranged in a spiral with the starting point at the outside. Each player's piece is moved according to throws of one or two dice. Scattered throughout the board are a number of spaces on which a goose is depicted; landing on a goose allows the player to move again by the same distance. Additional shortcuts, such as spaces marked with a bridge, move the player to some other specified position. There are also a few penalty spaces which force the player to move backwards or lose one or more turns, the most recognizable being the one marked with a skull and symbolizing death; landing on this space results in the player being sent back to start. On Spanish boards the reverse is usually a Pachisi board.
Many themed versions of the game have been created, depicting topics as diverse as ice skating, Richard Nixon, and sewage pumps. These can be valued for their historical or artistic merits even by those who have no interest in the game itself, with some editions having been sold for thousands of dollars at auction or displayed in museums.
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The game was also published under these names:
De school gaat uit ,
En voyage avec Vauban ,
Det nya gåsspelet ,
Drillepind ,
Neues Gänse Spiel ,
Gänseliesl ,
Het echt ganzenspel ,
Il Gioco di Jules Verne ,
Das neue Affenspiel ,
Neues Gänsespiel ,
Oud-Hollands Ganzenbord ,
Het Oud Hollandse Ganzenbord ,
Het Nieuw en Vemaecklyck Gansespel ,
Het Out-Hollandse Ganzenbord ,
Leeuwenspel ,
Il gioco dell'oca di Milano ,
Jeu de l'Oie ,
Het Samson Spel ,
Le Jeu d'Oie ,
El juego de la oca ,
Zodiac Race Classic Game Bandana ,
Het Apenspel ,
Auf dem Gänseanger ,
Goose Game ,
Il Gioco Dell' Oca Dilettevole ,
Jogo da Glória ,
Le Jeu du Crocodile Nîmois ,
Het Aloude Ganzenspel ,
Ganzenbord 3D ,
La Oca Loca ,
Oudhollands Ganzenbord ,
Reuze Ganzenbord ,
Reise in die Ewigkeit ,
Gioco dell'Oca ,
Piraña wildwaterspel ,
Jeu de l'Oie: Pédagogique – Sur la culture du Cacao ,
The new and marvellous game of the goose, or, one man's morris-off ,
Das Khurtzweillige Fortuna-Spill ,
Das kleine Gänsespiel ,
Jeu de l'âne Noirmoutier ,
Gänse-Spiel ,
Royall & most pleasant game of the goose ,
Le Jeu Des Bons Enfans ,
Il Gioco con le Oche ,
Europe Game ,
The Game of Goose set around Lake Como ,
Ganzenbord Assen ,
Jogo do Ganso ,
Il Gioco dell'Oca del Lago di Como ,
Kva-Kvaak hanhipeli ,
Jeu de l'oie du RCCH: Rugby Club Cherbourg-Hague ,
Το παιχνίδι της χήνας ,
Ganzenbord ,
Comme du Buerre ,
Jeu de l'oie: Un petit tour au musée du Louvre ,
Löwenspiel ,
Gässpelet ,
Giuoco dell'Oca ,
Gänse Spiel ,
Lustiges Gänse Spiel ,
Ganzenbord spelkleed ,
Gåsspelet ,
Das Grosse Gänse Spiel ,
Goosegame ,
Gänsespiel ,
Het nieuwe ganzenspel ,
Joc de l'oca ,
Wilde-Ganzenbord ,
Die große Überfahrt: Gänsespiel ,
Jeu de l'oie des archives départementales du Gard ,
Laurie's New and Entertaining Game of the Golden Goose ,
Gåsespillet ,
Jeu de l'Huile de Table des Chartreux ,
Grand Jeu de L'Oie ,
Het Ganzenbord ,
Ein Neu-Erfundenes Ganss-Spiel ,
Ganzebord ,
Piggelmee ,
I personaggi della Commedia ,
Oud-Hollandsch Ganzenbord ,
The Royal Game of the Goose ,
Das lustige Affenspiel für Jung und Alt ,
Het Efteling Spel ,
The Royal Game of Goose ,
Oud Hollands Ganzenbord ,
Juego de la oca ,
Game of Goose ,
Il dilettevole Gioco di Loca ,
Nouveau Jeu De L'Oie ,
Nederlandsch Ganze Spel ,
Das Gänsespiel ,
Le Jeu de l'Oie ,
El joc de l'oca ,
Jeu de L'oie et Petits Chevaux ,
Jeu de l'Oie F.C.Grenoble Rugby ,
Il Gioco dell'Oca ,
The New and Favorite Game of Mother Goose and the Golden Egg ,
The Game of the Goose ,
Jeu du Chemin de Fer ou du Jeu de l'oie ferroviaire
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