Game of Goose (1587)
Playtime: 20
Min. Age: 5
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Daniel Mercier Chocolatier & Créateur, MB Juegos, Carlo Coriolani, David Funck, Tactic, Diabolo, Verlag J. A. Steinkamp, HEMA, Saussine Editeur, Berliner Spielkarten, Oehmigke & Riemschneider, Johann Trautner, Palet spil, play time, ABC Nürnberg, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Nederlandse Spellenfabriek B.V. Amsterdam, Zwan, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Mulder, Editrice Giochi, Majora, Role of Honour Games, Nürburg Spiele, Papita, Christian Janicot, Egel-Spelen, MB Spellen, Galt Toys, Tomland, Inovac Rima SA, Cayro, The Games, Robert Sayer, Otto Maier Verlag, Reclame Uitgaven De Beukelaer, La Petite Boîte, (Unknown), Waldpost Spiele-Verlag, Galleryplay, Georg Nikolaus Renner, Wild Horse, Spear's Games, Verlag G.N. Renner, University Games, Jumbo, Società Editrice Internazionale, ΕΠΑ (EPA), Chupa Chups, Watilliaux, Marigó, Kids Games Ltd, Peri Spiele, Douwe Egberts, Carrom Art, R. H. Laurie, Reader's Digest, Louvre Editions, Epinal, King International, Selecta Spielzeug, Dominioni Editore, Mon Petit Art, Abel Klinger, Ludens Spirit, Clementoni, ERA Aux Fruits D'Orient, XVIe, Noris Spiele, Société Générale Polishes, ABRA, Sio, Pellerin & Cie, Borras Plana S.A., Ravensburger, Jos. Scholz, Carlit, Editions ATLAS, H. Overton, Galison, Ricon, Το Καλό Παιχνίδι Α.Ε., Martin Fritz, Johann Raab, Diset S. A., Brimtoy, Nathan, Klee, Schmidt Spiele, Clown Games, René Ackermann, Rubinstein, Schmidt France, J Vlieger, Bookmark Verlag, Kadon Enterprises, Koster Brothers, White Horse, Sala, John Wallis, Tietz und Pinthus, Altap, Jeux Stella, Peliko Oy, John Bowles & Son, Hausser, Jeu Jura, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Brückner Spiele, (Public Domain), Playbox, (Self-Published), Djeco
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Yasmin Imamura, Eugen Osswald, Séverine Prélat, Sébastien Chebret, Mauro Gariglio, Michael Holzbecher, Martin Jarrie, Florence Thuillier, Claude Deschamps
Mechanics: Lose a Turn, Dice Rolling, Race, Roll / Spin and Move, Track Movement, Events
Min. Age: 5
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: Daniel Mercier Chocolatier & Créateur, MB Juegos, Carlo Coriolani, David Funck, Tactic, Diabolo, Verlag J. A. Steinkamp, HEMA, Saussine Editeur, Berliner Spielkarten, Oehmigke & Riemschneider, Johann Trautner, Palet spil, play time, ABC Nürnberg, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Nederlandse Spellenfabriek B.V. Amsterdam, Zwan, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Mulder, Editrice Giochi, Majora, Role of Honour Games, Nürburg Spiele, Papita, Christian Janicot, Egel-Spelen, MB Spellen, Galt Toys, Tomland, Inovac Rima SA, Cayro, The Games, Robert Sayer, Otto Maier Verlag, Reclame Uitgaven De Beukelaer, La Petite Boîte, (Unknown), Waldpost Spiele-Verlag, Galleryplay, Georg Nikolaus Renner, Wild Horse, Spear's Games, Verlag G.N. Renner, University Games, Jumbo, Società Editrice Internazionale, ΕΠΑ (EPA), Chupa Chups, Watilliaux, Marigó, Kids Games Ltd, Peri Spiele, Douwe Egberts, Carrom Art, R. H. Laurie, Reader's Digest, Louvre Editions, Epinal, King International, Selecta Spielzeug, Dominioni Editore, Mon Petit Art, Abel Klinger, Ludens Spirit, Clementoni, ERA Aux Fruits D'Orient, XVIe, Noris Spiele, Société Générale Polishes, ABRA, Sio, Pellerin & Cie, Borras Plana S.A., Ravensburger, Jos. Scholz, Carlit, Editions ATLAS, H. Overton, Galison, Ricon, Το Καλό Παιχνίδι Α.Ε., Martin Fritz, Johann Raab, Diset S. A., Brimtoy, Nathan, Klee, Schmidt Spiele, Clown Games, René Ackermann, Rubinstein, Schmidt France, J Vlieger, Bookmark Verlag, Kadon Enterprises, Koster Brothers, White Horse, Sala, John Wallis, Tietz und Pinthus, Altap, Jeux Stella, Peliko Oy, John Bowles & Son, Hausser, Jeu Jura, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Brückner Spiele, (Public Domain), Playbox, (Self-Published), Djeco
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Yasmin Imamura, Eugen Osswald, Séverine Prélat, Sébastien Chebret, Mauro Gariglio, Michael Holzbecher, Martin Jarrie, Florence Thuillier, Claude Deschamps
Mechanics: Lose a Turn, Dice Rolling, Race, Roll / Spin and Move, Track Movement, Events
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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:
I personaggi della Commedia ,
Oud-Hollands Ganzenbord ,
Royall & most pleasant game of the goose ,
The Royal Game of Goose ,
Il Gioco di Jules Verne ,
Juego de la oca ,
Il Gioco Dell' Oca Dilettevole ,
Jeu de l'Oie F.C.Grenoble Rugby ,
Das Grosse Gänse Spiel ,
En voyage avec Vauban ,
Gänse Spiel ,
Ein Neu-Erfundenes Ganss-Spiel ,
Neues Gänse Spiel ,
Il Gioco dell'Oca del Lago di Como ,
Reuze Ganzenbord ,
Goosegame ,
Comme du Buerre ,
Het Aloude Ganzenspel ,
Das lustige Affenspiel für Jung und Alt ,
Goose Game ,
Game of Goose ,
Het Nieuw en Vemaecklyck Gansespel ,
La Oca Loca ,
The Game of the Goose ,
El joc de l'oca ,
Ganzenbord ,
The new and marvellous game of the goose, or, one man's morris-off ,
Piraña wildwaterspel ,
Jeu de l'oie: Un petit tour au musée du Louvre ,
Gässpelet ,
Le Jeu du Crocodile Nîmois ,
Het Ganzenbord ,
Europe Game ,
Zodiac Race Classic Game Bandana ,
Το παιχνίδι της χήνας ,
Gåsespillet ,
Drillepind ,
Ganzebord ,
Laurie's New and Entertaining Game of the Golden Goose ,
Jeu de l'Oie: Pédagogique – Sur la culture du Cacao ,
Jeu de L'oie et Petits Chevaux ,
Kva-Kvaak hanhipeli ,
Die große Überfahrt: Gänsespiel ,
Ganzenbord Assen ,
Het nieuwe ganzenspel ,
Oud-Hollandsch Ganzenbord ,
Piggelmee ,
Das Gänsespiel ,
Ganzenbord spelkleed ,
Het Out-Hollandse Ganzenbord ,
Nouveau Jeu De L'Oie ,
Jeu de l'oie du RCCH: Rugby Club Cherbourg-Hague ,
Lustiges Gänse Spiel ,
Il Gioco dell'Oca ,
Jeu de l'âne Noirmoutier ,
Jeu de l'Huile de Table des Chartreux ,
The Game of Goose set around Lake Como ,
The Royal Game of the Goose ,
De school gaat uit ,
Oudhollands Ganzenbord ,
Nederlandsch Ganze Spel ,
Gioco dell'Oca ,
Het Apenspel ,
Jeu du Chemin de Fer ou du Jeu de l'oie ferroviaire ,
The New and Favorite Game of Mother Goose and the Golden Egg ,
Gänsespiel ,
Het echt ganzenspel ,
Reise in die Ewigkeit ,
Il dilettevole Gioco di Loca ,
Joc de l'oca ,
Il gioco dell'oca di Milano ,
Het Efteling Spel ,
Gänseliesl ,
Gåsspelet ,
Het Oud Hollandse Ganzenbord ,
Löwenspiel ,
Jeu de l'oie des archives départementales du Gard ,
Gänse-Spiel ,
Das neue Affenspiel ,
Det nya gåsspelet ,
Oud Hollands Ganzenbord ,
Grand Jeu de L'Oie ,
Le Jeu Des Bons Enfans ,
Le Jeu d'Oie ,
Auf dem Gänseanger ,
Jogo do Ganso ,
Leeuwenspel ,
El juego de la oca ,
Il Gioco con le Oche ,
Giuoco dell'Oca ,
Jogo da Glória ,
Ganzenbord 3D ,
Das Khurtzweillige Fortuna-Spill ,
Het Samson Spel ,
Le Jeu de l'Oie ,
Wilde-Ganzenbord ,
Das kleine Gänsespiel ,
Neues Gänsespiel ,
Jeu de l'Oie
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