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