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