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