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