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