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