Game of Goose (1587)
Playtime: 20
Min. Age: 5
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: (Unknown), ERA Aux Fruits D'Orient, Carlo Coriolani, Zwan, David Funck, Το Καλό Παιχνίδι Α.Ε., Tomland, Palet spil, Tietz und Pinthus, University Games, La Petite Boîte, Chupa Chups, Clown Games, Pellerin & Cie, J Vlieger, play time, Editrice Giochi, Abel Klinger, Georg Nikolaus Renner, Papita, John Bowles & Son, Role of Honour Games, Verlag G.N. Renner, Carrom Art, Ludens Spirit, Diabolo, Peliko Oy, Jumbo, Saussine Editeur, Waldpost Spiele-Verlag, Douwe Egberts, Brückner Spiele, Diset S. A., Hausser, Società Editrice Internazionale, ΕΠΑ (EPA), Djeco, Nürburg Spiele, Selecta Spielzeug, Galleryplay, Sala, Epinal, Kids Games Ltd, Inovac Rima SA, Brimtoy, Carlit, Tactic, R. H. Laurie, Mulder, Jos. Scholz, Schmidt France, Playbox, Martin Fritz, Rubinstein, John Wallis, Spear's Games, Berliner Spielkarten, HEMA, Reader's Digest, Galt Toys, Johann Raab, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Watilliaux, White Horse, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Robert Sayer, Nathan, ABC Nürnberg, Marigó, Daniel Mercier Chocolatier & Créateur, René Ackermann, King International, Koster Brothers, Dominioni Editore, Kadon Enterprises, Otto Maier Verlag, Ricon, Oehmigke & Riemschneider, Wild Horse, Clementoni, Majora, Klee, Editions ATLAS, Société Générale Polishes, Peri Spiele, ABRA, MB Spellen, Louvre Editions, Borras Plana S.A., Noris Spiele, Galison, Johann Trautner, Nederlandse Spellenfabriek B.V. Amsterdam, Sio, Mon Petit Art, (Public Domain), Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Egel-Spelen, Altap, Ravensburger, Verlag J. A. Steinkamp, (Self-Published), Cayro, The Games, MB Juegos, Christian Janicot, H. Overton, Reclame Uitgaven De Beukelaer, Schmidt Spiele, Bookmark Verlag, Jeux Stella, Jeu Jura, XVIe
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Martin Jarrie, Sébastien Chebret, Eugen Osswald, Séverine Prélat, Yasmin Imamura, Florence Thuillier, Claude Deschamps, Michael Holzbecher, Mauro Gariglio
Mechanics: Dice Rolling, Track Movement, Events, Roll / Spin and Move, Lose a Turn, Race
Min. Age: 5
Players: 2 - 6
Publisher: (Unknown), ERA Aux Fruits D'Orient, Carlo Coriolani, Zwan, David Funck, Το Καλό Παιχνίδι Α.Ε., Tomland, Palet spil, Tietz und Pinthus, University Games, La Petite Boîte, Chupa Chups, Clown Games, Pellerin & Cie, J Vlieger, play time, Editrice Giochi, Abel Klinger, Georg Nikolaus Renner, Papita, John Bowles & Son, Role of Honour Games, Verlag G.N. Renner, Carrom Art, Ludens Spirit, Diabolo, Peliko Oy, Jumbo, Saussine Editeur, Waldpost Spiele-Verlag, Douwe Egberts, Brückner Spiele, Diset S. A., Hausser, Società Editrice Internazionale, ΕΠΑ (EPA), Djeco, Nürburg Spiele, Selecta Spielzeug, Galleryplay, Sala, Epinal, Kids Games Ltd, Inovac Rima SA, Brimtoy, Carlit, Tactic, R. H. Laurie, Mulder, Jos. Scholz, Schmidt France, Playbox, Martin Fritz, Rubinstein, John Wallis, Spear's Games, Berliner Spielkarten, HEMA, Reader's Digest, Galt Toys, Johann Raab, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Watilliaux, White Horse, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Robert Sayer, Nathan, ABC Nürnberg, Marigó, Daniel Mercier Chocolatier & Créateur, René Ackermann, King International, Koster Brothers, Dominioni Editore, Kadon Enterprises, Otto Maier Verlag, Ricon, Oehmigke & Riemschneider, Wild Horse, Clementoni, Majora, Klee, Editions ATLAS, Société Générale Polishes, Peri Spiele, ABRA, MB Spellen, Louvre Editions, Borras Plana S.A., Noris Spiele, Galison, Johann Trautner, Nederlandse Spellenfabriek B.V. Amsterdam, Sio, Mon Petit Art, (Public Domain), Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Egel-Spelen, Altap, Ravensburger, Verlag J. A. Steinkamp, (Self-Published), Cayro, The Games, MB Juegos, Christian Janicot, H. Overton, Reclame Uitgaven De Beukelaer, Schmidt Spiele, Bookmark Verlag, Jeux Stella, Jeu Jura, XVIe
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Martin Jarrie, Sébastien Chebret, Eugen Osswald, Séverine Prélat, Yasmin Imamura, Florence Thuillier, Claude Deschamps, Michael Holzbecher, Mauro Gariglio
Mechanics: Dice Rolling, Track Movement, Events, Roll / Spin and Move, Lose a Turn, Race
Show Description Show Comments Price Trend
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.
We currently have no price data for this game.
This game is currently not traded on the marketplace:
This game is currently not listed on the marketplace. If you want to sell yours, please add it to the marketplace.
Marketplace
The game was also published under these names:
El joc de l'oca ,
Ein Neu-Erfundenes Ganss-Spiel ,
The Game of the Goose ,
Gioco dell'Oca ,
Le Jeu d'Oie ,
Kva-Kvaak hanhipeli ,
Goosegame ,
Jeu de l'oie du RCCH: Rugby Club Cherbourg-Hague ,
Jeu de l'oie: Un petit tour au musée du Louvre ,
Drillepind ,
Europe Game ,
Jeu du Chemin de Fer ou du Jeu de l'oie ferroviaire ,
Le Jeu Des Bons Enfans ,
Comme du Buerre ,
Le Jeu du Crocodile Nîmois ,
Das Khurtzweillige Fortuna-Spill ,
Gässpelet ,
Oud-Hollandsch Ganzenbord ,
Het Samson Spel ,
Nouveau Jeu De L'Oie ,
Jogo da Glória ,
Il Gioco dell'Oca del Lago di Como ,
Oud-Hollands Ganzenbord ,
Jeu de l'Oie ,
Das Gänsespiel ,
Il dilettevole Gioco di Loca ,
Il Gioco dell'Oca ,
The New and Favorite Game of Mother Goose and the Golden Egg ,
Gänseliesl ,
Wilde-Ganzenbord ,
Gåsespillet ,
Neues Gänsespiel ,
Royall & most pleasant game of the goose ,
Joc de l'oca ,
Ganzebord ,
Το παιχνίδι της χήνας ,
Jeu de l'Huile de Table des Chartreux ,
Juego de la oca ,
Het Aloude Ganzenspel ,
Het Efteling Spel ,
Jeu de L'oie et Petits Chevaux ,
Gåsspelet ,
Het Out-Hollandse Ganzenbord ,
De school gaat uit ,
Het Oud Hollandse Ganzenbord ,
Das Grosse Gänse Spiel ,
Goose Game ,
Jeu de l'Oie F.C.Grenoble Rugby ,
Das lustige Affenspiel für Jung und Alt ,
Piraña wildwaterspel ,
Il Gioco Dell' Oca Dilettevole ,
Jeu de l'âne Noirmoutier ,
Gänse-Spiel ,
Gänsespiel ,
Das kleine Gänsespiel ,
Ganzenbord spelkleed ,
Jeu de l'Oie: Pédagogique – Sur la culture du Cacao ,
Zodiac Race Classic Game Bandana ,
Ganzenbord ,
Laurie's New and Entertaining Game of the Golden Goose ,
Il Gioco di Jules Verne ,
The Royal Game of the Goose ,
Die große Überfahrt: Gänsespiel ,
Ganzenbord 3D ,
Gänse Spiel ,
Reise in die Ewigkeit ,
Nederlandsch Ganze Spel ,
Auf dem Gänseanger ,
Jogo do Ganso ,
Grand Jeu de L'Oie ,
Het nieuwe ganzenspel ,
The Royal Game of Goose ,
Oudhollands Ganzenbord ,
Lustiges Gänse Spiel ,
Il gioco dell'oca di Milano ,
Det nya gåsspelet ,
Oud Hollands Ganzenbord ,
Le Jeu de l'Oie ,
Löwenspiel ,
The Game of Goose set around Lake Como ,
Jeu de l'oie des archives départementales du Gard ,
Das neue Affenspiel ,
Het Nieuw en Vemaecklyck Gansespel ,
Het Ganzenbord ,
Piggelmee ,
Game of Goose ,
La Oca Loca ,
El juego de la oca ,
I personaggi della Commedia ,
The new and marvellous game of the goose, or, one man's morris-off ,
Het Apenspel ,
Il Gioco con le Oche ,
Leeuwenspel ,
Ganzenbord Assen ,
En voyage avec Vauban ,
Het echt ganzenspel ,
Giuoco dell'Oca ,
Reuze Ganzenbord ,
Neues Gänse Spiel
Related Games
ag.gameitem.lastUpdated: 2025-04-22 09:58:32.931
