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