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