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