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