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