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