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