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