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