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