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