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