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