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