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