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