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