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