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