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