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