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