Game of the Goose
Return to
All Games
.
AKA
Category:
Board Games
One of the seminal race games, similar to Snakes and Ladders. (Or for that matter, The Game of Life.) Invented late SCA period, and popular into modern times.
Variants
Reconstructions and Other Discussions
Biography of a Board Game: Game of the Goose
(
History
) -- A very good, short (~9 minute) capsule history of the game, in podcast form. (
more
)
A lovely Goose board at the Met
(
Equipment
) -- Photo of a 16th century Italian inlay board made from ebony and wood. (
more
)
Kadon Enterprises Goose Set
(
Vendor
,
Equipment
,
Rules
) -- The nicest commercially-available Game of the Goose set that I know. (
more
)
Images of many board games (heavy on Goose)
(
Equipment
,
Facsimile
) -- A substantial number of game boards, many (but not all) period and many (but not all) of them Goose variations (
more
)
Modar on Game of the Goose
(
Reconstruction
) -- Illustrated with the Kadon Enterprises board. (
more
)
Giochi dell'Oca
(
Bibliography
) -- A really interesting-looking Italian page about the Game of the Goose. Especially valuable for its in-depth
bibliography
and extensive
links
. (
more
)
Rules to Goose at Kadon Enterprises
(
Reconstruction
) -- (
more
)
Link to another Page
Create a Variant
Done
