Biography of a Board Game 221.5 - The Game of the Goose

Ludology

In today's Biography of a Board Game, Scott takes us through the long history of The Game of the Goose, which became a template for almost every roll-and-move game into Victorian times and beyond.

Show notes:

1m49s: The ancient Egyptian game of Mehen

2m04s: History of the labyrinth

2m24s: The Discus of Phaistos, also known as the Phaistos Disc

2m50s: Games mentioned

• The Mansion of Happiness
• The Checkered Game of Life

3m33s: Bibliothèque curieuse et instructive de divers ouvrages anciens et modernes, a book by Claude-François Ménestrier, is available to read online in French.

4m33s: Works mentioned:

• La belle Hélène, an opera by Jacques Offenbach
• The Will of an Eccentric, a novel by Jules Verne

5m07s: Works mentioned:

• Le Pont du Nord, a film by Jacques Rivette
• Il grande gioco dell'oca, an Italian game show based on the game (Wikipedia page in Italian)