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GOOSE (GAME OF)

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 243 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GOA-GRA
GOOSE (GAME OF) , an ancient
French
  game, said to have been derived from the Greeks, very popular at the close of the middle ages. It was played on a piece of card-board upon which was
drawn
  a fantastic
scroll
 , called the jardin de l'Oie (
goose
 -
garden
 ), divided into 63 spaces marked with certain emblems, such as dice, an inn, a
bridge
 , a labyrinth, &c. The emblem inscribed on 1 and 63, as well as every ninth space between, was a
goose
 . The
object
  was to
land
  one's counter in number 63, the number of spaces moved through being determined by throwing two dice. The counter was advanced or retired according to the space on which it was placed. For instance if it rested on the inn it must remain there until each adversary, of which there might be several, had played twice; if it rested on the death's head the player must begin over again; if it went beyond 63 it must be retired a certain number of spaces. The game was usually played for a stake, and
special
  fines were exacted for resting on certain spaces. At the end of the 18th
century
  a variation of the game was called the jeu de la Revolution FranQaise.


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