Biography of a Board Game 221.5 - The Game of the Goose
Ludology · Geoffrey Engelstein
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Show Notes
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
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)