The cultural legacy of the Royal Game of the Goose : 400 years of printed board games / Adrian Seville ; with a check list of British games compiled by John Spear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seville, Adrian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Board games.

Goose (Game).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Other Title:

400 years of printed board games

Four hundred years of printed board games

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

The Game of the Goose is one of the oldest printed board games, dating back 400 years. It has spawned thousands of derivatives: simple race games, played with dice, on themes that mirror much of human activity. Its legacy can be traced in games of education, advertising and polemic, as well as in those of amusement and gambling - and games on new themes are still being developed. This book, by the leading international collector of the genre, is devoted to showing why the Game of the Goose is special and why it can lay claim to being the most influential of any printed game in the cultural history of Europe. Detailed study of the games reveals their historical provenance and - reversing the process - gives unusual insights into the cultures which produced them. They therefore provide rich sources for the cultural historian. This book is beautifully illustrated with more than 90 illustrations, many in color, which are integrated throughout the text.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Part I. The History of the Game of the Goose and its Variants, from its earliest appearance to the end of the 19th century

1. Introduction and overview

2. Early history and meaning of the Game of the Goose

3. French games before the Revolution

4. French games after the Revolution

5. An overview of British games

6. British games of the 17th and 18th centuries

7. British games of the 19th century

8. Distinctive features of German Goose Games

9. Italian games to the end of the 19th century

10. Dutch and Flemish games

11. Games in Spain, Portugal and Latin America

12. Countries where the Game of the Goose was less in evidence

13. The Board Game links between Europe and the USA

Part II. The Legacy of the Game of the Goose in the Modern Era

14. The International Background at the end of the 19th century

15. Amusement and Education

16. Propaganda, Polemic and Satire

17. Advertising and Promotion

CONCLUSION

18. Printed Board Games as Sources for Cultural History

Glossary of technical terms

Figures

Literature quoted with abbreviated titles

Index of Games

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).

ISBN:

1-003-70568-5

90-485-6643-6

90-485-3588-3

9781003705680

OCLC:

1129182631