The Game of the Goose
Made by Donnovan Hudson
The Game of the Goose is a historical racing game for two to eight players. It is a chaotic game of luck in which players take turns rolling dice in an attempt to reach the center of the board by exact count. Winning and losing are never certain. Unlucky players will lose turns or be pushed back, but players who land on the spaces bearing geese can cross the board quickly.
Features:
- A re-punctuated transcription of the original printed rules.
- Local Pass-and-Play multiplayer for two to eight players, or one player with an imagination.
- Players can join and leave at any time through the system menu.
- Physics-based dice bounce around and help add suspense to each roll.
- Addictive clacking noises sampled from real dice. Works great with shake-to-roll.
- Multiple zoom levels to better see the illustrated board.
- Once you win, you can choose to keep playing. Maybe see who comes in second place?
- The game in progress saves automatically when you leave.
Credits:
Adapted to Playdate by Donnovan Hudson.
Dated as far back as 1574, The Game of the Goose is considered the earliest commercially produced board game. Variants of this game have achieved over four centuries of popularity throughout Europe and Colonial America. Depicted herein is the oldest surviving English board, originally published by John Overton circa 1670.