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Game of the Goose

Also known as Gioco dell'Oca · Juego de la Oca · Jeu de l'Oie

Game of the Goose: photograph by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo / José Guadalupe Posada (Met Museum)
Photo: Antonio Vanegas Arroyo / José Guadalupe Posada (Met Museum), CC0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Roll two dice and race along a 63-space spiral; geese squares double your roll, while the bridge, inn, well, maze and death square jump, hold or reset you.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Italy, Spain, France.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of River Valleys and First Cities (about 3000 to 1000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Mediterranean.

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