The Royal Game of the Goose
Title | The Royal Game of the Goose PDF eBook |
Author | Adrian Seville |
Publisher | |
Pages | 151 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 9781605830575 |
"Numerous illustrations in color and black and white. Preface by former Grolier Club president William H. Helfand and introductory essays by Adrian Seville, followed by a catalogue of 71 games on show at the Club, February 24-May 14, 2016. Includes bibliography and index. "The Royal Game of the Goose" dates from medieval times. It is the simplest of games: throw the dice to race to the end of the spiral track. No choice of move, no demonstration of skill. Yet this game has spawned thousands of variants, has influenced early American board games, and is still going strong in Europe. The exhibition, based on Adrian Seville's collection in London, brings together 70 of these remarkable games. They are not primarily aimed at children, though some are educational, including the finely-printed games for the aristocratic cadets of 17th and 18th century France. Others are definitely for adults, including a polemical game on a religious heresy that still has power to shock by its imagery. Here too are games for politics, advertising - and just sheer family fun. One group of Goose Games shows how America was viewed from across the pond, including a 17th century game that depicts unique images of Native Americans. And, at the end of the 19th century, Jules Verne published a novel which describes a fantastical Goose Game in which the players travel across America to win a legacy from a Chicago millionaire. The final section invites you to try your luck in progressing from Errand Boy to "respected Banker and a good citizen." -- description from Oak Knoll Books.
The Board Game on the Phaistos Disk
Title | The Board Game on the Phaistos Disk PDF eBook |
Author | H. Peter Aleff |
Publisher | |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2002-11 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 097246462X |
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The Cultural Legacy of the Royal Game of the Goose
Title | The Cultural Legacy of the Royal Game of the Goose PDF eBook |
Author | Adrian Seville |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Board games |
ISBN | 9789462984974 |
The book traces the history of the Game of the Goose from its medieval roots and celebrates its continuing cultural legacy as the chief model for race games played with dice in the modern era.
The Goose Girl
Title | The Goose Girl PDF eBook |
Author | Shannon Hale |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 397 |
Release | 2010-05-03 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1408812002 |
'Hale's writing is beautiful, with a vivid eye for detail' Daily Telegraph Anidora-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kilindree, spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt's incredible stories, and learning the language of the birds. Little knowing how valuable her aunt's strange knowledge would prove to be when she grew older. From the Grimm's fairy tale of the princess who became a goose girl before she could become a queen, Shannon Hale has woven an incredible, original and magical tale of a girl who must understand her own incredible talents before she can overcome those who wish her harm. Shannon Hale has drawn on her incredible gift for storytelling to create a powerful and magical grown-up fairytale.
Ancient Board Games
Title | Ancient Board Games PDF eBook |
Author | Irving Finkel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Board games |
ISBN | 9781566490726 |
Here are four board games -- the Royal Game of Ur; Mehen, the Game of the Snake; Hounds and Jackals; and the Egyptian Game of Senet -- which were popular in the days of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt and in nearby countries from about 5,000 years ago, chosen and recreated by Dr. Irving Finkel of the British Museum. Everything you need to play them is here: the playing boards recreated in sumptuous colors, playing pieces, and full instructions including variations and other possibilities you may like to try.
Rules of Game
Title | Rules of Game PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Gordon |
Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 722 |
Release | 2013-02-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1612512321 |
Foreword by Admiral Sir John Woodward. When published in hardcover in 1997, this book was praised for providing an engrossing education not only in naval strategy and tactics but in Victorian social attitudes and the influence of character on history. In juxtaposing an operational with a cultural theme, the author comes closer than any historian yet to explaining what was behind the often described operations of this famous 1916 battle at Jutland. Although the British fleet was victorious over the Germans, the cost in ships and men was high, and debates have raged within British naval circles ever since about why the Royal Navy was unable to take advantage of the situation. In this book Andrew Gordon focuses on what he calls a fault-line between two incompatible styles of tactical leadership within the Royal Navy and different understandings of the rules of the games.
The Big Book of Board Games
Title | The Big Book of Board Games PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Palmer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Board games |
ISBN | 9780898440027 |