The geographical Jeux de l'Oie of Europe

The Jeu de L'Oie (Game of Goose), a unicursal race game played with tokens and dice, is named from the goose symbols on the favourable spaces. Many variants have been developed of the original 16th century Italian game. An important genre, originating in France as an educational aid, is that of geographical games, many being based on maps. The paper discusses the history of cartographical games that have an international dimension within Europe.Six such games are illustrated, originally published in 17thC France, 18thC England, 19th C Netherlands, 19thC England (a non-unicursal variant), 20thC... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Seville, Adrian
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Verlag/Hrsg.: National Committee of Geography of Belgium
Schlagwörter: histoire des jeux de société / dés / Europe / France / Allemagne / Pays-Bas / Angleterre / Italie / cartographie / imprimerie / propagande / publicité / culture / relations internationales / commerce / XVIe / XVIIe / XVIIIe / XIXe / XXe siècles / board game history / dice / Germany / Netherlands / England / Italy / cartography / printing / propaganda / advertising / international relations / trade / 16th / 17th / 18th / 19th / 20th century
Sprache: Englisch
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The Jeu de L'Oie (Game of Goose), a unicursal race game played with tokens and dice, is named from the goose symbols on the favourable spaces. Many variants have been developed of the original 16th century Italian game. An important genre, originating in France as an educational aid, is that of geographical games, many being based on maps. The paper discusses the history of cartographical games that have an international dimension within Europe.Six such games are illustrated, originally published in 17thC France, 18thC England, 19th C Netherlands, 19thC England (a non-unicursal variant), 20thC Italy and 20thC Germany. The rules of each are contrasted with those of the parent game of Goose. Techniques of printing and cartography are compared.Each game goes beyond simple cartographic representation to convey, through its rules or iconography, a deliberate “message”, whether political, commercial or cultural. The games give insights into international relationships, perceptions and misconceptions at various points in the history of Europe. ; Le nom “Jeu de l’Oie” (jeu de parcours où l'on déplace des pions en fonction des résultats des dés) provient de la représentation d’une oie dans certaines cases bénéfiques. De nombreuses variantes de ce jeu, qui trouve son origine dans l’Italie du XVIe siècle, ont été développées. Parmi celles-ci, les jeux géographiques, souvent basés sur des cartes, représentent un genre important, apparu en France en tant que support éducatif. Cet article examine l’histoire des jeux cartographiques ayant pris une dimension internationale à travers l’Europe.Nous illustrerons ici six de ces jeux, apparus en France au XVIIe siècle, en Angleterre au XVIIIe, aux Pays-Bas et en Angleterre au XIXe (dans ce dernier cas il s’agit d’une variante non unicursale), en Italie et en Allemagne au XXe siècle. Les règles de ces jeux sont mises en contraste avec celles de leur ancêtre. Nous comparerons également les techniques d’impression et les cartographies.Chacun des jeux dépasse la simple représentation ...