Biography of a Board Game 221.5 - The Game of the Goose - a podcast by Gil Hova and Emma Larkins

In today's Biography of a Board Game, Scott takes us through the long history of The Game of the Goose, which became a template for almost every roll-and-move game into Victorian times and beyond.

Show notes:

1m49s: The ancient Egyptian game of Mehen 

2m04s: History of the labyrinth

2m24s: The Discus of Phaistos, also known as the Phaistos Disc 

2m50s: Games mentioned

• The Mansion of Happiness 
• The Checkered Game of Life

3m33s: Bibliothèque curieuse et instructive de divers ouvrages anciens et modernes, a book by Claude-François Ménestrier, is available to read online in French.

4m33s: Works mentioned:

• La belle Hélène, an opera by Jacques Offenbach 
• The Will of an Eccentric, a novel by Jules Verne  

5m07s: Works mentioned:

• Le Pont du Nord, a film by Jacques Rivette 
• Il grande gioco dell'oca, an Italian game show based on the game (Wikipedia page in Italian) 

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