Biography of a Board Game 221.5 - The Game of the Goose

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)