hist-games: Surviving game of goose boards

[Mckay, Michael]

I have seen Goose boards that are +/- 100 years from 1600 in two London
museums: the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the London Guildhall.  I found
them while checking out playing cards, they were printed on paper (there
were several versions around 1680 where each square was a playing card).
I'm pretty sure the V&A had at least one pre-1600 goose board print.

It is pretty easy to find them in the V&A, you simply go into the "print
room", study the catalogs for the stock numbers, and they will bring them
out for you to examine.  The London Guildhall is a bit more difficult, you
have to contact them specifically (ask about the collection from the "Most
Worshipful Maker of Playing-Cards") and make prior arrangements.  But when
you do, it is quite worthwhile!  I leave the final and most difficult trick
to you: getting to London!

Seriously, I think I have a photo or two of goose boards (although my
scanner is down at the moment).  When I get it working, I'll scan any of the
goose boards that I have and make them available.  Regards 

Michael McKay  (known in the SCA as Seaan McAy)
seaan at concentric.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Adelle Hartley [mailto:Adelle at verdant.com.au]
Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 10:01 PM
To: hist-games at pbm.com
Subject: RE: hist-games: Surviving game of goose boards


Please let us know if you have any luck.
As I understand it, the game was distributed on paper.
I wouldn't mind finding a pre-1600 version of the
game to base a woodcut on.

Adelle.

-----Original Message-----
From: allyson [mailto:stu4149 at westga.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, 21 September 1999 2:03
To: hist-games at pbm.com
Subject: hist-games: Surviving game of goose boards



I'm trying to find any surviving game boards (pre 1600) for the game of
goose.  Can anyone help me?  

Thank you,
Vyvienne 



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