Goose, goose, DUCK? Goose Goose Duck is a social deduction game in which you and your pals must work together to complete your mission. Beware of those evil ducks who have managed to infiltrate the team and will do everything they can to stop you.
The Game of Goose, sometimes known as the Royal Game of Goose, is the earliest commercially produced board game - recorded in Italy as early as the end of the 15th Century. Over hundreds of years, it has appeared in a myriad variations of rules and illustrative designs. Many of the boards reflect politics or social situations of the time and some are incredibly beautiful and creative.The basic form of the rules has remained remarkably consistent over the years. We give the standard basic rules that are as applicable to boards produced today as they are to boards produced 400 years ago. With thanks to board games historian, Adrian Seville.
To win the game, a piece must land exactly on space 63.If a player throws too many, the piece counts the extra points backwards from the winning space. If you then land on a goose space, you must continue moving backwards by the amount of your throw until you land on a space with no goose space. If you land on the Death space, you must start again.
The game would more usually have been a gambling game in centuries past. At the beginning, the stake would be decided and each player would put one stake in the Pool. Then, each time one of the following events occur, the Pool increases:
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