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The Jolly Game of the Goose

J.P. Beach1851

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester, United States

J. P. Beach’s publication at first seems an innocent game
in which players race along a path. Copied after an English game of the same
name, it uses the “foreign” contrivance of gambling, a vice most American board
games
at this time purposefully avoid.

Details

  • Title: The Jolly Game of the Goose
  • Creator: J.P. Beach
  • Date Created: 1851
  • Location: New York, New York
  • Object ID: 110.1438

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