Neues Gänse Spiel

New Geese Game

«Neues
Gänse Spiel»

label under box lid

"Gäsespiel." in Fraktur font.

cardboard box

13 ½ inches wide — 11 ⅞ inches high — 1 1/16 inches deep

166.4 cm wide — 37.1 cm high — 1.7 cm deep

Label. The title, "Neues" (in blue with black outline) is above "Gänse Spiel" (in red with black outline, both in italics, over a green grass embankment of a river below. To right on the grass is a girl (blonde hair, barefoot, white shoulders, red top, white apron, red/brown checkered dress) and a younger girl (brown hair, white sleeves and collar, light blue top, blue/white checkered apron, red dress, brown shoes), holding hands.

At upper right is a house (yellow side, brown roof, orange shutters on windows). To its left are green trees behind the girls

At left center, a white goose is standing on the grass near the river, facing left. To its right is another white goose, facing left, with feet in the water near the shore.

At the bottom left a white goose is swimming in the river, facing right, with 5 yellow goslings around it. To its right and behind is another white goose swimming in the water, facing left. To its right, on the right side of the cover, is another white goose swimming, and looking right. In front of that goose, at lower right on the cover, is a white goose standing in the water near the foreground shore.

red

red (top aprons); brown spot partial wave pattern (bottom aprons)

The game board measures 26 1/2" wide by 19" tall. It folds vertically over a cardboard bend, and horizontally over a cloth bend.

The race path starts with 1 at lower left and ends at 68 near lower left. Most steps on the path is light orange and numbered from 1 to 68. The background of some steps come from the background, either grass or water in the riverMost numbers are black, but some are red.

The background is bothly green representing grass. A rive flows diagonally down on the left side of the board, with bridges on the path at either end.

White geese appear periodically on the path, usually with a human chasing or threatening them or them chasing a human.

At lower right is a circle depicting a poultry dinner and glasses.

6 painted metal mover game pieces are provided, each depicting a white goose but with different color lozenge-shaped bases: brown, red, yellow, white, blue, and green.

Rick Tucker