The Game of the goose board consists of a track with consecutively numbered spaces (usually 63), and is often arranged in a spiral. Each player’s piece is moved according to throws of one or two dice. Scattered throughout the board are a number of spaces on which a goose is depicted; landing on a goose allows the player to move again by the same distance. Additional shortcuts move the player to some other position. There are also a few penalty spaces which force the player to move backwards or lose one or more turns or results in the player being sent back to start.
