Vincent van Gogh Board Game
1880 - 1878 1878 - 1877 1876
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4 Zundert: Vincent goes to the 27 32 The Hague: Vincent has lessons
village school. Move ahead 1 1873 with the artist Anton Mauve, a 51 49 48 square 53 relative. Skip a turn
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10 Tilburg: Vincent is 15 1889 35 Nuenen: Vincent moves
1888 and leaves school. Skip 28 back in with his parents once a turn more. Throw again
15 The Hague: Vincent 38 Vincent paints The gets a job working for 16 Potato Eaters. Move
an art dealer. Throw ahead 2 squares 55
again 1881 41 Antwerp: Vincent 17 London: Vincent 45 studies at the art goes to work for academy. It’s too slow the same art dealer, 1869 for him, so he leaves.
but now in England. 56 Move ahead 1 square Move ahead 1 44 43 Paris: Vincent square 30 becomes inspired 19 Paris: Vincent by French paint- goes to work for the ers. Move ahead 2 57 14 same art dealer, but squares now in France. Move 46 Arles: Vincent 1886 ahead 1 square 31 creates a large 21 Vincent gets number of paint- sacked. Skip a turn 13 ings. Move ahead 3 squares 22 Amsterdam: Vincent 1890 goes back to studying, 59 60 61 62 63 42 50 Paul Gauguin but stops after a year. comes to stay at Throw again 1882 12 Vincent’s Yellow House. 24 Borinage: Vincent helps Skip a turn poor mineworkers in Belgium. 33 52 Vincent and Gauguin Swap places with the piece that is argue. Vincent becomes in last place 11 confused and cuts off his 1886 26 Brussels: Vincent is 27 and decides to 34 40 left ear. Skip a turn become an artist. Move ahead 2 squares 36 37 39 54 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence: 29 Etten: Vincent moves back in with his Vincent spends a year in a psychi- atric hospital. Move back 1 square parents. He leaves after falling out with his father. 1883 1885 Move 1 square ahead 58 Auvers-sur-Oise: Vincent paints his 1868 final works. He dies on 29 July, at the 9 age of 37. Skip a turn 8 63 Vincent is world famous now. He even has START 1 2 3 5 6 7 his own museum. And you’ve won! 1861 London Netherlands*
Auvers-sur-Oise Antwerp
Paris
Saint-Rémy
Arles
* Zundert, Zevenbergen, Tilburg, The Hague, Dordrecht, Amsterdam, Etten, Drenthe, Nuenen