Tiddledy Winks (1888)
Playtime: 10
Min. Age: 4
Number of Players:
1 - 6
Publisher:
Milton Bradley,
Foster's Group,
Parker Brothers,
Piatnik,
Schmidt Spiele,
Safari Ltd.,
Spear's Games,
John Lewis,
Channel Craft,
Damm / Egmont,
Chad Valley Co Ltd.,
House of Marbles,
Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc.,
Codeg,
Hasbro,
Philmar,
E. E. Fairchild Corporation,
Playtime House,
Kitfix Swallow Group,
Mulder,
H. P. Gibson & Sons,
Pressman Toy Corp.,
Whitman,
Verlag Bing Werke AG,
Jumbo,
ABRA,
Walbert Toy Manufacturing Co.,
B & S Company,
John Sands Pty Ltd,
Fundex,
Brimtoy,
Wilder Manufacturing Co,
(Unknown),
Harlesden Games,
Pintoy,
(Public Domain),
Papita,
Transogram,
Merit,
E.I. Horsman,
Joker,
Gibsons,
Globe Series of Games,
McLoughlin Brothers,
Drivabolagen AB,
Selecta Spel en Hobby,
Somerville Ltd.,
World Games,
King International,
Thomas Salter Ltd,
Peter Pan Playthings,
HEMA,
Pin International,
Schylling,
Wari,
Cayro, The Games,
Janod Jeux,
Concorde Toy Company,
John Jaques of London,
Kay,
Gold Medal Toy Co.,
Rocket Toys and Games,
MB Spellen,
Otto Maier Verlag,
H-B Productions, Inc.,
Copp Clark Publishing Company,
Carlit,
Bookmark Verlag,
Marchant,
Defiance,
Peri Spiele,
Berwick's Toy Co. Ltd.,
Toysmith,
Noris Spiele,
John Adams (IDEAL),
American Toy Works
Designers:
Joseph Assheton Fincher
Artists:
Charles M. Schulz,
Hank Ketcham,
Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek,
Roger Hargreaves
Mechanics:
Flicking
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Tiddledy Winks varies based on publisher, but they all generally have a cup or other container that sits in the center of a target. The object of the game is to flip small smooth disks (the "winks") into the cup. This is accomplished by placing a wink on a piece of felt and then pressing down on the edge of the wink with a larger disk (the "tiddledy") so that the wink pops up into the air, and hopefully lands in the cup. The highest points are awarded for winks that land in the cup, with winks landing in the target area scoring less. Players decide ahead of time to play a set number of rounds (in which case the winner is the person with the highest score at the end of the last round), or to play until someone reaches a certain score (in which case the winner is the first person to reach or exceed that score).
Wikipedia notes that Joseph Assheton Fincher filed the original patent application for the game in 1888, applied for the trademark Tiddledy-Winks in 1889, and licensed John Jaques and Son as the exclusive distributors of the game. However, the intense popularity of the game prompted other publishers to churn out cheaper competitors under names like Spoof, Flipperty Flop, Jumpkins, Golfette, Maro, Flutter. As early as 1890, Jacques boxes included a label warning of "worthless imitations... issued by unscrupulous and jealous persons", and its rules threatened that "proceedings will be taken against any one infringing the Proprietors' Rights in this Game".
Wikipedia notes that Joseph Assheton Fincher filed the original patent application for the game in 1888, applied for the trademark Tiddledy-Winks in 1889, and licensed John Jaques and Son as the exclusive distributors of the game. However, the intense popularity of the game prompted other publishers to churn out cheaper competitors under names like Spoof, Flipperty Flop, Jumpkins, Golfette, Maro, Flutter. As early as 1890, Jacques boxes included a label warning of "worthless imitations... issued by unscrupulous and jealous persons", and its rules threatened that "proceedings will be taken against any one infringing the Proprietors' Rights in this Game".
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