Tiddledy Winks (1888)
Playtime: 10
Min. Age: 4
Players: 1 - 6
Publisher: Concorde Toy Company, John Lewis, Harlesden Games, Defiance, Piatnik, Kitfix Swallow Group, Thomas Salter Ltd, Whitman, Playtime House, Somerville Ltd., (Unknown), Pin International, Selecta Spel en Hobby, House of Marbles, Parker Brothers, World Games, Janod Jeux, Carlit, McLoughlin Brothers, Jumbo, Gold Medal Toy Co., American Toy Works, Philmar, Toysmith, (Public Domain), HEMA, Noris Spiele, Merit, Berwick's Toy Co. Ltd., Globe Series of Games, H-B Productions, Inc., Chad Valley Co Ltd., Mulder, Marchant, Safari Ltd., Damm / Egmont, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Bookmark Verlag, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, John Jaques of London, Foster's Group, Fundex, Spear's Games, B & S Company, Brimtoy, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., MB Spellen, Codeg, John Sands Pty Ltd, Wari, Milton Bradley, Rocket Toys and Games, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Gibsons, Peter Pan Playthings, Cayro, The Games, Hasbro, John Adams (IDEAL), E.I. Horsman, Schylling, Walbert Toy Manufacturing Co., Drivabolagen AB, Otto Maier Verlag, Peri Spiele, Pressman Toy Corp., Transogram, Verlag Bing Werke AG, Papita, Schmidt Spiele, Copp Clark Publishing Company, Joker, Kay, King International, Channel Craft, ABRA, Pintoy
Designers: Joseph Assheton Fincher
Artists: Charles M. Schulz, Roger Hargreaves, Hank Ketcham, Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek
Mechanics: Flicking
Min. Age: 4
Players: 1 - 6
Publisher: Concorde Toy Company, John Lewis, Harlesden Games, Defiance, Piatnik, Kitfix Swallow Group, Thomas Salter Ltd, Whitman, Playtime House, Somerville Ltd., (Unknown), Pin International, Selecta Spel en Hobby, House of Marbles, Parker Brothers, World Games, Janod Jeux, Carlit, McLoughlin Brothers, Jumbo, Gold Medal Toy Co., American Toy Works, Philmar, Toysmith, (Public Domain), HEMA, Noris Spiele, Merit, Berwick's Toy Co. Ltd., Globe Series of Games, H-B Productions, Inc., Chad Valley Co Ltd., Mulder, Marchant, Safari Ltd., Damm / Egmont, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Bookmark Verlag, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, John Jaques of London, Foster's Group, Fundex, Spear's Games, B & S Company, Brimtoy, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., MB Spellen, Codeg, John Sands Pty Ltd, Wari, Milton Bradley, Rocket Toys and Games, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Gibsons, Peter Pan Playthings, Cayro, The Games, Hasbro, John Adams (IDEAL), E.I. Horsman, Schylling, Walbert Toy Manufacturing Co., Drivabolagen AB, Otto Maier Verlag, Peri Spiele, Pressman Toy Corp., Transogram, Verlag Bing Werke AG, Papita, Schmidt Spiele, Copp Clark Publishing Company, Joker, Kay, King International, Channel Craft, ABRA, Pintoy
Designers: Joseph Assheton Fincher
Artists: Charles M. Schulz, Roger Hargreaves, Hank Ketcham, Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek
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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