Tiddledy Winks (1888)

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

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".

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The game was also published under these names: Loppespil , The New Round Game of Tiddledy Winks , Elephant Tiddledy Winks , Target Tidleywinks , Walt Disney's Ludwig Von Drake Tiddly Winks , Huckleberry Hound Tiddly Winks , Snoopy's Game of Tiddlywinks , Jumbo Tiddledy Winks , Pchełki , Floh-Spiel , Tiddledy Winks Tiddledy Tots , Noddy's Tiddley Winks Game , Word Building Tiddley Winks , Championship Tiddley Winks , Das Flohspiel , Dennis the Menace Tiddly Winks , Knips , Spring , Walt Disney's Tiddly Winks , Loppspel , Tip Top Tiddledy Winks , Floh-Springen , Vlooienspel , Winnie the Pooh Tiddly Winks , Floh-Hüpfen , Tiddly Winks and Tic-Tac-Toe , Turtley Winks , Tiddlywinks , Big Mini: Flohspiel , Tinkle Bell Tiddledy Winks , Peter Pan Tiddledy Winks , Snoopy Vlooienspel , Tiddley Winks , Tidley Winks , Spring Tiddledey Winks , Tiddleywinks , Tiddledy Winks , Flips , Jeu de Puces , Tiddly Winks , Tom & Jerry Tiddlywinks , Flohspiel , Space Target Tiddly Winks , La Puce , Tidleywinks , Kirppupeli , Vlooientoren , Widdly Tinks , Donald Duck Tiddly Winks , Jumpy , Loppespill , Mr. Tickle's Tiddlywinks , Puces , Round Game of Tiddledy Winks , Flohspringen , Saute-Jeton , The Jamboree Tidley Winks , Eclipse Tiddlywinks , Target Tiddly-Winks , Schijf Tiddledy Winks , Sooty Tidleywinks , Gioco delle Pulci , Блошки , Bull's Eye Tiddly Winks , Knips-Spiel , Mickey Mouse Tidley-Winks , Combination Tiddledy Winks , Hupkins , Ruimtevaart Vlooienspel , Foster's Lager Official Tiddlywinks , Pulci , Popular Tiddledy Winks , Fairies Cauldron , Luxury Tiddly Winks , Enid Blyton Giant Tiddley Winks

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