Tiddledy Winks (1888)

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Playtime: 10
Min. Age: 4
Players: 1 - 6
Publisher: Philmar, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Marchant, Codeg, Copp Clark Publishing Company, McLoughlin Brothers, Bookmark Verlag, Kitfix Swallow Group, Wari, Cayro, The Games, Milton Bradley, Safari Ltd., Channel Craft, Piatnik, Otto Maier Verlag, Defiance, Kay, B & S Company, Janod Jeux, Merit, Pintoy, Parker Brothers, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., Fundex, (Unknown), Gold Medal Toy Co., Rocket Toys and Games, Globe Series of Games, Jumbo, H. P. Gibson & Sons, HEMA, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Brimtoy, Berwick's Toy Co. Ltd., Pressman Toy Corp., Walbert Toy Manufacturing Co., Noris Spiele, Toysmith, World Games, Concorde Toy Company, King International, Peter Pan Playthings, Transogram, H-B Productions, Inc., Gibsons, Pin International, Carlit, John Sands Pty Ltd, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Thomas Salter Ltd, House of Marbles, Peri Spiele, Verlag Bing Werke AG, Damm / Egmont, Hasbro, ABRA, John Jaques of London, Playtime House, (Public Domain), Foster's Group, Harlesden Games, Somerville Ltd., Papita, E.I. Horsman, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Drivabolagen AB, John Lewis, Schmidt Spiele, MB Spellen, Whitman, American Toy Works, Schylling, John Adams (IDEAL), Mulder, Joker, Spear's Games
Designers: Joseph Assheton Fincher
Artists: Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek, Roger Hargreaves, Charles M. Schulz, Hank Ketcham
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: Schijf Tiddledy Winks , Foster's Lager Official Tiddlywinks , Tidley Winks , Floh-Spiel , Winnie the Pooh Tiddly Winks , Tip Top Tiddledy Winks , Jumbo Tiddledy Winks , Vlooienspel , Jeu de Puces , Loppespil , Target Tidleywinks , Flohspringen , Pchełki , Knips-Spiel , Floh-Springen , Walt Disney's Ludwig Von Drake Tiddly Winks , Snoopy's Game of Tiddlywinks , Space Target Tiddly Winks , Eclipse Tiddlywinks , Loppespill , Enid Blyton Giant Tiddley Winks , Tiddleywinks , Блошки , Floh-Hüpfen , Fairies Cauldron , Noddy's Tiddley Winks Game , Mickey Mouse Tidley-Winks , Peter Pan Tiddledy Winks , Spring , Gioco delle Pulci , The Jamboree Tidley Winks , Mr. Tickle's Tiddlywinks , Puces , Pulci , Tiddledy Winks Tiddledy Tots , Luxury Tiddly Winks , Elephant Tiddledy Winks , Flohspiel , Target Tiddly-Winks , Walt Disney's Tiddly Winks , Donald Duck Tiddly Winks , Flips , Sooty Tidleywinks , Spring Tiddledey Winks , Popular Tiddledy Winks , Loppspel , Vlooientoren , Big Mini: Flohspiel , Widdly Tinks , Round Game of Tiddledy Winks , Tidleywinks , Word Building Tiddley Winks , Tiddly Winks , Das Flohspiel , Huckleberry Hound Tiddly Winks , Dennis the Menace Tiddly Winks , Snoopy Vlooienspel , Hupkins , Kirppupeli , Bull's Eye Tiddly Winks , Ruimtevaart Vlooienspel , Tiddley Winks , Turtley Winks , Championship Tiddley Winks , La Puce , Saute-Jeton , Knips , Tiddly Winks and Tic-Tac-Toe , Tiddledy Winks , Jumpy , Tom & Jerry Tiddlywinks , Combination Tiddledy Winks , The New Round Game of Tiddledy Winks , Tiddlywinks , Tinkle Bell Tiddledy Winks

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