Tiddledy Winks (1888)

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

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