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