Tiddledy Winks (1888)
Playtime: 10
Min. Age: 4
Players: 1 - 6
Publisher: Globe Series of Games, Safari Ltd., Damm / Egmont, Mulder, American Toy Works, Whitman, Otto Maier Verlag, ABRA, Harlesden Games, Piatnik, Fundex, Gibsons, HEMA, Spear's Games, B & S Company, Kitfix Swallow Group, Pin International, Jumbo, Peter Pan Playthings, Thomas Salter Ltd, MB Spellen, Defiance, Gold Medal Toy Co., Berwick's Toy Co. Ltd., Walbert Toy Manufacturing Co., Playtime House, Codeg, Kay, Peri Spiele, King International, Merit, Somerville Ltd., E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Noris Spiele, John Sands Pty Ltd, Drivabolagen AB, Bookmark Verlag, Transogram, Brimtoy, Wari, (Unknown), Milton Bradley, John Lewis, (Public Domain), Janod Jeux, Pintoy, Cayro, The Games, Schylling, Marchant, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Verlag Bing Werke AG, Pressman Toy Corp., Foster's Group, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., Joker, Papita, Carlit, Concorde Toy Company, World Games, Schmidt Spiele, John Adams (IDEAL), Channel Craft, Selecta Spel en Hobby, McLoughlin Brothers, E.I. Horsman, H-B Productions, Inc., Wilder Manufacturing Co, Copp Clark Publishing Company, Toysmith, Rocket Toys and Games, Hasbro, Philmar, Chad Valley Co Ltd., John Jaques of London, Parker Brothers, House of Marbles
Designers: Joseph Assheton Fincher
Artists: Charles M. Schulz, Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek, Hank Ketcham, Roger Hargreaves
Mechanics: Flicking
Min. Age: 4
Players: 1 - 6
Publisher: Globe Series of Games, Safari Ltd., Damm / Egmont, Mulder, American Toy Works, Whitman, Otto Maier Verlag, ABRA, Harlesden Games, Piatnik, Fundex, Gibsons, HEMA, Spear's Games, B & S Company, Kitfix Swallow Group, Pin International, Jumbo, Peter Pan Playthings, Thomas Salter Ltd, MB Spellen, Defiance, Gold Medal Toy Co., Berwick's Toy Co. Ltd., Walbert Toy Manufacturing Co., Playtime House, Codeg, Kay, Peri Spiele, King International, Merit, Somerville Ltd., E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Noris Spiele, John Sands Pty Ltd, Drivabolagen AB, Bookmark Verlag, Transogram, Brimtoy, Wari, (Unknown), Milton Bradley, John Lewis, (Public Domain), Janod Jeux, Pintoy, Cayro, The Games, Schylling, Marchant, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Verlag Bing Werke AG, Pressman Toy Corp., Foster's Group, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., Joker, Papita, Carlit, Concorde Toy Company, World Games, Schmidt Spiele, John Adams (IDEAL), Channel Craft, Selecta Spel en Hobby, McLoughlin Brothers, E.I. Horsman, H-B Productions, Inc., Wilder Manufacturing Co, Copp Clark Publishing Company, Toysmith, Rocket Toys and Games, Hasbro, Philmar, Chad Valley Co Ltd., John Jaques of London, Parker Brothers, House of Marbles
Designers: Joseph Assheton Fincher
Artists: Charles M. Schulz, Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek, Hank Ketcham, Roger Hargreaves
Mechanics: Flicking
Show Description Show Comments Price Trend
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".
We currently have no price data for this game.
This game is currently not traded on the marketplace:
This game is currently not listed on the marketplace. If you want to sell yours, please add it to the marketplace.
Marketplace
Related Games
ag.gameitem.lastUpdated: 2025-04-23 13:53:40.665
