Tiddledy Winks (1888)

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

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