Tiddledy Winks (1888)
Playtime: 10
Min. Age: 4
Players: 1 - 6
Publisher: Merit, HEMA, Piatnik, Spear's Games, Toysmith, Carlit, Philmar, John Lewis, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Mulder, Milton Bradley, Walbert Toy Manufacturing Co., American Toy Works, World Games, Marchant, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., Gold Medal Toy Co., Schmidt Spiele, Bookmark Verlag, Copp Clark Publishing Company, Concorde Toy Company, Joker, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Berwick's Toy Co. Ltd., Whitman, Foster's Group, John Sands Pty Ltd, H-B Productions, Inc., Janod Jeux, Noris Spiele, House of Marbles, Somerville Ltd., Wari, Safari Ltd., Harlesden Games, Peri Spiele, Pressman Toy Corp., MB Spellen, Codeg, Hasbro, Pintoy, Playtime House, (Unknown), Damm / Egmont, Otto Maier Verlag, Jumbo, King International, E.I. Horsman, Verlag Bing Werke AG, Parker Brothers, Schylling, ABRA, Peter Pan Playthings, Cayro, The Games, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Transogram, John Jaques of London, Gibsons, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Brimtoy, Kitfix Swallow Group, Defiance, Globe Series of Games, B & S Company, Thomas Salter Ltd, Rocket Toys and Games, McLoughlin Brothers, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Papita, Pin International, John Adams (IDEAL), Channel Craft, Drivabolagen AB, Fundex, (Public Domain), Kay
Designers: Joseph Assheton Fincher
Artists: Charles M. Schulz, Hank Ketcham, Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek, Roger Hargreaves
Mechanics: Flicking
Min. Age: 4
Players: 1 - 6
Publisher: Merit, HEMA, Piatnik, Spear's Games, Toysmith, Carlit, Philmar, John Lewis, H. P. Gibson & Sons, Mulder, Milton Bradley, Walbert Toy Manufacturing Co., American Toy Works, World Games, Marchant, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., Gold Medal Toy Co., Schmidt Spiele, Bookmark Verlag, Copp Clark Publishing Company, Concorde Toy Company, Joker, Wilder Manufacturing Co, Berwick's Toy Co. Ltd., Whitman, Foster's Group, John Sands Pty Ltd, H-B Productions, Inc., Janod Jeux, Noris Spiele, House of Marbles, Somerville Ltd., Wari, Safari Ltd., Harlesden Games, Peri Spiele, Pressman Toy Corp., MB Spellen, Codeg, Hasbro, Pintoy, Playtime House, (Unknown), Damm / Egmont, Otto Maier Verlag, Jumbo, King International, E.I. Horsman, Verlag Bing Werke AG, Parker Brothers, Schylling, ABRA, Peter Pan Playthings, Cayro, The Games, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Transogram, John Jaques of London, Gibsons, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Brimtoy, Kitfix Swallow Group, Defiance, Globe Series of Games, B & S Company, Thomas Salter Ltd, Rocket Toys and Games, McLoughlin Brothers, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Papita, Pin International, John Adams (IDEAL), Channel Craft, Drivabolagen AB, Fundex, (Public Domain), Kay
Designers: Joseph Assheton Fincher
Artists: Charles M. Schulz, Hank Ketcham, Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek, Roger Hargreaves
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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Vlooienspel ,
Tiddley Winks ,
Jeu de Puces ,
Combination Tiddledy Winks ,
Snoopy Vlooienspel ,
Floh-Spiel ,
Ruimtevaart Vlooienspel ,
Kirppupeli ,
Knips ,
The Jamboree Tidley Winks ,
Floh-Springen ,
Tiddledy Winks Tiddledy Tots ,
Tinkle Bell Tiddledy Winks ,
Bull's Eye Tiddly Winks ,
Huckleberry Hound Tiddly Winks ,
Tidleywinks ,
Pchełki ,
La Puce ,
Fairies Cauldron ,
Puces ,
Dennis the Menace Tiddly Winks ,
Tiddledy Winks ,
Walt Disney's Ludwig Von Drake Tiddly Winks ,
Flips ,
Saute-Jeton ,
Knips-Spiel ,
Snoopy's Game of Tiddlywinks ,
Peter Pan Tiddledy Winks ,
The New Round Game of Tiddledy Winks ,
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Vlooientoren ,
Winnie the Pooh Tiddly Winks ,
Space Target Tiddly Winks ,
Tiddly Winks and Tic-Tac-Toe ,
Flohspringen ,
Big Mini: Flohspiel ,
Donald Duck Tiddly Winks ,
Hupkins ,
Tom & Jerry Tiddlywinks ,
Mr. Tickle's Tiddlywinks ,
Turtley Winks ,
Loppespil ,
Tidley Winks ,
Jumpy ,
Elephant Tiddledy Winks ,
Foster's Lager Official Tiddlywinks ,
Luxury Tiddly Winks ,
Spring ,
Mickey Mouse Tidley-Winks ,
Noddy's Tiddley Winks Game ,
Sooty Tidleywinks ,
Target Tiddly-Winks ,
Tiddleywinks ,
Tip Top Tiddledy Winks ,
Widdly Tinks ,
Spring Tiddledey Winks ,
Floh-Hüpfen ,
Popular Tiddledy Winks ,
Tiddly Winks ,
Loppespill ,
Loppspel ,
Target Tidleywinks ,
Word Building Tiddley Winks ,
Pulci ,
Tiddlywinks ,
Championship Tiddley Winks ,
Gioco delle Pulci ,
Schijf Tiddledy Winks ,
Enid Blyton Giant Tiddley Winks ,
Jumbo Tiddledy Winks ,
Round Game of Tiddledy Winks ,
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Flohspiel ,
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