Tiddledy Winks (1888)

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

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