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