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