Pick Up Sticks
(1850)
| Average time to play: | 30 |
| Minimum age: | 4 |
| Number of players: | 2 - 6 |
| Publisher: | (Public Domain), (Unknown), Adamigo, Aquamarine Games (COMPUDID), Bartl, Brio AB, Cardinal, Carlit, Cayro, The Games, Chateau, CHH Games, Creative Crafthouse, Dal Negro, danspil, Dilemma Games, Ghisò, Gibsons, H. P. Gibson & Sons, HABA, Hearth & Hand with Magnolia, House of Marbles, Innovakids GmbH, James Industries, Inc., John Adams (IDEAL), John Dewar & Sons Ltd, Joseph Huber, Jumbo, Kärnan, Kikkado Design, Kikkerland, Klee, Klutz Press, KO, Lakeside, Lifetime Games, Lord Zigaretten, Majora, Marks & Spencer, Melissa & Doug, Merit, Milton Bradley, Monkey Pod Games, Noris Spiele, O Schoenhut & Co. Inc., Palet Miro, Palet spil, Papita, Pelikan, Peri Spiele, Peter Pan Playthings, Piatnik, Pier 1 Imports, Pin International, Planet Finska, Playtoy Industries, Plaza Mfg. Co., Pressman Toy Corp., Printworks, Rozelle, Schmidt Spiele, Schylling, Spear's Games, Spółdzielnia Pracy im. Stanisława Dubois, Steven Manuf. Co., Sundry Products, Tactic, Unikatoy, Viacom International, Whitman, Woodstock Spiele, WWF, Ginger Fox Ltd., Holzinsel |
| Designers: | (Uncredited) |
| Artists: | Pieter Woudt |
| Mechanics: | Physical Removal, Push Your Luck, Set Collection, Take That |
Long, thin sticks are scattered on the table in a heap. The black one is used as a tool to pick up the others. The player picks up sticks one at a time, until he causes any other stick to move besides the one he is attempting to pick up. Score points based on the color retrieved.
The game is believed to have developed from the yarrow stalks used for divination with the Chinese I Ching.
Published in Germany about 1850. This concept has been re-published in Germany, 2003, by HABA as Mikado, a game Ages 5 and up
Alternative names:
Pick Up Sticks
4-5-6 Pick Up Sticks
456 Pick Up Sticks
Bierki
Destreza
Fiddle Sticks
The Game of Spellicans
Giant Pick-Up Sticks
Jackstraws
Joko
Jumbo Mikado Pick-Up-Sticks
Kejsarlek
The Klutz Book of Pickup Sticks
Knibbelspel
Let's Play Fiddlestix
Marokkó
Mikádó
Mikado
Mikado Pick-Up-Sticks
Mikado Shangai
Minikado
Nickelodeon Pick Up Sticks
Original Mikado
Palos Chinos
Panda's Pick Up Sticks
Paul Bunyan Giant Wooden Pic-Up Stix
Påvelek
Pega Varetas
Pic-Up Stix
Pick-Up Sticks
Pick-Up Sticks & Squiggle Sticks
Pick-up-Sticks
Pickepinn
Pickup Sticks
Pik A Styk
Pik-A-Styk
Pik-Up Stiks
Pix Pix
Pix Pix Pick Up Sticks
Pix Pix Pick-Up Stix
Pix Pix Pickup Sticks and A-Hunting We Will Go
Pixie Pic Up Stixs
Plickeplock
Plocke Pinn
Plocke-Pinnar
Plockepinn
Shangai
Skrapnos
Spillikins
Stäbchenspiel
Stickspel
Stöpstickor
Tricky Sticks
Triple Your Score Pick Up Sticks
WWF Crane Pickup Sticks
XXL Mikado
Бирюльки
游戏棒
Last Updated: 2025-10-08 03:17:42 UTC
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