Game Information
Spear's Games (publisher) AGPI # · P-1849Full Publisher Info
Tiddlywinks for Six Players (game title) AGPI # · G-30169
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
SPE-11
Title Source · 
game cover
Title, Preserving Case

TIDDLY WINKS FOR SIX PLAYERS

Title Language · 
English
Publisher Name on Game

Spear's Games (on cover, rules)

J. W. Spear & Sons Ltd. (on cover)

Publication Location on Game

Enfield, England

Publisher Catalog #

(none marked on game)

Publisher Mark(s)

"SPEAR'S GAMES" on oval (on cover, rules)

Brand on Game

(none)

Cover Text

«TIDDLY
WINKS
FOR SIX PLAYERS»

[1][4] 5
6 2 3


TRADEMARK REGD. GREAT BRITAIN
AND CANADA

MADE BY J. W. SPEAR & SONS LTD.
ENFIELD, MIDDX., ENGLAND

Variant Description

The rules are in English only. The top apron covers half of the box bottom. The "SPEAR'S GAMES" logo is on the left on the cover. "FOR SIX PLAYERS" on cover. No publisher catalog number appears on game.

Similar Games to G-30169

SPE-11 (title is "Tiddlywinks for Six Players", has slightly different cover markings, and has rules only in English); SPE-42 (title is "Tiddly Winks for Up to Six Players", has slightly different cover markingss, and has rules in English, French, and Dutch)

Game Type · 
Rules Format

printed under box lid

Rules Overview

"TIDDLY WINKS"

Container Type

cardboard box

Container Size · (measured in inches)

6 11/16 inches wide — 6 11/16 inches high — 1 ⅝ inches deep

97 cm wide — 97 cm high — 4.8 cm deep

Cover Description

The cover has a yellow background.

"TIDDLY" above "WINKS" (in blue with black outline/shadow) appears in the top one-third of the cover. "FOR SIX PLAYERS" (in black) appears below.

The game target with radial sections (numbered 1, 4, 5, 3, 2, and 6) of different colors, in the red box base, fills the bottom half of the cover. The center of the target houses a dark cup.

11 winks are flying towards the cup in the center of the target from left and right.

The logo, "SPEAR'S GAMES" in an oval (in black) appears at lower left. Below: "TRADEMARK REGD. GREAT BRITAIN" over "AND CANADA" over "MADE BY J. W. SPEAR & SONS LTD." over "ENFIELD, MIDDX., ENGLAND" (all in black).

Inside Box Lid

printed rules, offwhite

Apron Descriptions

The aprons cover half of the box bottom. They all have a yellow background and continuations of the illustration from the cover, with winks on the left and right, a portion of the game target on the bottom, and just yellow on the top apron. "TIDDLYWINKS" (in blue with black outline/shadow) appears on each apron.

The aprons on the box bottom are orange/red, empty.

Box Bottom Description

red wraparound label

Tiddlywinks Type · 
cup, target
Tiddlywinks Targets

The cardboard game target in the box bottom has radial sectors (marked 1, 6, 2, 3, 5, 4) on varying colored backgrounds.

A black plastic cup (1 3/4" top diameter, 1 1/4" bottom diameter, 1 1/2" tall) with concave sides sits in a hole at its center.

Winks

Plastic, small burr.

Copy 1 has the following:

Squidgers (7/8"): 1 green, 1 yellow, 1 white, 1 pale blue, 1 red, 1 pale purple.

Winks (5/8"): 4 green, 3 yellow, 4 white, 3 pale blue, 4 red, 3 pale purple.

Copy 2 has squidgers and winks (not counted).

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
(No felt present in copies examined.)
Collection • Individual(s)

Rick Tucker

Database Update Date · 
2025-04-14 20:02:21

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