Game Information
Spear's Games (publisher) AGPI # · P-1849Full Publisher Info
Target Tidley Winks (game) AGPI # · G-30214
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
SPE-12v1
Title Source · 
game cover
Title, Preserving Case · 
TARGET TIDLEY WINKS
Title Language · 
English
Date · 
1932 , 1933
Date Source

Spear Game Archive

Publisher Name on Game

Spear's Games (on cover, rules)

Publisher Catalog #

(none marked on game)

Publisher Mark

"SPEAR'S GAMES" in oval

Cover Text

[title TARGET TIDLEY
WINKS]

This set may also be used for Ordinary TIDLEY WINKS by using the wooden cup only.

TRADEMARK REGD. [logo SPEAR'S GAMES] GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA

BRITISH MANUFACTURE

MANUFACTURED AT THE SPEAR WORKS, BRIMSDOWN. COPYRIGHT. DESIGNED IN ENGLAND.

Made In Location Marked · 
British Manufacture
Game Type · 
Keywords
Rules Format

printed under box lid

Rules Overview

"TARGET TIDLEY WINKS."

Container Type · 
carboard box
Container Size · (measured in inches)

5½ inches wide — 5½ inches high — 1 11/16 inches deep

14 cm wide — 14 cm high — 4.3 cm deep

Cover Description

The cover has a white outer border, then a black outline that frames the main cover art.

The top quarter of the cover has a dark purple background. The title, "TARGET TIDLEY" (yellow with black outline), begins over the dark purple background at top, and at an angle upward to the right.

Below the dark purple background is a green background. The title continues with "WINKS" (yellow with black outline) below "TARGET TIDLEY" over both colored backgrounds.

At left center is a depiction of the concentric game target from the box, with a cup in its center. The target sits inside the red box bottom.

A hand emerges from the lower right, holding a red squidger on a yellow wink, aimed at the game target. Ten additional winks appear on the green playing surface.

Below "WINKS" appears the following statement: "This set" above "may also be used for" above "Ordinary" above "TIDLEY WINKS" above "by using the wooden" above "cup only." (all in black).

At lower left on the green background: "TRADEMARK REGD." then the logo "SPEAR'S GAMES" in an oval, then "GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA" (all in black).

At lower right on the green background: "BRITISH MANUFACTURE".

At bottom right on the white border: "MANUFACTURED AT THE SPEAR WORKS, BRIMSDOWN. COPYRIGHT. DESIGNED IN ENGLAND.

Underlabel Description

(none)

Inside Box Lid

printed rules on tan

Apron Descriptions

red on box top, green on box bottom, both empty

Box Bottom Description

green wraparound label

Tiddlywinks Type · 
cup, target
Tiddlywinks Targets

1. Cylindrical wooden cup (1 3/4" top diameter, 1 1/2" bottom diameter, 1 1/2" tall), natural finish, with 2 recessed rings near bottom.

2. Cardboard target in box bottom with concentric circles marked 1 and 2.

Winks

Large (7/8"): 1 yellow, 1 green, 1 red, 1 white.

Small (5/8"): 3 yellow, 3 green, 3 red, 3 white.

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
(No felt present in copies examined.)
In Collection · 
Database Update Date · 
2023-06-30 17:33:28

Search elsewhere for "Target Tidley Winks" by "Spear's Games"


  • Total number of publishers found · 1
  • Total number of games found · 1
  • Query start time · 2025-03-31 23:42:44
  • Execution time · 0.206 seconds
  • Game database updated · 2025-03-10 20:19:25