Game Information
Chad Valley Games (publisher) AGPI # · P-3161Full Publisher Info
Tidley Winks (game) AGPI # · G-30215
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
CVG-24v3
Title Source · 
game cover
Title, Preserving Case · 
TIDLEY WINKS
Title Language · 
English
Date · 
1949 
Publisher Name on Game

The "Chad Valley" Games (on cover, rules)

Publisher Catalog #

20GI/10/49 (under lid)

5051 (on bottom of pot)

Publisher Mark

|The" CHAD VALLEY" Games| above "REGD. TRADE MARK" on long oval with concave corners (on cover)

Cover Text

[title TIDLEY
WINKS]

MADE IN ENGLAND

[logo The "CHAD VALLEY" Games
REGD. TRADE MARK.]

Variant Description

The rectangular box has a predominantly black background. The cover shows the letters of "TIDLEY" over "WINKS" appearing on various colored circles, with a yellow pot in the middle. There is no notch on the long aprons of the box top. The bottom of the compression-molded plastic cup is marked "5051".

Similar Games · 
[similar CVG-38 CVG-24v WBK-01] CVG-24v3 (same cover illustration but made by Chad Valley); WBK-01 (same cover illustration but made by Welbeck)
Made In Location Marked · 
Harborne, England
Game Type · 
Keywords
Rules Format

printed under box lid

Rules Overview

"Instructions for playing the Game of TIDLEYWINKS."

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

6⅝ inches wide — 5¼ inches high — 1½ inches deep

16.8 cm wide — 13.3 cm high — 3.8 cm deep

Cover Description

The wraparound label has an outer border that is orange in Copy 1 (which may be faded from red since the bottom and left aprons are red while the top and right aprons are orange). The main background is black.

At top is "TIDLEY" with each letter on a different colored wink (light blue, medium green, dark blue, red, medium green, yellow), on a concave-down curve. Below is a yellow cup with concave sides amd protruding base. A yellow line is shown across the center behind the yellow cup. Below is "WINKS" with each letter on a different colored wink (yellow, green, red, blue, and green), on a concave-up curve.

At lower left: the logo, "The" then |"CHAD VALLEY"| then "Games" over "REGD. TRADE MARK" (in black) within a white oval.

At lower right: "MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND" (in black) within a white rectangle.

Underlabel Description

(none)

Inside Box Lid

printed rules on offwhite

Apron Descriptions

In Copy 1, the top and right aprons have an orange background (may be faded from red), and the left and bottom aprons have a red background, with black horizontal rectangles between.

Left and right aprons: "TIDLEYWINKS" with letters in black on various colored winks, with no blank wink between the "Y" and "W".

Top and bottom aprons: 7 winks in various colors at various angles.

Box Bottom Description

red leatherette overlabel on box bottom

Contents

1 die (9/32" cube) in white with black pips.

Tiddlywinks Type · 
cup, target
Tiddlywinks Targets

Copy 1 of this game includes a dark brown Bakelite (or similar plastic) formed cup (1 9/16" top diameter, 1 15/16" bottom diameter, 1 5/16"" tall). Bottom is marked "CHAD VALLEY" (around top), "REG. DES." below, "TIDLEYWINKS" horizontal across the center, above "5051" horizontal below, "MADE AT" horizontal below, and "HARBORNE ENGLAND" around the bottom.

A rectangular cardboard target (6 5/16" x 4 5/16") is present in the box bottom with hole (1 1/2" diameter) at center for cup. A white ring border is outward from the hole, then a red ring marked "10" (in black) at bottom, then a black outline and a yellow ring marked "5" (in black) at bottom, then a black outline. The remainder of the right side is marked "2" (white) at right on blue, and the remainder of the left side is marked "1" (black) at left on green.

Winks

Copy 1 includes:

Squidgers (1" diameter, quality plastic, no burrs): 1 dull yellow, 1 medium-dark blue, 1 red, 1 dark green.

Winks (5/8" diameter, quality plastic, no burrs): 5 yellow, 3 darker yellow, 4 red, 4 green.

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
(No felt present in copies examined.)
In Collection · 
Database Update Date · 
2023-08-28 19:37:27

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