COMPENDIUM OF GAMES

Spear's Games (on cover only)

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

Enfield, England

1351/11 (on rules)

"SPEAR'S GAMES" in oval (on cover only)

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«COMPENDIUM OF GAMES»

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

«SPEAR'S GAMES»
REGD. TRADE MARK

compendium

printed under box lid; also a separate white, large folded sheet (1 side)

Rules printed under the box lid:

"SNAKES AND LADDERS"

"TIDLEY WINKS"

// THE GAME OF "LOTTO" //

// "LUDO" //

Rules printed on the separate sheet:

"SNAKES AND LADDERS"

"BINGO"

"TIDDLY WINKS"

"PARCHEESI"

cardboard box

10 ¼ inches wide — 9 5/16 inches high — 1 1/16 inches deep

64.1 cm wide — 15.1 cm high — 1.7 cm deep

The upper left portion of the cover shows bingo cards (light blue and white with numbers) along with 3 red, 1 yellow, and 2 blue discs.

The upper right portion of the cover shows the tiddlywinks game: a square target with radial sectors, each marked in a different color and numbered from 1 to 6. In the air over the target are 4 yellow winks, 2 blue winks, and 1 red wink.

Across the center of the cover is a red rectangle with the title, "COMPENDIUM OF GAMES" (in yellow). Above the rectangle is a white border.

Below the rectangle is another white border, with "MADE BY J. W. SPEAR & SONS LTD., ENFIELD, MIDDX., ENGLAND" on it (all in black).

At lower right is the logo, "SPEAR'S GAMES" in an oval with "REGD. TRADE MARK" below (all in black).

Bingo, Tiddly Winks, Parcheesi, Snakes and Ladders

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printed rules

Each of the 4 aprons has a red rectangle with "COMPENDIUM OF GAMES" (in yellow) over continuations of the graphics from the cover of the games.

red wraparound label

1 small blue die is included in Copy 1.

The tiddlywinks target is a red plastic cup (1 17/32" top diameter, 1 3/16" bottom diameter, 1" tall). The bottom of the cup is marked: "A", "PPC", and "3/4" around the top and "FELTHAM _ ENGLAND" around the bottom.

The target sits in a hole in a numbered cardboard target, which is 4 3/8" square and 3/4" tall. Six radial sectors from the hole in the center are marked with numbered (in white with black outlines) on colors as follows: "1" on red, "4" on yellow, "5" on medium blue, "3" on red, "2" on black, and "6" on green.

Copy 1 of this game includes the following cheap plastic winks with sharp circumferences and some burrs:

Squidgers (7/8" diameter): 1 dark blue, 1 green, 1 yellow, 0 red.

Winks (19/32" diameter(L 4 dark blue, 3 green, 4 yellow, 3 red.

Rick Tucker