Game Information
Spear's Games (publisher) AGPI # · P-1849Full Publisher Info
Compendium of Games (game) AGPI # · G-30398
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
SPE-24
Title Source · 
game cover
Title, Preserving Case · 
COMPENDIUM OF GAMES
Title Language · 
English
Publisher Name on Game

Spear's Games (on cover only)

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

Publisher Catalog #

1351/11 (on rules)

Publisher Mark

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

Cover Text

[title COMPENDIUM OF GAMES]

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

[logo SPEAR'S GAMES]
REGD. TRADE MARK

Game Type · 
Rules Format

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

Rules Overview

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"

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

10¼ inches wide — 9 5/16 inches high — 1 1/16 inches deep

26 cm wide — 23.7 cm high — 2.7 cm deep

Cover Description

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

Underlabel Description

(none)

Inside Box Lid

printed rules

Apron Descriptions

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.

Box Bottom Description

red wraparound label

Contents

1 small blue die is included in Copy 1.

Tiddlywinks Targets

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.

Winks

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.

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
(none present in copied examined)
In Collection · 
Database Update Date · 
2023-07-02 17:17:36

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