Game Information
Defiance Series (publisher) AGPI # · P-3384Full Publisher Info
Tidley Winks (game) AGPI # · G-30506
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
DEF-01v1
Title Source · 
game cover
Title, Preserving Case · 
TIDLEY WINKS
Title Language · 
English
Publisher Name on Game

"Defiance" Series

Publisher Catalog #

(no catalog number shown on game)

Publisher Mark

[none]

Cover Text

[title TIDLEY
WINKS]

"DEFIANCE" SERIES.

BRITISH MANUFACTURE.

ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED.

Variant Description

dark red box, measuring 6 1/4" wide by 5 3/8" high; additional outer border with Oriental figures

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

label (light blue) under box lid

Rules Overview

'RULES FOR PLAYING THE GAME OF "TIDLEYWINKS."'

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

6¼ inches wide — 5⅜ inches high — 1⅞ inches deep

15.9 cm wide — 13.7 cm high — 4.8 cm deep

Cover Description

Label with a thin white outer border, then a black line border.

Inside that border is a border area on a strip of light blue within which are a variety of Oriental figures, each standing on or beside a wink (either red or light blue). Inside that illustrated border is a black line, then a white border, then a black line, and inside that the main cover illustration appears.

In the main image at center, the title, "TIDLEY" (straight across) and "WINKS" (angling up to the right with the "W" under the "EY") in light blue with black border and shadow, on an orange background.

|"DEFIANCE" SERIES| appears in black below. A man at left and woman at right are behind a round-edged green table, both dressed in Oriental garb; the man is in blue & green with black hair, the woman in red, light green, and blue (with red in her black hair). The woman is shooting a light blue wink with a light blue squidger at a wooden cup on the green table at bottom/lower left.

"BRITISH MANUFACTURE" and "ALL RIGHTS" over "RESERVED." are shown in black at bottom.

Underlabel Description

dark red

Apron Descriptions

dark red, empty

Box Bottom Description

tan with edges of red label on box bottom

Contents

The game includes a natural-finish, turned wooden cup (1 11/16" top diameter, 1 3/4" bottom diameter, 1 5/8" tall, slightly concave sides with a minimum 1 1/4" diameter near the flared base) with two dark rings around the base.

One copy (copy 1) of the game includes the following:

1 bone squidger (1 1/8" diameter): 1 teal/green, 1 offwhite, 1 red, and 1 blue (with a large chip missing).

Bone winks (5/8" diameter); 2 dark green, 1 teal/green, 1 green, 4 offwhite, 4 red, and 4 dark blue.

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
(No felt present in copies examined.)
In Collection · 
Database Update Date · 
2021-05-03 17:55:35

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