Tidley Winks

The "Chad Valley" Games (on rules)

The CV Series (on cover)

(no catalog number shown on game)

"THE" around top, "CV" at middle, and "SERIES" around bottom in white inside a black circle (on cover)

(none)

«Tidley
Winks»

«THE
CV
SERIES»

The game comes in a large box with a dark blue underlabel; "Tidley" above "Winks" (orange to red letters) on blue background with red "T"-shaped border; rules label is attached under box lid.

white label inside box lid

"Rules for Playing the Game of TIDLEYWINKS." Also in French: "REGLE DU JEU. Jeu de TIDLEYWINKS."

English

French

cardboard box with notches on the long apron sides

6 11/16 inches wide — 5 ⅜ inches high — 1 13/16 inches deep

97 cm wide — 16.8 cm high — 17.9 cm deep

The top label is small compared to box top size and has an offwhite outer border, then dark green outline, then inner cover art.

"Tidley" appears above "Winks", each letter in yellow at top and red at bottom, with a black outline.

The title is on a dull light blue background that is within a red border with indents at the level of "Winks"; the red border has a black outline on both the inside and outside.

Behind the title at top, the background is yellow; the bottom background is a dull green as the playing surface.

The logo, ""THE" above "CV" above "SERIES" (green in black circle) appears at lower left.

A tan cup is shown to the right of the logo, with a blue wink entering the cup. A hand appears at lower right, holding a yellow squidger on a red wink. 14 additional winks are on the green surface.

dark blue "alligator" finish

white rules label on offwhite

Dark blue leatherette finish, empty.

light brown with edges of the dark blue box bottom wraparound label.

The natural wooden, lathe-turned cup measures 1 3/4" in diameter at top, 1 7/8" at bottom, 1 3/4" tall, and has concave sides and a base that is 1/4" wider than the side above it. A black line goes around the cup where the base meets the side, and also one nearer to bottom of the base. The cup bottom is unfinished and not shiny.

Copy 1 includes:

Squidgers (3 cm diameter, quality plastic, shiny, no burrs): 1 red, 1 dirty yellow, 1 teal, 1 coral, 1 dark blue, 1 green.

Nonoriginal Squidger (15/16" diameter), unknown material, not shiny, no burrs): 1 red.

Winks (1.7 cm diameter, quality plastic, shiny, no burrs): 3 red, 3 dirty yellow, 4 teal, 1 coral, 4 dark blue, 4 dark green.

Nonoriginal wink (5/8" diameter, unknown material, not shiny, no burrs): 1 dull yellow.

Nonoriginal wink (2 cm diameter, cheap plastic, uneven edges, shiny): 1 red.

Winks (1/2" diameter, quality plastic, no burrs): 2 green, 2 bright yellow (one is dirty on one side), 1 dull yellow.

Rick Tucker