Game Information
Spear's Games (publisher) AGPI # · P-1849Full Publisher Info
Spears  Epping Compendium of Games (game) AGPI # · G-30610
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
SPE-35
Title Source · 
game cover
Title, Preserving Case · 
SPEARS EPPING COMPENDIUM OF GAMES
Title Language · 
English
Date · 
1967 
Date Source

English rules revised in 1967.

Publisher Name on Game

Spear's Games (on cover only)

J. W. Spear & Sons Ltd. (on cover, English rules)

Publisher Catalog #

1313 (on aprons)

1331/11 (on rules)

Publisher Mark

"SPEAR'S GAMES" in oval

Cover Text

[title SPEARS
EPPING
COMPENDIUM
OF GAMES]

[logo SPEAR'S GAMES]
REGD. TRADE MARK
MADE BY J. W. SPEAR & SONS LTD. AT ENFIELD, MIDDX, ENGLAND
SOME COMPONENTS EMPIRE MADE

Made In Location Marked · 
England
Game Type · 
Date on Rules · 
1964 to 1967
Rules Format

2 stapled leaflets with yellow covers: one in English, the other in French.

Rules Overview

"Compendium of Games RULES" ("1331/11. Revised 1967");
"JEUX REUNIS REGLES DES JEUX" ("1314/11 Fr. Amended February, 1964.")

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

11⅛ inches wide — 11⅛ inches high — 1⅝ inches deep

28.3 cm wide — 28.3 cm high — 4.1 cm deep

Cover Description

The cover has a blue background.

"SPEARS" appears with each letter in red on a white "tile" square. "EPPING COMPENDIUM OF GAMES" is in red on a black background.

A checkerboard is shown at upper left. The tiddlywinks cup and winks are shown to right of "EPPING" with some of the winks on top of letters in title.

A white and a red stylized jockey with horse appears at upper right. Dominoes are shown at lower left. A red die with white spots is at bottom center. A parcheesi board is shown at lower right.

At lower left: the logo "SPEAR'S GAMES" in an oval. Below: "REGD. TRADE MARK" above "MADE BY J. W. SPEAR & SONS LTD. AT ENFIELD, MIDDX, ENGLAND" above "SOME COMPONENTS EMPIRE MADE" (all in black).

Underlabel Description

(none)

Inside Box Lid

offwhite, empty

Apron Descriptions

All 4 aprons have "EPPING COMPENDIUM OF GAMES" (in red on a black rectangle). The remainder of each apron wraps graphics from the cover.

Box Bottom Description

white wraparound label, empty

In Collection · 
Database Update Date · 
2023-07-02 18:00:37

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