MATCH TIDLEY WINKS

On cover: "PROTECTED".

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(no publisher name on game) [[cross-ref "published by" "Roberts Brothers" (Glevum Games) (based on later games with same title and target marked as Glevum)]]

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A NEW VERSION OF
A POPULAR GAME.

«MATCH
TIDLEY WINKS»

PROTECTED

BRITISH MANUFACTURE.

The underlabel is off-white with suns and dots; the cover shows a clown and woman at table and has a green background at top.

GLV-08v2 (); UNK-34 (); UNK-33 ()

clown

(no rules present in games examined)

cardboard box

5 ⅝ inches wide — 4 5/16 inches high — 15/16 inches deep

17.5 cm wide — 7.1 cm high — 2.4 cm deep

The top label has a white border and black inner line border. The background at top is green, and at bottom (the table), red.

"A NEW VERSION OF A POPULAR GAME." in black on a yellow banner with a black outline. "MATCH" in shades of yellow with black shadow. "TIDLEY WINKS" in shades of light blue with black shadow. Clown at left with white outfit and large green "buttons". Woman at right with frilly white outfit. Both are shooting winks at the target, which has four recessed circular compartments in one square piece.

"PROTECTED" (black) at bottom left on white border. "BRITISH MANUFACTURE" (black) at bottom just left of center, on white border.

offwhite with repeating pattern of suns and dots

tan, empty

Offwhite with repeating pattern of suns and dots

brown, empty

The target is a nearly square block of wood (3 3/4" by 3 11/16" on top, 13/16" tall), natural on sides and bottom; top has four quadrants, each a different color (red, light blue, yellow, light green) and each with a recessed circular hole (not through the base).

Copy 1 includes:

Squidgers (7/8" diameter, bone, not shiny): 1 dull faded/eroded pinkish-red, 1 offfwhite/dull yellow, 1 dull blue.

Squidger (7/8" diameter, may be bone or plastic, shiny): 1 white.

Winks (5/8" diameter, bone, not shiny): 1 faded/eroded red, 2 bright red, 3 offwhite/dull yellow, 3 green.

Rick Tucker