Game Information
Globe Series of Games (publisher) AGPI # · P-2793Full Publisher Info
Flipperty Flop (game title) AGPI # · G-30681
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
GLB-02
Title Source · 
cover
Title, Preserving Case

"Flipperty Flop."

Title Language · 
English
Date · 
1891 
Date Source(s)

Wigan Observer and District Advertiser, 18 September 1891, page 7, column 1, advertisement [link https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001974/18910918/138/0007]

Publisher Name on Game

Globe Series of Games

Publication Location on Game

UK

Cover Text

MADE IN GERMANY

Variant Description

The game comes in a wooden box; // "Registered" // appears on the cover.

Made In Location Marked · 
Germany
Game Type · 
tiddlywinks
Number of Players · 
2, 4, or 6
Rules Format

leaflet

Rules Overview

"REVISED RULES AND DIRECTIONS FOR The New and Diverting Game of Flipperty Flop."

Container Type

wooden box

Container Size · (measured in inches)

3 ¾ inches wide — 5 inches high — 1 ⅞ inches deep

21 cm wide — 12.7 cm high — 5.4 cm deep

Cover Description

"Flipperty Flop" in script at top. "Registered" in red below title. 4 girls/women, 1 man with beard, and 1 boy around circular table with square green mat and wood cup at center.

Tiddlywinks Type · 
cup
Tiddlywinks Targets

Nicely turned wooden cup. Also sheet of paper noting where to place cup, and regions marked "Flipperty Flop"

Winks

Yes (included but not counted or measured).

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
(No felt present in copies examined.)
Collection • Individual(s)

Rick Tucker

Additional Web Links

web-source-1 ⇱

More Sources

GLB-04 ad

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