Game Information
Chad Valley Games (publisher) AGPI # · P-3161Full Publisher Info
Tidley Winks (game) AGPI # · G-30759
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
CVG-38
Title Source · 
game cover
Title, Preserving Case · 
TIDLEY WINKS
Title Language · 
English
Publisher Name on Game

The "Chad Valley" Games (on cover, rules)

Publisher Catalog #

(no catalog number shown on game)

Publisher Mark

|The" CHAD VALLEY" Games| above "REGD. TRADE MARK" on long oval with concave corners (on cover)

Cover Text

[title TIDLEY
WINKS]

[logo The "CHAD VALLEY" Games
REGD. TRADE MARK]

MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND

Variant Description

The square box has a predominantly black background. The cover shows the letters of "TIDLEY" over "WINKS" appearing on various colored circles, with a green pot with a narrower top than bottom in the middle. There is no notch on the long aprons of the box top. No cup was present in Copy 1.

Similar Games · 
[similar CVG-38 CVG-24v WBK-01]
Made In Location Marked · 
Harborne, England
Game Type · 
Keywords
Rules Format

printed under box lid

Rules Overview

"Rules for the Game of TIDLEYWINKS."

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

6⅞ inches wide — 6⅞ inches high — 1½ inches deep

17.5 cm wide — 17.5 cm high — 3.8 cm deep

Cover Description

The wraparound label has a red outer border, then white. The main background is black.

At top is "TIDLEY" with each letter on a different colored wink (light blue, medium green, dark blue, red, medium green, yellow), on a concave-down curve. Below is a green cup that is wider at the bottom than top, and concave on the sides. A yellow line is shown across the center behind the green cup. Below is "WINKS" with each letter on a different colored wink (yellow, green, red, blue, and green), on a concave-up curve.

At lower left: the logo, "The" then |"CHAD VALLEY"| then "Games" over "REGD. TRADE MARK" (in black) within a white oval.

At lower right: "MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND" (in black) within a white rectangle.

Underlabel Description

(none)

Inside Box Lid

printed rules on offwhite

Apron Descriptions

All aprons have a red background at top and bottom, with black horizontal rectangles between.

Top and bottom aprons: "TIDLEY WINKS" with letters in black on various colored winks, with a blank yellow wink between the "Y" and "W".

Left and right aprons: 9 winks in various colors at various angles.

Box Bottom Description

red leatherette overlabel on box bottom

Tiddlywinks Type · 
cup, target
Tiddlywinks Targets

The rectangular cardboard target in the box bottom has 6 radially-marked areas: "1" on red circle in yellow sector, "5" on yellow circle in blue sector, "2" on light blue circle on red sector, "4" on blue circle in yellow circle, "3" on orange circle in green sector, and "6" on red circle in light blue sector, each with a 8-sided black star around the circle. The center of the target has a 1 7/8" diameter hole at center for a cup.

Copy 1 includes no cup.

Winks

Yes (included but not counted or measured).

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
(No felt present in copies examined.)
In Collection · 
Database Update Date · 
2023-07-24 20:00:42

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