Game Information

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[title MATCH]

A
NEW
Version
of

A
Popular
Game

[title TIDLEY WINKS]

PROTECTED

British Manufacture

Version 1 has a square box with a dark red underlabel. The title on the cover is shown as: "MATCH" (pink/red with black outline on yellow banner at top) and "TIDLEY WINKS" (same, at bottom). The cover illustration has a 4 cup round target, whereas the actual cardboard target has 4 square sections.

tiddlywinks

None present in copies examined.

4 1/16 inches wide — 4 1/16 inches high — 1⅝ inches deep

10.3 cm wide — 10.3 cm high — 4.1 cm deep

71.0 grams

2.5 ounces

The square top label has a dirty white then yellow border and then a frame consisting of black and green lines and red flourishes.

At top, "MATCH" (pink at top, red at bottom, black outline, shadow to the right and down) appears on a yellow banner that also has a green line parallel to its borders.

At center left, "A" above "NEW" above "Version" above "of" (in black) appears in a white square with black surrounding it.

At center is an illustration of a right hand at upper right holding a light blue squidger on a light blue wink, aiming it at the four-pot target. That target consists of cylindrical cups, one each in light blue, yellow, green, and red. 6 green winks, 5 red, 5 light blue, and 5 yellow are also shown on the green playing surface.

At center right, "A" above "Popular" above "Game" (in black) appears in a white square with black surrounding it.

At bottom, "TIDLEY WINKS" (pink at top, red at bottom, black outline, shadow to the right and down) appears on a yellow banner that also has a green line parallel to its borders.

"PROTECTED" is shown at lower left on the yellow border.

"British Manufacture" is shown at lower right on the yellow border.

dark red

offwhite, empty

dark red, empty

tan, empty

The game's cardboard target is attached inside the box bottom. It consists of 4 square, colored sections, each about 1 7/8" square and 1 5/8" deep.

Copy 1 includes:

Squidgers (1 1/16" diameter, bone, not shiny): 1 blue, 1 offwhite, 1 faded/eroded green, 1 bright red.

Winks (9/16" diameter, bone, not shiny): 4 dark purple, 3 dirty yellow, 4 partially dirty yellow, 4 faded/eroded red, 2 darker red, 6 faded/eroded green.

Winks (5/8" diameter, bone, not shiny): 1 faded/eroded purple, 1 dull red, 2 medium blue, 1 dull red, 1 brighter red.

Winks (5/8" diameter, maybe vegetable ivory): 2 dirty white.