SPEAR'S VIER VERSCHILLENDE TIDDLEDY WINKS

Spear's Four Different Tiddledy Winks

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Spear's Spelen (on cover, rules label under lid, 3 rules sheets)

Jeux Spear (on 4 rules sheets)

Nürnberg

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"SPEAR'S SPELEN" in black oval (on cover, rules label under lid, 3 rules sheets)

"JEUX-SPEAR" in black oval (on 4 rules sheets)

«SPEAR'S
VIER VERSCHILLENDE
TIDDLEDY WINKS»

«SPEAR'S SPELEN»

GES. GESCH.

"VERSCHILLENDE" in title. "SPEAR'S SPELEN" oval logo on cover.

Cover is similar to [similar (SPE-62 SPE-65 SPE-68 SPE-76 SPE-78)] but in various languages and made in varying locations.

Dutch shoe, shoe, compendium, bowling

label under box lid;
also 7 sheets (1 side each), 3 in Dutch, 4 in French

Label under box lid: "KLOMP-TIDDLEDY WINKS"

Sheet in Dutch: "Tiddledy=Winks of Vlooienspel."

Sheet in Dutch: "Kegel-Tiddledy Winks."

Sheet in Dutch: "SCHIJF - TIDDLEDY WINKS."

Sheet in French: "Jeu de puces avec disque."

Sheet in French: "Jeu de puces avec sabot."

Sheet in French: "Jeu de puces ave quilles."

Sheet in French: "Tiddledy-Winks ou Jeu de puces."

Dutch

French

cardboard box

7 ¼ inches wide — 7 3/16 inches high — 1 ⅝ inches deep

45.1 cm wide — 11.6 cm high — 4.8 cm deep

The top label has a white outer border, then a black outline that frames the main cover art.

The upper left quadrant has a yellow background (smaller than the rest). The lower left, a red rectangular quadrant. The lower right, a dark blue quadrant (small). The upper right, a green quadrant.

The title, "SPEAR'S" over "VIER VERSCHILLENDE" over "TIDDLEDY WINKS" (in dark blue) appears across the top two quadrants (yellow and green).

The yellow quadrant shows 4 orange bowling pins standing up and 6 laying down, along with an assortment of winks of various colors.

The green quadrant shows a yellow cup at right, with 2 rings near the base, and 13 winks or various colors.

The red quadrant shows a hand holding a blue squidger on a yellow wink that's on a green shooting pad, aimed at a Dutch shoe at upper right in the quadrant. 12 additional winks of various colors are also in this quadrant.

The blue quadrant shows a concentric target (with a red ring marked "1" and an inner blue ring marked "2") inside a red box bottom, with 6 winks of various colors nearby.

The logo, "SPEAR'S SPELEN" in an oval (all in black) appears at lower left at the bottom of the red quadrant.

At lower left, on the white border: "GES. GESCH."

yellow with cross-hatch texture

rules label on offwhite

Each of the 4 yellow aprons shows a hand at right holding a red squidger on a blue wink.

The bottom apron shows 4 red bowling pins at left.

The left apron shows a Dutch shoe at left.

The right apron shows a cup at left.

The top apron shows a concentric target inside a red box bottom.

The game title does not appear on any of the aprons.

pink overlabel on a red wraparound label on the box bottom

Red-painted wooden bowling pins (1 7/8" tall, 1/4" wide): 8 provided.

Concentric target with blue outer rounded triangles (not marked with a number), then a red ring (marked "1" in white), a white ring (marked "2" in blue), and a hole in the middle where a shiny natural finished wooden cup (1 3/4" top diameter, 1 3/8" bottom diameter (unfinished), 1 1/2" tall), with two recessed rings near the base, is placed. The sides of the cup are straight and angled down.

Dutch shoe in unfinished natural wood (4" maximum length, 1 1/2" maximum width, 1 1/2" maximum height).

The game comes with the following squidgers and winks:

1 squidger (1 1/32" diameter): red, yellow, dark green, black, medium blue, and white.

6 winks (19/32" diameter); red, yellow, dark green, black, medium blue, and white.

(Copy 1 is missing 1 dark green and 1 white.)

Rick Tucker

Historisch Overzicht Nederlandse GezelschapsSpellen website (hongs.nl): images and summary ⇱

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