Game Information
Spear's Games (publisher) AGPI # · P-1849Full Publisher Info
Ladderwinks (game title) AGPI # · G-39774
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
SPE-92
Title Source · 
game cover
Title, Preserving Case

LADDERWINKS

Title Language · 
English
Publisher Name on Game

Spear's Games (on cover)

Publication Location on Game

Enfield, Middlesex, England

Publisher Catalog #

7748/1 (on rules)

Publisher Mark(s)

"SPEAR'S GAMES" in oval.

Brand on Game

(none)

Cover Text

«LADDERWINKS»

MADE IN ENGLAND
CHIPS FOREIGN

MADE AT THE SPEAR WORKS ENFIELD, MDDX. COPYRIGHT

Variant Description

Smaller, rectangular box with yellow and orange background

Made In Location Marked · 
England ("CHIPS FOREIGN"
Game Type · 
Keywords
Rules Format

printed under box lid

Rules Overview

"LADDERWINKS AND TIDLEY WINKS."

Container Type

cardboard box

Container Size · (measured in inches)

6 3/16 inches wide — 3 ½ inches high — 1 ¾ inches deep

10 cm wide — 39.4 cm high — 8.3 cm deep

Cover Description

The top label has a white outer border then a black line framing the main cover art.

The top one-quarter has an orange background with "LADDERWINKS" (in yellow with right shadow in black) over it.

The remainder of the cover below has a pale yellow background.

A hand emerges from the upper right corner (over the orange background), holding a pale blue squidger on a yellow with with 3 white dots on a green shooting pad on the yellow background. Adjacent to the green shooting pad is a plain pale blue wink, an orange wink with 6 white dots, and a green wink with 5 white dots.

The wink is aimed at the game target, which consists of a ladder of 4 colored sticks (pale blue, yellow, green, and orange, from right to left), connected each with 2 round numbered pieces (1, 2, and 3, from right to left) where they meet the cup (gray with a red ring at top, with a yellow wink falling in) at lower left.

At lower right over the yellow background: "MADE IN ENGLAND" over "CHIPS FOREIGN" (in black).

At bottom right over the white outer border: "MADE AT THE SPEAR WORKS ENFIELD, MDDX. COPYRIGHT".

Underlabel Description

red

Inside Box Lid

rules label on tan

Apron Descriptions

Red, empty

Box Bottom Description

gray overlabel

Tiddlywinks Targets

The cardboard game target consists of a ladder of 4 colored sticks (pale blue, yellow, green, and orange), connected each with 2 round numbered pieces (1, 2, and 3) where they meet the hole with the natural wooden cup (1 3/4" top diameter, 1 1/2" bottom diameter, 1 1/2" tall), which has straight but angled sides and a shiny finish except on the bottom.

Winks

Yes (not counted)

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
Copy 1 of this game includes: 1 round piece of felt (1 5/16" in diameter), green on one side and brown with some green on the other side.
Collection • Individual(s)

Rick Tucker

Database Update Date · 
2025-04-14 20:43:14

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