TIDDLEYWINKS

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(no publisher name on game) No marking indicating publisher. Assumed to be Chad Valley due to similarity with CVG-19.

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«TIDDLEYWINKS»

BRITISH MANUFACTURE

Title is "TIDDLEYWINKS"; label on cover has green border; illustration of hand holding red squidger on yellow wink on green pad on light blue surface, with 42 additional winks on the cover; "BRITISH MANUFACTURE" on cover Red underlabel on box top; red edges of overlabel only on box bottom.

Cover very similar to CVG-19, though illustration has different colors and wink placements

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cardboard box

5 7/16 inches wide — 4 3/16 inches high — 1 ⅞ inches deep

9 cm wide — 6.8 cm high — 5.4 cm deep

The top label has a green outer border then a blue line, and then the main cover art inside.

The main cover art has a dark blue background for the top 1/3, and light blue for the bottom 2/3.

"TIDDLEYWINKS" (in white) appears at upper left in the blue area at top.

A reddish-owwhite wooden cup appears at lower left with streams of winks entering and aiming into it from the upper right and left, plus winks on the playing surface. There is a hand at right holding a red squidger on a yellow wink on a green mat.

At bottom right: "BRITISH MANUFACTURE" (in black)The top label has a green outer border then a blue line, and then the main cover art inside.

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red

Offwhite and empty

Red with no design.

Light gray with red slightly textured box bottom overlabels.

Copy 1 includes:

Nicely turned natural wood cup (1 3/4" in top and bottom diameter, 1 5/8" tall) has slightly concave sides leading to a base (3/8" tall, included above) that is 1/4" wider around than the side above it. Its inside and sides have a shiny finish. Two dark brown rings appear around the base.

Copy 1 includes:

Squidgers (1 1/8" diameter, quality plastic, no burrs): 1 dark blue, 1 white, 1 bright red, 1 bright green.'

Wooden pawns (11/16" diameter, 1/2" thick): 2 dark blue, 2 dull yellow, 2 red, 2 green.

Wink (27/32" diameter, quality plastic, no burrs): 1 offwhite.

Wink (21/32" diameter, quality plastic, no burrs): 1 offwhite.

Wink (19/32" diameter, quality plastic wink no burrs): 1 offwhite.

A die (5/8" cube) in offwhite with black pips.

A die (9/16" cube) in offwhite with black pips.

A dice tosser (2 1/2" long, 1 1/4" wide at top and bottom, with concave sides.

Rick Tucker