Attributes
- full title • Star Tiddledy Winks • A Fascinating Game
- by • John Jaques & Son of 20/21 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London E.C.1, England
- language used • English
- publisher catalog number on game • none (on cover); K.D.S. 5063C (on rules)
- edition • Popular Edition (on rules, not on cover)
- date • 1914
- date source • advertisement by Cleaver’s in the Wells Journal, Somerset and West of England Advertiser, 13 November 1914, page 8, column 5
- intellectual property markings • none
- cardboard box dimensions • 12 1/2″ wide, 6 1/2″ high, 1 5/8″ deep • the cardboard box has an attached hinged top
- rules • sheet (2 sides, white paper)
- game type • tiddlywinks
- keywords • star – tiddlywinks
- AGPI Game ID • G-30868
- GARD ID • 15794
- Tucker Tw ID • JAQ-09
- updated • 28 April 2024
Images
Cover
A square diamond-shaped label is attached on the center of the cover, with a white background and white outer border.
At center is a four-pointed star in white, outside of which are blue wide and short triangles that fill the remainder of the square diamond.
Within the center white four-pointed star, there is a blue wink at top. Below the blue wink is “STAR” (concave downward) with a small triangle at both left and right, all of which are in dull yellow-green with blue-green shadows plus secondary shadows.
Below is “A FASCINATING GAME” in blue.
Below that, “TIDDLEDY WINKS” (concave up) appears, in the same coloring as “STAR”.
At the lower right edge of the diamond (which is at a 45 degree angle to the cover), “JOHN JAQUES & SON. LTD LONDON” is shown in white on the blue wide and short triangle.
Contents
The target consists of a square (6 3/4″ square by 1″ tall) cardboard build-up that has a hole (1 1/8″ diameter) in the center. A four-pointed white star points to each corner. The outside of the white start is deep blue (in wide but short triangles along each edge). Within the white star are four colored circles, each with a black outilne. The colors of these circles are: yellow, green, blue, and red. The hole is at the center of the white star.
One copy of this game has the following squidgers and winks:
Bone squidgers (1 1/8″): 1 green, 1 white, 1 red, 1 blue.
Bone winks (5/8″): 6 green, 3 white, 4 red, 4 deep blue, and 1 blue.
(No felt present in copies examined.)
Rules
STAR TIDDLEDY WINKS
(Popular Edition).
Directions for playing the game.
The game is suitable for two, three, or four players. Each player provides himself with counters (large and small) of a like colour, the large one being used as a “flipper” to propel the smaller counters. By pressing the large counter on the top of one of the smaller counters these latter can be propelled or “flicked” across the table—the distance depending on the degree of pressure used. The object’of the game is to “flick” the counters into the centre hole of the “Star” or upon the coloured discs. The scores for so doing are given over leaf. NOTE:— A counter is considered upon a coloured disc if any part of the counter touches the disc. The game is best prayed on a table (square or round) about three or four feet across and covered with a thick table cloth. The “Star” is placed in the centre of the table, one point of the star facing each player. The small counters are put in line at some given distance from the “Star.” Each player’s colour is decided after the “Star” has been placed upon the table.The Score is reckoned as follows
For every Counter in the centre hole score… 3 For every Counter upon its own colour disc score 1 For every Counter upon a disc of different colour deduct… … … 1 For every Counter upon the table or upon any other part of the star platform count … 0 Any number of rounds may constitute a game and scores should be recorded on paper.PUBLISHED BY JOHN JAQUES & SON, Ltd., — 20/21, KIRBY STREET, — HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, E.C. 1. K.D.S. 5063C.
Contents
The target consists of a square (6 3/4″ square by 1″ tall) cardboard build-up that has a hole (1 1/8″ diameter) in the center. A four-pointed white star points to each corner. The outside of the white start is deep blue (in wide but short triangles along each edge). Within the white star are four colored circles, each with a black outilne. The colors of these circles are: yellow, green, blue, and red. The hole is at the center of the white star.
One copy of this game has the following squidgers and winks:
Bone squidgers (1 1/8″): 1 green, 1 white, 1 red, 1 blue.
Bone winks (5/8″): 6 green, 3 white, 4 red, 4 deep blue, and 1 blue.
(No felt present in copies examined.)
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