North American Tiddlywinks Association

NATwA founded • 27 February 1966


Tiddlywinks • Origins & Evolution of the Noble & Royal Game

© 2023 Rick Tucker • All Rights Reserved



Směr • Czechoslovakia

The Czechoslovakian company Směr of Prague was founded in 1952 and is still operating as of 2023. The Směr company produced these tiddlywinks games, which, interestingly enough, are marked in English as TIDDLEY-WINKS on a metallic plastic label across the front cover of the round Bakelite container. This metallic label is applied across the top of the container (covering one of the Směr PRAHA globe logos) and also around the bottom of the container, which also sports the Směr globe logo along with “MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA” (in English, again). While this game is clearly of Czechoslovakian origin, it is curious that the game name and other text are entirely in English.

Tucker Tw ID • SMR-01c2 — AGPI ID • G-30495c2 — publisher • Směr (Praha, Czechoslovakia) — title • TIDDLEY-WINKS — notes • Dark brown round Bakelite container.
SMR-01c2 _ G-30495c2 _ Smer _ TIDDLEY-WINKS -item container top label
Tucker Tw ID • SMR-01c1 — AGPI ID • G-30495c1 — publisher • Směr (Praha, Czechoslovakia) — title • TIDDLEY-WINKS — notes • Dark brown round Bakelite container.
SMR-01c1 _ G-30495c1 _ Smer _ TIDDLEY-WINKS -item container bottom label
Tucker Tw ID • SMR-01c1 — AGPI ID • G-30495c1 — publisher • Směr (Praha, Czechoslovakia) — title • TIDDLEY-WINKS — notes • Dark brown round Bakelite container.
SMR-01c1 _ G-30495c1 _ Smer _ TIDDLEY-WINKS -item logo
Tucker Tw ID • SMR-01c1 — AGPI ID • G-30495c1 — publisher • Směr (Praha, Czechoslovakia) — title • TIDDLEY-WINKS — notes • Dark brown round Bakelite container.
SMR-01c1 _ G-30495c1 _ Smer _ TIDDLEY-WINKS -item target, winks, squidgers

Drechsler Spil • Denmark

Tucker Tw ID • DRE-01c1 — AGPI ID • G-38341c1 — publisher • Dreschler Spil [Denmark] — title • LOPPE-SPIL — notes • Publisher catalog number: CD 208.
DRE-01c1 _ G-38341c1 _ Drechsler Spil - DRE _ LOPPE-SPIL -cover
Tucker Tw ID • DRE-01c1 — AGPI ID • G-38341c1 — publisher • Dreschler Spil [Denmark] — title • LOPPE-SPIL — notes • Publisher catalog number: CD 208.
DRE-01c1 _ G-38341c1 _ Drechsler Spil - DRE _ LOPPE-SPIL -item cup, squidgers, winks