Remember Tiddlywinks? It’s an old-fashioned game with a funny name. I had five children over at my house this afternoon and suggested that we play it. They looked at me quizzically – play what? I still have the set that we played with when I was young.
I probably wasn’t the best person to teach them since the only thing I remembered was that you use the big disks to try to pop the little ones (winks) into the pot. I looked it up later and the big ones are called “squidgers,” which makes the whole thing even better. The game has been around since 1888 and became a popular craze in the 1890’s.
The thing that struck me was how refreshingly simple the game was. Have you taken a look at board games lately? Gone are the games that you could learn in five minutes. We gave our son a board game last year called “Wingspan.” It’s a beautiful game, but it was stressful for me to try to learn. The rules were really complicated and hard to remember (I’m sure my age doesn’t help).
In my research I discovered that the modern version of Tiddlywinks uses far more complex rules and high-grade equipment. Bah, humbug. Just give me a squidger and let me try to get the wink into the pot.
I’ll probably squidge this post right into the Tiddlywink pot in the morning.
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Haven’t thought about that game in years…..I’m with you on trying to learn the rules of some of these new games kids play. My brain doesn’t always cooperate.
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I usually just watch them play these games now – much easier on the gray matter.
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