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SuperKim and I play Uncle Wiggily!
1954 edition
1967 board
Full box cover of Winning Moves 100th Anniversary Uncle Wiggily game.

Uncle Wiggily (1916)

Players
2–4
Best: 3, 4
Playing time
30–30 min
Age
4+
4.10
Average rating
382
Ratings
1.03/5
Weight
#31151
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Howard R. Garis
Artist:Howard R. Garis, Tim Hildebrandt
Publisher:Milton Bradley +2 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 2.1, Theme 5
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity2.1
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

RacingChildren's GameAnimalsNovel-basedRoll / Spin and MoveTrack Movement

Overview

Players join Uncle Wiggily on his adventure by drawing cards, following the simple rhymes and moving Uncle Wiggily. Cards also feature numbers and symbols, so children who cannot read will still be able to play.

Be the first to arrive at Dr. Possum's house to win the game!

The American writer Howard R. Garis (1872-1961) created the character "Uncle Wiggily Longears" for a children's book in 1910. According to Whitehill, the game based on the children's story was first introduced by the Milton Bradley Company in 1916. Bradley modified the game in 1923, 1949, and 1955. Whitehill states that Parker Brothers obtained the rights to Uncle Wiggily in 1967. However, in 1989 both Milton Bradley Co. and Parker Brothers reintroduced different version of the same game. Hasbro now owns both the Parker and Bradley rights, but apparently is producing the Bradley version for the current market. The game is of the "racing" variety in the style of the European "Goose Game", that is the first player to reach the end of the "track" wins.

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