Pick Up Sticks

1850
(Uncredited)
BGG Geek Rating
4.8
based on 3,055 ratings
BGG Average Rating
4.4
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BGG Ranking
#29494
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Players
2-6
Weight
1.05/5.00
Playtime
30 min
Age
4+

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📂 Categories

Action / Dexterity Children's Game Party Game

🎨 Artists

Pieter Woudt

🏢 Publishers

Pelikan Aquamarine Games (COMPUDID) Plaza Mfg. Co. Melissa & Doug Rozelle Spółdzielnia Pracy im. Stanisława Dubois Holzinsel Playtoy Industries Adamigo Planet Finska Sundry Products Dilemma Games Unikatoy Chateau John Dewar & Sons Ltd Joseph Huber Kikkado Design KO Lord Zigaretten Dal Negro Carlit Woodstock Spiele WWF Viacom International House of Marbles John Adams (IDEAL) Lifetime Games Papita Palet Miro Innovakids GmbH Steven Manuf. Co. Brio AB Klutz Press Jumbo Lakeside danspil Kärnan Pin International Creative Crafthouse Pressman Toy Corp. Gibsons Schylling Kikkerland Klee Merit Peri Spiele Milton Bradley Peter Pan Playthings CHH Games Whitman Majora Schmidt Spiele Hearth & Hand with Magnolia O Schoenhut & Co. Inc. Palet spil Monkey Pod Games Marks & Spencer Noris Spiele H. P. Gibson & Sons Pier 1 Imports Printworks Spear's Games Ghisò Cardinal (Public Domain) Ginger Fox Ltd. Bartl Piatnik HABA (Unknown) Tactic

📖 About This Game

Long, thin sticks are scattered on the table in a heap. The black one is used as a tool to pick up the others. The player picks up sticks one at a time, until he causes any other stick to move besides the one he is attempting to pick up. Score points based on the color retrieved. The game is believed to have developed from the yarrow stalks used for divination with the Chinese I Ching. Published in Germany about 1850. This concept has been re-published in Germany, 2003, by HABA as Mikado, a game Ages 5 and up