Pick Up Sticks
Score
4.3
Players
2-6
Time
10 to 30 min
Recommended Age
4+
Difficulty
easy
Official Website
Not provided
Type
game
publishers
(Public Domain)(Unknown)AdamigoBartlBrio ABCardinalCarlitCayro, The GamesChateauCHH GamesCreative CrafthouseDal NegrodanspilDilemma GamesGhisòGibsonsH. P. Gibson & SonsHABAHearth & Hand with MagnoliaHouse of MarblesJames Industries, Inc.John Adams (IDEAL)John Dewar & Sons LtdJoseph HuberJumboKärnanKikkado DesignKikkerlandKleeKlutz PressKOLakesideLifetime GamesLord ZigarettenMajoraMarks & SpencerMelissa & DougMeritMilton BradleyMonkey Pod GamesNoris SpieleO Schoenhut & Co. Inc.Palet MiroPalet spilPapitaPelikanPeri SpielePeter Pan PlaythingsPiatnikPier 1 ImportsPin InternationalPlanet FinskaPlaytoy IndustriesPlaza Mfg. Co.Pressman Toy Corp.PrintworksRozelleSchmidt SpieleSchyllingSpear's GamesSpółdzielnia Pracy im. Stanisława DuboisSteven Manuf. Co.Sundry ProductsTacticUnikatoyViacom InternationalWhitmanWoodstock SpieleWWF
designers
artists
Description
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