Cootie

1927
J. H. W., William Schaper
BGG Geek Rating
4.8
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BGG Average Rating
3.4
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BGG Ranking
#29495
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Players
2-4
Weight
1.02/5.00
Playtime
20 min
Age
3+

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Set Collection Dice Rolling Race Paper-and-Pencil

📂 Categories

Children's Game Dice Animals

🏢 Publishers

AMIGO Brimtoy Chad Valley Co Ltd. Direco AB Drivabolagen AB E. S. Lowe Company Inc. ER Juguetes Gazebo Games UK Ltd. Gibsons H. P. Gibson & Sons Hasbro House of Marbles J. H. Warder King International Klee Köhler Lemeco MB Giochi MB Jeux MB Spellen MB Spiele Merit Michael Stanfield Milton Bradley Peter Pan Playthings Pilot Plastics Playskool Rorks Russimco Games Schaper Toltoys Transogram Tyco Universal Publications Ltd Vallbo Zodiac Toys

📖 About This Game

Players race to construct a plastic bug, rolling a die to see which piece they get to add. The Hennepin History Museum states that the first Cootie game was designed by William H. Schaper in 1949. However, Schaper's game was not the first based upon the insect known as the "cootie". The creature was the subject of several tabletop games, mostly pencil and paper games, in the decades of the twentieth century following World War I. In 1927, the J. H. Warder Company of Chicago released Tu-Tee, and the Charles Bowlby Company released Cootie; though based on a "build a bug" concept similar to Schaper's, both were paper and pencil games. Schaper's game was the first to employ a fully three dimensional, free-standing plastic cootie. Known in Australia as Creepy Critters and in the UK as Beetle Drive.