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Pick Up Sticks

Pick Up Sticks 1850

Design (Uncredited) Art Pieter Woudt Publisher (Public Domain)
4.4 /10
BGG rating
#31445
BGG rank
1.1
Weight
2–6
Players
3
Best at
10–30
Minutes
4
Age
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About the 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

Filed Under

Categories
Action / Dexterity Children's Game Party Game
Mechanics
Physical Removal Push Your Luck Set Collection Take That
Also known as
4-5-6 Pick Up Sticks · 456 Pick Up Sticks · Bierki · Destreza · Fiddle Sticks · The Game of Spellicans · Giant Pick-Up Sticks · Jackstraws · Joko · Jumbo Mikado Pick-Up-Sticks · Kejsarlek · The Klutz Book of Pickup Sticks …
BGG ratings
3,202 · geek rating 4.83
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026

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