Pick-up sticks is a wonderful game that is also sometimes called Spillikins, Jerk-Straw or Mikado. Whatever you want to call it, this is a game which has been loved by children all over the world for centuries. The Victorians loved pickup sticks and played it in their parlours with beautiful sets made of ivory or bone. Our set is wooden with approximately 31 sticks in each pack. Sticks measure around 18 cm long each.