Beetle (game) vary depending on the rules established by the players. It is necessary to roll the correct number for the body before any other part may be drawn. To the body, one may attach the head, legs or wings, but the head must precede the antenna and eyes. The first player to draw all the requisite parts is the winner. Beetle has been converted to a commercial game called Cootie, and is also released under the name Beetle by Milton Bradley. Beetles are constructed as plastic models. There are some minor gameplay differences, such as there being no wings on the
The Game of Cootie to Schaper's, both were paper and pencil games. In 1937, Rork's released "The Game of Cootie", and it too was a paper and pencil game. A paper and pencil party game called "Beetle" is popular in Britain but its date of origin is unknown. In 1939, Transogram published "Cootie", a game featuring a three-dimensional wooden bug assembled in a die-cut tray. Schaper's game was the first to employ a fully three-dimensional, free-standing plastic cootie. Schaper's plastic bug has become an icon, and, for some, a symbol for the baby boomer generation. In 2003, the Toy Industry Association included "Cootie" on