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Tiddlywinks is a game played with sets of small, thin discs (called winks) lying on a surface, usually a felt mat. Players use a larger disc (called a squidger) to pop a smaller disc into flight by pressing down on one side of the smaller disc. The basic goal of an informal game (easily playable by young children) is to cause the smaller discs to land inside a pot or cup. The formal game has a more robust set of rules, goals, and strategies suitable to serious competition for adults and older children. A core element of the tournament game is the squop, where one wink covers another wink, thereby immobilizing it.

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The English Tiddlywinks Association - Forthcoming Tiddlywinks tournaments; the latest ratings and newsletter; previous winners of major tournaments; and links to ETwA council members and back issues of Winking World.
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Queens' College Record 1998 - Tiddlywinks - Report of Qu.C.Tw.C. to the college magazine.

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The Harvard Tiddlywinks Society - Information on the Society and the game.

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The Sporting Record - Tiddlywinks - Qu.C.Tw.C.'s contribution to the 1997 College Record.

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