What is Tiddlywinks? and How Do I Play It?
An Introduction Video by CUTwC
Tiddlywinks Consists of 4 sets of Winks
A Pot in the Middle
And each player uses a squidger to move his/her winks.
So overall, it should look something like this at the start.
To win the game, player should pot as many as possible their own winks into the pot
or squap as many as possible opponent winks
At the start of the games, all winks are placed at the 4 corners.
The First Step of the Game is called Bring In.
This is to move winks closer to the pot so they are pottable.
Then players should attempt to pot as many winks as possible.
Alternatively, players can also squop opponent winks to prevent them from potting.
Multiple techniques can be used for potting or squopping.
Then players should attempt to pot as many winks as possible.
Potting
General Potting Techniques
Aim you squidger towards the pot. Press on the far end of the wink and quickly flip the squidger to push the wink into the air.
Selection of Potting Angles
The angle of squidger is essential in accurate potting.
The further away from the pot, the flatter your squidger should be
Drag the red dot to change the distance of potting
Extreme Case -- Right Beneath the Pot
In this case, put your squidger upright, exert a pressure on the wink
and quickly sweep it outwards to make it jump straight up
Squopping
Squopping can prevent opponent winks from moving.
It also reduces the points gained by opponents.
First Squopping Technique: At Close Distance
Pivot the farther end of your wink to squeeze it towards the opponents' wink
Second Squopping Technique: From Afar
Flip the wink to make it roll in the air, henceforth increasing accuracy over range.
Doubletons/Tripletons: Highly Efficient Shots
If multiple opponent winks are close together, aim for the center of the pile to squap them all.
Advanced Techniques
Bristol
Bristol an opponent wink onto another opponent wink to squop both altogether.
Slice your squidger into the top free wink gently, as if you're cutting it with a knife.
Nudge both winks onto the target wink.
Boondock
Use boondock to push a squopped opponent wink towards the edge / off the table.
Chip into the free wink elevated edge and squeeze the bottom one far out.
John Lennon Memorial shot
An advanced Boondock shot that also squops a nearby wink.
Boondock & Squop Gesture combined into one motion.
Since the squidger needs to boondock and squop, keep it more uptight than boondock alone.
Bring In
Squop Style
Hold the squidger with both hands, face the pot/where you want the wink to land.
Squeeze the wink's rear end with medium force to push it out.
Pot Style
This is similar to potting. Adjust your squidger angle according to distance.
Jump to Potting section for reference.
