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Tiddlywinks is a game of skill and strategy, invented in 1955 by two undergraduates at the University of Cambridge. It is now played at a number of English, Scottish and American universities, and at national tournaments organised in the three countries.

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• 50 facts about The Duke of Edinburgh

  http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2002/50factsaboutTheDukeofEdinburgh.aspx
  Includes a summary of the role of the His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and the Goons in the creation of the Silver Wink.

• A life of sex, booze and tiddlywinks

  http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/31/1022569831791.html
  The Sydney Morning Herald's obituary of the 4th Earl of Kimberley, the most-married man in the peerage and a former player of the game.

• Britain's top at tiddlywinks

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_2373000/2373683.stm
  The BBC's report on the 24th World Pairs.

• From the Guardian’s archive, 5 January 1961: Peter Downes, tiddlywinks tycoon

  http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/jan/05/from-the-archive-editorialsandreply
  The Guardian reported on a young controversial winker.

• Problems with the rules of tiddlywinks

  http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~mf/rulesproblems.html
  A list of matters, however trivial, which have been raised concerning the rules of tiddlywinks. Maintained by Matt Fayers.

• The English Tiddlywinks Association

  http://www.etwa.org/
  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.

• The Harvard Tiddlywinks Society

  http://hcs.harvard.edu/~htws/
  Information on the Society and the game.

• The North American Tiddlywinks Association

  http://www.tiddlywinks.org/
  Includes rules of Tiddlywinks, strategy, the history of the game and compendium for game collectors.

• Tiddlywinks

  http://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A178634
  The h2g2's (slightly fictionalized) guide to the game and its players.

• Tiddlywinks team plans return to former glory

  http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/tiddlywinks-0110.html
  The news office of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reports on the refounding of MITTwA.

• Tim Hedger on the Web

  http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hedger/
  Infrequently updated tiddlywinks ratings.

• Topical Words: Tiddlywinks

  http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-tid1.htm
  The belated recognition of the name of a Wiltshire hamlet leads to thoughts on beer houses and games.

• Yahoo! Groups : tiddlywinks

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tiddlywinks/
  Bulletin Board that claims to be "everything about the classic game of tiddlywinks, from the 1890s parlor game to the competitive tournament game".

 

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