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Squid-Tac-Toad
thumb|Squid-Tac-Toad board thumb|Final turn of the Earth championship

Squid-Tac-Toad is an enhanced version of Tic-tac-toe. Instead of a 3x3 grid, players either play on a 4x4 grid (on Earth) or a 5x5 grid (on Bullamanka).

Each player has two spinners. One side of the board spins for a letter (A-D/E) and a special piece (Squid Hopper or Toad Roller). The other spins for a number (1-4/5) and a player piece (red-naped duck "ib" or yellow-capped tadpole "Whopperdinghy"). Each player also has a disposal chute for captured pieces.

The centre of the playing board is the checkboard grid. The letter plus number defines where on the board the player piece will be placed, eg. A1 would put the piece in the top left corner, D4 (or E5) would put it in the bottom right corner.

If a special piece is spun, then the owner of that piece gets a chance to knock off one of the existing pieces on the board. If it is knocked off, it is then disposed of in the chute. The Whopperdinghy side gets the Toad Roller and the Ib side gets the Squid Hopper as their special piece. In either case, it projects a ball/boxing glove-like object tied to a piece of string.

When a player gets four (or five) in a row, they win the game.