Mornington Crescent

[bitslice]

I believe the 1972 line extension rule permits Diagonals, it's considered very nouveau riche to play them unless somebody has called Seven Sisters first, which IIRC nobody has yet.

Poonton Dock,

Clearly pre custard, but nevertheless past midnight, with nobody daring to go south of the Thames? I feel my options are limited.

 

[Chris [BEANS]]

with nobody daring to go south of the Thames? I feel my options are limited.

Waterloo East was played earlier. Mulligan?

 

[Baz]

Ah, the DLR, crafty move akin to the 78' masters game.

I will use a very little known tactic of the late Grand Master Raymond Crabbit and hop skip and jump to Shadwell, keeping with the DLR of course..

 

[TehBluebear]

I feel like I don't know enough of the London transport network to play this

 

[Rainagul]

I feel like I don't know enough of the London transport network to play this

I agree, just sounds like jiberish to me.

 

[Baz]

I agree, just sounds like jiberish to me.

Well that's the '78 classic rules with mainline as wilds game for ya.

 

[TehBluebear]

Ah, the DLR, crafty move akin to the 78' masters game.

I will use a very little known tactic of the late Grand Master Raymond Crabbit and hop skip and jump to Shadwell, keeping with the DLR of course..

Let's have a crack then.

In that case, I refer you to the 1982 Blind Beggar public house ruling with regards to transfers, and move to Whitechapel, where we then transfer to the Underground station and onto the Hammersmith and City platform.

Am I doing it right?

 

[Mr^B]

Let's have a crack then.

In that case, I refer you to the 1982 Blind Beggar public house ruling with regards to transfers, and move to Whitechapel, where we then transfer to the Underground station and onto the Hammersmith and City platform.

Am I doing it right?

I see what you did there, very nice.

I like to keep things simple though...

Bank.

 

[TehBluebear]

Unfortunately not, old chap. The Blind Beggar ruling specifically states that the next destination must be reached from the platform specified at Whitechapel during the last play. It all came about when there was an unfortunate game between Hugh Trumpton and Dolores Green in the early '80s whereby, once at Whitechapel, an argument flared up with Hugh disagreeing with the line that Ms. Green was about to take. From what I can tell, it ended up with hospitalisation. The rule was quickly drafted in following this event.

 

[antijoke]

Do we just say tube station names?

 

[LordSplodge]

I see what you did there, very nice.

I like to keep things simple though...

Bank.

The 1978 Waterloo & City revision forbids a retun to Bank after less than fifty moves. You therefore must forfeit and go back to Liverpool Street.

Do we just say tube station names?

Well you could if you had no idea what you are doing. Playing Mornington Crescent isn't just a case of saying tube names though. It's like the most complex, elegant game of chess you could imagine.

 

[Baz]

Do we just say tube station names?

Some people really need to read the rules!!


From H&C line at Whitechapel, using the Whittingly Gambit from '76, Hammersmith!

Get out of that one!

 

[TehBluebear]

I bite my thumb at you sir. Very well. Let's pop up onto street level, and catch the Number 9 route bus from Hammersmith to Kensingtom Olympia.

 

[antijoke]

The 1978 Waterloo & City revision forbids a retun to Bank after less than fifty moves. You therefore must forfeit and go back to Liverpool Street.



Well you could if you had no idea what you are doing. Playing Mornington Crescent isn't just a case of saying tube names though. It's like the most complex, elegant game of chess you could imagine.

Some people really need to read the rules!!


From H&C line at Whitechapel, using the Whittingly Gambit from '76, Hammersmith!

Get out of that one!

Very well. Let's pop up onto street level, and catch the Number 9 route bus from Hammersmith to Kensingtom Olympia.

Oh boy. That is one crazy sounding game.

 

[Barbie]

If you recall the weeks long game of 1987 in Chesterton, you'll remember that someone played the Whittingly Gambit there too. Assuming my memory is accurate, the only legal counter to the gambit, is to play the gambit against itself, the Dorris Hill Loop effect will not happen in this case.


Hammersmith.

 

[TehBluebear]

I'll assume that over-rides my previous Number 9 bus play then?

 

[Yamahahahahaha]

I'll assume that over-rides my previous Number 9 bus play then?

The Hammersmith play is an obvious choice against your Number 9. It wasn't until the semi-finals of the 1993 Championship that Nigel Bettersworth realised that Baron's Court is the obvious foil.

By playing Baron's Court not only secures the route, but also allows the next player a hop-on-hop-off bonus if they so choose.

Baron's Court ahoy!

 

[Baz]

Oooh sneaky!
Reminds me of the '86 weekender between Farthingsworth and Butterby... close match.

If we are on lines with no changes, I propose Ealing Common, in line with the '75 Revised rules, article 4 section b.

 

[Shayper]

No, no, no.

Ealing Common? You must be a first timer. A Baron's Court play can only be followed by Kensington!

Which leaves us at Leicester Square.

 

[footman]

Risky strategy, using a previous station. I'll play it safe with Upminster.

Upminster is not so safe, string theory and The Euler–Mascheroni constant γ don't apply there so it must be Gants Hill.