Mornington Crescent

[Broken Viking]

We havn't had a round of this fiendish little beast in a while, so I thought I'd start a new game and see just how quickly (Or not) we can get there.

To keep things simple and relatively quick-starting, I suggest we stick with Stovolds for the first few moves.

Anyhow...Having come in on a heavily delayed SWT 455 and in dire need of the W(&)C, I'm taking a token and making a simple move to Bank. 8)

 

[dave12435]

erm Waterloo (havent got a clue how tis works)

 

[90019]

(havent got a clue how tis works)

Join the club :?

 

[dan_atki]

erm Waterloo

Lucky he's chosen the Stovold's rules - any other wouldn't allow you to immediately return to where you've come from!

I will be sneaky and use the little known rule 39d to enable me to go to Arnos Grove.

 

[EM2]

Using Kazinski's Bounce, I'll take us to Baron's Court and open the first diagonal.

 

[MCR247]

What are the rules? I dont get how you play :?

 

[jamesontheroad]

Using Kazinski's Bounce, I'll take us to Baron's Court and open the first diagonal.

Smart. A gently rolling Hanger Lane on the rebound.

(and if anyone asks, I default to the 1993 Helsinki amendments)

 

[Oswyntail]

Easily counter that with High Barnet (Phew, nearly put Totteridge and Whetstone - that would have blown it)

 

[eezypeazy]

I was fortunate enough to observe the Grand Masters of this game playing at Newcastle's Theatre Royal in June, together with the delightful Samantha, so I'm very confident that I can squeeze in a Lyttelton's Third to get me to...

Edgeware Road

What are the rules? I dont get how you play :?

I suggest you study very carefully the rules laid down at this site.

Regards

eezypeazy

 

[Royston Vasey]

A sneaky Lord Reith over a bumpy section of disused track finds us at...

Carshalton Beeches

We can't be far off now.....!

 

[Mojo]

A sneaky Lord Reith over a bumpy section of disused track finds us at...

Carshalton Beeches

We can't be far off now.....!

Nasty... Marylebone

 

[EM2]

There's an obvious move (and I think we all know what it is ) but I think I'll go for the Hepworth-Ellen Peak Hours Only gambit to Cannon Street
Central Line in Nid for thee turns I'm afraid...

 

[Broken Viking]

Dear Gods, that stuffed my plans up a bit! In this case I'm going to invoke the Beeching limited route principle and head southbound to Morden.

All change, please! 8)

 

[Mojo]

Harrow/Wealdstone

 

[dan_atki]

I shall then use the Direct Line Principle to take me to Lambeth North.

 

[dave12435]

i use the some sorta jet foi methodl to heathrow terminal 5 then on to Zurich Hbf
(seeing as that says there are no known rules and that what rules there are they are broken)

 

[eezypeazy]

Which, of course, gets us into the loop and back to Lambeth North...


... please do try to give this game the gravitas and respect it deserves!



Regards

eezypeazy
(novice: only been playing for 37 years...)

 

[Broken Viking]

Which, of course, gets us into the loop and back to Lambeth North...

Oh crap...Ye forgot about the King George VI double helix rule, didn't ye?... hock:

I'm sorry everyone, but that limits all possible moves I can make to finishing at only one station: Dollis Hill! ad:

 

[Mojo]

Dollis Hill is now in knip, is it not?

Dollis Hill

 

[eezypeazy]

Oh no!

Dollis Hill

Right, three knips, that gives the next person a free diagonal...



eezypeazy

 

[Mojo]

After carefully checking the Tube map - Brent Cross

 

[Oswyntail]

I did feel tempted to interject Ystradowen Halt here - mere nostalgia, i know, and actually banned after the 1953 incident so I shall up the ante with Canada Waters

 

[Broken Viking]

I hate to say it...But after reading details of that incident for myself a while ago, my understanding is that such a move can only be played before eight minutes to eight in the evening! Umpire?...

To stay on the safe side just in case I'm wrong, I'll try a move that should be valid from both stations - London Bridge! 8)
Please change here for Gore, Bloodshed, the London Dungeon, and Death's holiday home!

 

[jamesontheroad]

Careful Death (not often I get to say those words) ... are you sure that doesn't lead you perilously close to spoon?

 

[EM2]

No, he's OK. The call of two stations without interchange after a Dollis Hill Loop, prohibits any calls for Spoon for six turns. It would be a different matter if the East London line was still open
Let's play an Inkerman's Cross and go to Tower Hill

 

[Broken Viking]

I'm going to implement the alternative transport rule 46c as listed in the 4th edition of Stovolds - Via the DLR and a rather contrived British Airways ECS move between London City & Heathrow - And drop us into Heathrow Terminals I, II & III. 8)
(Unfortunateley, that also puts the Waterloo & City line in knip for the next 16 turns... )

 

[Royston Vasey]

In that case then... can it be... I think it is...

Mornington Crescent!!!

 

[Broken Viking]

Sorry Royston...Under the Sheffield convention of 1978CE, a direct move to Mornington Crescent from any station outside of the Circle Line is fully barred due to the routeing restrictions that apply to cash fares. As we opened the game with the Stovolds book, Travelcards and Oyster can't be used for any moves outside of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund Großbereich.

Therefore - Applying the Allen-Kempton enforcement/move exception in this case - I take a second consecutive move and take us to Rayners Lane. 8)

 

[Royston Vasey]

Sorry Royston...Under the Sheffield convention of 1978CE, a direct move to Mornington Crescent from any station outside of the Circle Line is fully barred due to the routeing restrictions that apply to cash fares. As we opened the game with the Stovolds book, Travelcards and Oyster can't be used for any moves outside of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund Großbereich.

Therefore - Applying the Allen-Kempton enforcement/move exception in this case - I take a second consecutive move and take us to Rayners Lane. 8)

Oh pissflaps, a schoolboy error.

I mistakenly assumed that the 1964 Convention of Terrington St Clements applied here, but of course the Kübelpfeiffer Perimeter Clause to which you refer was ratified at the 1978 meeting (which was a gruelling 8 day bloodbath by all accounts).

In knip for me methinks... see you in 3 moves.

 

[EM2]

Using Pearson's Local Journeys stratagem, first used in that unforgettable 1981 European Championship semi-final between Abdalla and Zaidi (and when we see a match with players like those two again, eh?), I'll go to Ealing Common

Oops, forgot to say that's forcing the Ilford Shunt of course...