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[Closed] M.C. - Christmas 1914 trench amnesty rules

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non aggressive moves only, free crackers at the end of each session and monuments must be saluted

traditional opening:

[b]The Hague[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 12:29 pm
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Oooh, go on, I'm in.

Nice easy one to kick off. [b]Bank.[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 12:35 pm
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I'm not going round the ring road at this hour, you must be [b]barking[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 12:44 pm
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*Stands to attention*

[b]Marble Arch[/b]


 
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Incoming!

[b]Bayswater[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 12:50 pm
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[b]Heathrow T2,[/b] and I'll take a blue token.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 12:52 pm
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Hmm.. I'll think I'll have to stick with tradition, considering the time of year.
[b]
Parsons Green.[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 1:00 pm
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[b]Baker Street[/b] avoiding Mr.Rafferty


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 1:03 pm
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Averting disaster.... [b]Moorgate[/b]


 
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Surly then on to [b] Elephant & Castle[/b]?


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 1:07 pm
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Let's move Whyte along to [b]Shoreditch[/b]


 
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๐Ÿ˜ฏ Flirting with danger there Teetosugars !

He said, wandering into [b]Bethnal Green[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 1:23 pm
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Turn your hat backwards, do 3 press ups and drop your trousers [b]mudchute[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 1:39 pm
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Sorry, that's an invalid move. Bethnal Green to Mudchute at Christmas would put the next player in knipp, and as per the OP,

non aggressive moves only

Also, I don't think you're taking this game seriously. The middle of a move is no time to start doing exercises.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 1:43 pm
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[i]reluctantly pulls trousers back up[/i]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 1:44 pm
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Hmmmmm.

I take it we're using the Bismark amendment on non-consecutive clockwise moves?

So, [b]Porte Molitor[/b], the hard way.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 1:52 pm
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Communists? That takes you to [b]Front Populaire[/b]


 
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๐Ÿ˜ฏ Flirting with danger there Teetosugars !

Yeah, I thought that, but looks like It panned out ok.. ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 2:27 pm
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First time for everything, [b]Clapham Common[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 2:30 pm
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I hate to do this. But I was sure that the 1914 trench rules were declared null and void after the 1944 ardennes forest gambit was established


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 2:33 pm
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Well, it is Christmas Teeto,
[img] [/img]
would be very cold at this time of year.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 2:35 pm
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I'm guessing it's too early for a deep foray to Gare de Lyon, so I'll skirt Piccadilly Circus and straight to [b]Green Park[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 2:47 pm
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[b]Menin Road[/b]


 
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I hate to do this. But I was sure that the 1914 trench rules were declared null and void after the 1944 ardennes forest gambit was established

Quite true old chap, however Entente Cordiale, and all that.

I'm off to see Big Bertha in [b]Bayswater[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 2:47 pm
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Bayswater, hmm?

Well that leaves a nice diagonal free to [b]Kings Cross St Pancras [/b] which should open up the game a bit.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 2:55 pm
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If we were to go North West now the doors would close too soon so i'll be an [b]Angel[/b] and head East.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 3:14 pm
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Graham - this one is purely for nostalgia, assume '44 hasn't happened.

[b]Clapham[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 3:46 pm
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If you Clapham I have to [b]Balham[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 3:56 pm
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Am happy to go with that.
From Balham I am jumping no man's land to Whitechapel


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 4:01 pm
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I have no clue at all as to what this thread is about !! What is MC etc ?


 
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Whitechapel ! Dear lord, I think we should coco round to the civilized world, although this may be classed as a backwards move, if someone could clarify.

[b]Temple[/b]


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 4:14 pm
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I have no clue at all as to what this thread is about !! What is MC etc ?

Mornington Crescent. It's a game played on the london Tube Map. the aim, as the title suggests, is to get to Mornington Crescent.

The rules are a bit complicated (and we're using an old ruleset here for nostalgia reasons), the best way to learn is probably by playing.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 4:27 pm
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Unfortunately, under these rules and assuming the Vienna amendment, we now have to go to [b]Paddington[/b] sorry everyone, that's the rule.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 4:27 pm
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Back to [b]Temple[/b] just to get us out of a hole. Anyone else having memories Stockholm '82?


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 9:49 pm
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Settle down, chaps. I'm here. Sorry I was late. Had some top level, oh never mind....

[b]Lord's[/b]

Closed around the start of the second innings, as it were.


 
Posted : 23/12/2014 9:54 pm
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Lords? At the risk of snipers I am going overground to vauxhall


 
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Vauxhall seems a little exposed for me, though I think I follow your logic. In which case: [b]Seven Sisters.[/b]


 
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I don't want to put you in Nidd obviously with it being Christmas so I'll use one of Trumpington's Variations here and go to [b]Embankment[/b]. I know it's a bit of an obvious move but it's a good strong play in these situations I always find.


 
Posted : 24/12/2014 6:54 am
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If the argyle street parabola is valid today, and I believe it is, then I should be able to play [b]Goodge Street[/b] without being considered too aggressive. Of course that really depends on what's played next.


 
Posted : 24/12/2014 9:44 am
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Ooof... Good call Onzadog, well played.


 
Posted : 24/12/2014 9:46 am
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Apologies, I haven't played in a while so I am probably a little rusty but...

... sideways chimney sweep to Parsons Green - Hanover convention rule.


 
Posted : 24/12/2014 9:49 am
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Oh I say sir, your rust is showing.

Change at Embankment for [b]Mornington Crescent.[/b]


 
Posted : 24/12/2014 10:10 am
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Er.... I may be a bit rusty but I still know the hangdog rule so you clearly can't do that without going via Embankment and that's red blocked from Onzadog's move.

As such, I call Knightsbridge.


 
Posted : 24/12/2014 10:41 am
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Rusty indeed, very well done Cougar.

EDIT:- I may have missed that. Do we need to call for an adjudicator? Given that your play stopped mine being too aggressive, I might not be considered impartial enough on this one.


 
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Ahem...


 
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