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It's been forever since we've had a game.
1967 Revised Edition ruleset, Rushton's Gambit is in play, and to make it interesting I'm removing orange tokens from the game.
We'll start at South Ruislip.
No orange tokens? In that case I'll finesse a short hop to Upminster. But bear in mind there are no escalators there.
Sunday afternoon calls for wine from Hedonism Wines in Berkeley Square, so Green Park.
We’ll as it’s Sunday and diagonals are not allowed, I’m going to have to say pimlico
Upminster without escalators, hmmm. Mornington Crescent is escalator free also but I think it’s a trick so a long escalator station should counter that, Angel.
Apols for cross posting. I withdraw under the Merryweather clause
I thought Merryweather was first posited in '71? So technically not in accordance with the 67 revised edition anyway, but I applaud the sentiment so feel your withdrawal should be allowed.
Anyhow, Aldgate East. Who saw that coming?
Paddington? - quartered diagonal right there. Blatant! You should be in nip for that. Umpire?
The Umpire for this game is a dream compared to the match referee, a stickler for the rules. As such I’ll keep my move simple and go Piccadilly.
As such I’ll keep my move simple and go Piccadilly
Who told you that you could omit half a station name?! That's definitely not in the '67 revised edition, being on first name terms with a station. Piccadilly CIRCUS thank you very much.
Bank.
Piccadilly, not my circus and clearly not one for Oxford so it's Regents Park for someone else's monkeys.
Edit obviously via Bank for an overlapping post adjustment while the 67 rules allowed for postal adjustments clearly in a digital age we can apply those rules to electronic written communication.
If Rushton’s Gambit is in play than I (somewhat gloatingly) give you; "Mark Lane" (on the Circle line) which, as I am sure you all know, was closed in 1967, but IS allowed by the 1967 Revised Edition ruleset.
It’s possibly a fools gambit but here goes!
Chalk Farm.
Some people are playing fast and loose with the spirit, if not the letter of the concentric bylaws 😡
To those people I say 'Cockfosters'.
is there a fantasy league running again like last time?
Cockfosters
The only next play therefore is Enfield Lock.
As this is singletrack, I'll go for Brompton Road!
but sorry I haven’t a clue what you’re on about
A full version of the rules is on its way to you, it'll look like the yellow pages, but the rules are embed in a cipher based on the 71, not the foolish 67 ruleset.
Right, now hang on (just) a minute. Brompton Road after Enfield lock is pairing after positional play. Pretty sure the 67 revised rule set mandates parlop after such a move so here goes.
Hownslow.
Shit. East. Hownslow East.
I think misspelling Hounslow AND treating the compass designator as an afterthought is very poor form if I'm honest. Shocking.
Ah now, this could be contentious, but seeing as we're on the revised '67 ruleset, I'm playing Tower Hill.
Had this been under the 1940-45 wartime revision i would have, of course, played Mark Lane.
Unless we've enacted the Circle and District exemption? Sorry I'm not near my library so can't refer to the technical guidance.
There’s surely only one place available from Tower Hill and it certainly is Ongar - still very much in play in ‘67. We’re on the right line now.
It's all got a bit fractious for a Sunday evening friendly so I'm calming things down with sleepy Roding Valley.
Well Samantha just whispered that if I want to make a move I could take her up Goodge Street, so Goodge Street it is.
Samantha is a bit cheeky. I'm going out on a limb with Aldwych.
Nice. But since we're playing Rushton's gambit, I really have no choice. Totteridge & Whetstone.
oceanskipperFull Member
Right, now hang on (just) a minute. Brompton Road after Enfield lock is pairing after positional play. Pretty sure the 67 revised rule set mandates parlop after such a move so here goes.
In theory yes, but the pairing is obviously the great underground station architect Leslie William Green! Obviously it's too late to back node at this point so play on
Play on he says, so play on we must.
Rushton’s gambit precludes Earls Court so it’s straight to Stratford.
It looks to me that you are all unaware of the latest revision as described in the 1985 publication of the Metamagical Themas. I call Finchley Central and declare myself the winner! Not bad for a first attempt!
Admittedly I'm a novice, but my reading of the post-lockdown revision surely means self-declaration of victory actually is a straight disqualification without recourse to VAR.
As I understand it the only valid move following this to avoid the Rees-Mogg Sleepy Pocket Trap would be Highgate?
It looks to me that you are all unaware of the latest revision as described in the 1985 publication of the Metamagical Themas. I call Finchley Central and declare myself the winner! Not bad for a first attempt!
Objection, I specified which ruleset we were using at the outset, you can't just make rules up. That's a totally illegal move prior to the Stovokor Convention.
Play resets to Stratford. I'm going to take Elephant & Castle (anticlockwise, of course).
Rather sneaky there Cougar. If I didn't know any better I'd think you were trying to place me in Nidd. Nevertheless, Marylebone via the replacement bus service.
Seems that I rather misconstrued Samantha's suggestion last night, and now the Oval is going to remain closed to me for a week. Only one thing for it - Seven Sisters.
I admire your optimism.
Cockfosters.
Seems that I rather misconstrued Samantha’s suggestion last night, and now the Oval is going to remain closed to me for a week. Only one thing for it – Seven Sisters.
I'd have gone for Shepherd's Bush in those circumstances.
There’s only one possible choice if all those stations are closed for maintenance. It has to be Russell Square.
Put bluntly I'm lost; I haven't a clue what going in, but I'm chucking out Bakerloo Line's Elephant and Castle more in desperation than hope 🤷🏼♂️
I fear @thepurist may have missed a clever (though admittedly risky) positional play option via the Piccadilly line to Arsenal?
Cougar
Full MemberI admire your optimism.
Cockfosters.
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blokeuptheroad
Full Member
Some people are playing fast and loose with the spirit, if not the letter of the concentric bylaws 😡To those people I say ‘Cockfosters’.
Posted 14 hours ago
Foul!
Put bluntly I’m lost; I haven’t a clue what going in,
Perhaps you need to take a deeper dive into the rules. The Open University run an Mornington Crescent online course led by leading gamers which gives you a proper grounding in things. They do seem to focus on the modern rules though, so some research in the library archives by yourself may be needed.
so some research in the library archives by yourself may be needed.
The British Library should do for this, so I'm going St. Pancras.
To be honest I think you are all wrong. I don’t think you understand the nuances of the game. Neither Samantha nor the rules of ‘67’ have any relevance here. I think once I say Gants Hill then we all know its game over.
I think once I say Gants Hill then we all know its game over.
It might have been, if you hadn't let your disdain for the '67 ruleset blind you to the Hainault loop sub-clause.
Barons Court
I'm starting to find the lack of adherence to the game protocols somewhat unsporting, and therefore under the Wellington Boots Privilege, I give you Hammersmith.
1967 Revised Edition rules, you said? I've an amusing story about trying to shoehorn Merkland Street in under those rules that led, eventually, to the splintering of the Drumchapel and Clydebank Mornington Crescent Society.
Anyway, I learned the hard way. Charing Cross.
Perhaps you need to take a deeper dive into the rules. The Open University run an Mornington Crescent online course led by leading gamers which gives you a proper grounding in things. They do seem to focus on the modern rules though, so some research in the library archives by yourself may be needed.
Ah dammit. Rickmansworth and I'm out.
Rickmansworth and I’m out.
😆
Surely the only way to defeat the proposition of Rickmansworth is with a dose of Chalfont & Latimer?
Surely the only way to defeat the proposition of Rickmansworth is with a dose of Chalfont & Latimer?
Yes, you rub it on your Temple.
more in desperation than hope
Rookie move, Embankment for the bonus point!
Rookie move, Embankment for the bonus point!
Well to your Embankment, I give you my Farringdon. It is, after all, only one letter out from my surname.
<p style="text-align: left;">If I can join in part way through? Think that Spaffmold's Variation is part of the '67 rules, so Bromley-by-Bow</p>
Sorry but you left it wide open.
Mornington Crescent.
(As ratified by the Brine convention).
Ha! Easy move I'm afraid, by using a Seymour Street (adapted convention) application I can block you with a Camden Town.