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Wobby
D'oh! Should have seen that one! ...But wait, if you use a brown, that invokes the Marron-Pas rule introduced in 1984... so...

Vine Street biggrin.gif

~Wobby~
SueHM
Go to Jail! ph34r.gif
singa-drumma-pianist
shan't!!!!!

Marlybone station
superpyroman
super Tax

Curses!
jod
whitechapel
Phil Dixon
Park Lane
superpyroman
Mayfair!
jod
Shall we start again? Monopoly rules. Standard London game.

Go
Phil Dixon

I shall play the classic Huntington-Smythe defence here.

Vine Street
jod
Very good

However...

Free Parking
Phil Dixon
Hm.

A most un-orthadox riposte. I was expecting something purple. However..

Traffalger Square

as played by Garden v Brook-Taylor world championship 2003 (ibid)
jod
Unorthadox it might have been but your move has allowed me to go to

Oxford Street
Car Expert
Bow Street

Car Expert
jod
Easy

Islington
Phil Dixon
Water Works
jod
Oh you made that easy

Mayfair

I win.
Phil Dixon
QUOTE(jod @ Aug 9 2007, 10:39 AM) *

Oh you made that easy

Mayfair

I win.

angry.gif Not fair!
superpyroman
Go
SueHM
Did you remember to collect £200?
jod
That was a starting move!

Liverpool Street Station
superpyroman
QUOTE(SueHM @ Aug 9 2007, 03:34 PM) *

Did you remember to collect £200?


Not at the beginning of the game glare.gif
Oddball
Bond Street
jod
Income Tax
Oddball
Gee, thanks!

Park Lane
jod
you made that too easy

Mayfair
Devil_Fiddler
I think I've got the hang of this...

Warren Street
Wobby
Hehe, I think I'll cut in here and stick to what I know best...

Regent Street! smile.gif

~Wobby~
DString
QUOTE(Wobby @ Aug 10 2007, 04:44 PM) *

Hehe, I think I'll cut in here and stick to what I know best...

Regent Street! smile.gif

~Wobby~


I don't get this game what do I do guys can someone please help me?

Dstring
Phil Dixon
Get down to your bookshop and buy a copy of

"NF Stovold’s Mornington Crescent: Rules and Origins"
DString
QUOTE(Phil Dixon @ Aug 13 2007, 02:20 PM) *

Get down to your bookshop and buy a copy of

"NF Stovold’s Mornington Crescent: Rules and Origins"


Please just tell me!!!!!!!!!!

Dstring
superpyroman
QUOTE(Phil Dixon @ Aug 13 2007, 02:20 PM) *

Get down to your bookshop and buy a copy of

"NF Stovold’s Mornington Crescent: Rules and Origins"


That book's actually a little outdated now. You can find the rules here
captaintau
So if the last move was Regent Street...


Dollis Hill!
DString
QUOTE(captaintau @ Aug 13 2007, 04:21 PM) *

So if the last move was Regent Street...


Dollis Hill!


Do you just say a random station?

Dstring
Phil Dixon
Of course not!

This is a game of skill, strategy and cunning. The rules are a bit complex though. I'll post the full rules on here tommorrow.
jod
Dollis Hill, well thats a tricky one... Oh I know

Baker Street
captaintau
QUOTE(jod @ Aug 15 2007, 01:09 PM) *

Baker Street


Great song.
Oddball
West Ruislip

(not, as far as I know, a song)
captaintau
QUOTE(Oddball @ Aug 15 2007, 01:53 PM) *

West Ruislip


Mmm, cunning. Will have to think about that one.
jod
That was the reply I was hoping for

Camberwell
captaintau
After consultation with friends on another forum, I suggest Stockwell.
Phil Dixon
Aldgate

(I have MC in three moves)
miss_tickle_thea
Knightsbridge
jod
I'm there in two

Mornington Crescent
Phil Dixon
Willesden Green
captaintau
Old Kent Road (East)
singa-drumma-pianist
clever but not clever enough...

Acton Town

... bet you weren't expecting that one.. HA!
captaintau
You're right, I wasn't expecting that. I think I can do MC in three, though.

Let's try Heathfield Road.
hello_cello
i hay no idea how to play...

but

Haymarket?
YetAnotherPianist
Change here for the bus link to Edinburgh Airport.

(don't worry, I'm not playing ph34r.gif).
hello_cello
that reminds me of hwen i was on the tube.
the guys said 'mid the closing doors'
then they closed, and beeped and opened again. The guy then said 'well done. you ignored the warning, and have succesfully got your back stuck in the door. Thankyou'
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