Hmmmm, Haymarket's a bit unorthodox, but certainly legal. Does ###### up my MC in three, I'll give you that.
I'll try Spalding to try to get back on track.
Full Version: Would Anyone Like A Game Of Mornington Crescent?
Acton Town
QUOTE(hello_cello @ Aug 22 2007, 12:05 AM) 
Acton Town
Now that's just a wild guess, isn't it?
al i know is were naming tube stations!
Aldwhych?
wait
are we trying to get to MC from the previous name stations?
Aldwhych?
wait
are we trying to get to MC from the previous name stations?
YAY!!!!
Waterloo
(I always like that move, it gives you the chance double box, and I think it puts captaintau in knip for 3 moves.)
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.
What happened to the rules Phil??
(I think I posted them on an earlier thread about a year ago)
Rules and variations here
Good background here
Waterloo
(I always like that move, it gives you the chance double box, and I think it puts captaintau in knip for 3 moves.)
QUOTE(Phil Dixon @ Aug 14 2007, 04:24 PM)
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.
What happened to the rules Phil??
(I think I posted them on an earlier thread about a year ago)
Rules and variations here
Good background here
QUOTE(janexxx @ Aug 22 2007, 09:36 AM)
YAY!!!!
Waterloo
(I always like that move, it gives you the chance double box, and I think it puts captaintau in knip for 3 moves.)
Well, I think I can see a way out of that one.
Elephant and Castle
Ooh, nice move Barry!
Hmm... I think London Bridge will open up the triangle. Wayhey!
Hmm... I think London Bridge will open up the triangle. Wayhey!
Why do you lot always make it so easy!
Mornington Crescent
Mornington Crescent
Grrr...
Ok new game. Green rules apply
"Pedestrian precincts count double, and bus lanes are wild."
Bond Street
Ok new game. Green rules apply
"Pedestrian precincts count double, and bus lanes are wild."
Bond Street
Covent Garden
I haven't used that opening move for ages!
I haven't used that opening move for ages!
Queensway
QUOTE(littlelady87 @ Aug 22 2007, 11:58 AM)
Covent Garden
I haven't used that opening move for ages!
Edgware Road (Bakerloo)
get out of that one!
A triple! Good one.
Hmm... Can I have Euston Road? Or does that invalidate the horizontal shift?
Hmm... Can I have Euston Road? Or does that invalidate the horizontal shift?
QUOTE(littlelady87 @ Aug 22 2007, 12:11 PM)
A triple! Good one.
Hmm... Can I have Euston Road? Or does that invalidate the horizontal shift?
No, that's OK. It's a pity for you that I can now have Mornington Crescent from that move, but you can't have everything.
Grr.
Barry I raise my hat to you.
Barry I raise my hat to you.
IOk, I'll start: Old Street
Hmm, bold... Well, think I'll chuck this one in and see what it does...
Kings Cross
Kings Cross
You can't just 'chuck' them in! Don't you have a game-plan?
King's Cross, hmm...
Got it- Holborn!
King's Cross, hmm...
Got it- Holborn!
I like to be urm... experimental 
Well if you're going that way, then I suppose...
Tower Gate
Well if you're going that way, then I suppose...
Tower Gate
Now, THAT's good. Tough one...
I'm going to cut the square with the Jenkins 3rd gambit (I think!) and plump for New Cross.
Ha! Beat that!
I'm going to cut the square with the Jenkins 3rd gambit (I think!) and plump for New Cross.
Ha! Beat that!
I think I can do that
Camberwell
Camberwell
Liverpool Street
Heathrow Termainal 1
Someone else will have to clarify if that's legal. I'm not sure. Just in case it is, Terminal Two!
QUOTE(captaintau @ Aug 23 2007, 01:47 AM)
Someone else will have to clarify if that's legal. I'm not sure. Just in case it is, Terminal Two!
Oooh, not sure it is... staying in the same station, calling it something different....
*reads rules*
Yes, that's allowed with these rules, but I can move to Kew Gardens from that, which should make it tricky for all of you!
Not really... Mornington Crescent!
Port Royale
*shakes head*
Gare du Nord
Gare du Nord
Cite
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Aug 23 2007, 10:34 AM)
*shakes head*
Gare du Nord
Don't forget that under French Rules the mention of any main-line station will cause the succeeding player to miss a turn, or go on strike!!
Pigalle
Pont Neuf
Get out of THAT one!
Get out of THAT one!
Gare St Lazare
now the next player misses their turn!
now the next player misses their turn!
QUOTE(littlelady87 @ Aug 23 2007, 11:20 AM)
Pont Neuf
Get out of THAT one!
Aaaargh no, I'm in Le Knip now.
*takes 2 aubergine counters, and misses a turn*
Bastille
QUOTE(jod @ Aug 23 2007, 11:22 AM)
Gare St Lazare
now the next player misses their turn!
I was already missing turn due to being in knip grrrrr!
*misses two turns, replaces aubergine counters*
QUOTE(janexxx @ Aug 23 2007, 11:24 AM)
QUOTE(jod @ Aug 23 2007, 11:22 AM)
Gare St Lazare
now the next player misses their turn!
I was already missing turn due to being in knip grrrrr!
*misses two turns, replaces aubergine counters*
so we're still at Bastille
It's my turn, oui?
La Fourche
And I do believe that I have just spooned the next player!
La Fourche
And I do believe that I have just spooned the next player!
Chatalet
now that should be hard to get out of!
now that should be hard to get out of!
QUOTE(littlelady87 @ Aug 23 2007, 11:35 AM)
It's my turn, oui?
La Fourche
And I do believe that I have just spooned the next player!
Grrrr!!
I am obviously out me depth here.
Moves traversely out of spoon by the very devious move of Place de Clichy which puts me so far back I am struggling here.
QUOTE(janexxx @ Aug 23 2007, 11:39 AM)
QUOTE(littlelady87 @ Aug 23 2007, 11:35 AM)
It's my turn, oui?
La Fourche
And I do believe that I have just spooned the next player!
Grrrr!!
I am obviously out me depth here.
Moves traversely out of spoon by the very devious move of Place de Clichy which puts me so far back I am struggling here.
tight my turn
Chatalet
Hmm...
Rennes
not very good, but all I could think of...
Rennes
not very good, but all I could think of...
Porte de Clignancourt
gosh thats the end of the line... thats another missed turn.
Can anyone tell me whether they've re-opened Opera yet? It was closed in early August.
gosh thats the end of the line... thats another missed turn.
Can anyone tell me whether they've re-opened Opera yet? It was closed in early August.
QUOTE(littlelady87 @ Aug 23 2007, 11:46 AM)
Hmm...
Rennes
not very good, but all I could think of...
That's a little Rive Gauche don't you think??
Ok so I'll go
Saint Germain des-Pres
(there is a slight problemette to this game, in that we can never actually get to Mornington Crescent without recall to the Ancient Nautical Rules, thus enabling a parabola via Gare du Nord and Waterloo on the Eurostar...we will of course have to invoke this before November when the new St Pancras links become valid otherwise we will be in poop for ever)
L'avenue de Piere Saint
Vavin
Car Expert
Car Expert
Marne la Vallee
I fancied a trip to disney!
I fancied a trip to disney!
Plas de Coeur
Right back to
Gard du Nord
we've for to get back to blighty somehow! (Alternative is RER tp Charles de Gaule airport and plane to Heathrow terminals 1-3)
Gard du Nord
we've for to get back to blighty somehow! (Alternative is RER tp Charles de Gaule airport and plane to Heathrow terminals 1-3)
QUOTE(jod @ Aug 24 2007, 11:58 AM)
Right back to
Gard du Nord
we've for to get back to blighty somehow! (Alternative is RER tp Charles de Gaule airport and plane to Heathrow terminals 1-3)
Phew...
Waterloo
Using the Eurostar parallel, and old Nautical Rules
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