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OT, Mornington Crescent: Round 8 :- (Tudor Court Rules)

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,066
    edited February 2020
    Matt_Castle said:
    McGyver said:
    This probably does not work the way I thought it does... but a subway rat explained it to me a long time ago and I'm terrible at understanding rat, so...

    Yeah, the New York versions have very different rules. Honestly, I don't understand Manhattan play; the relatively small number of east-west links on the north end of the island just confuses me, and I don't think you can pull off any of the loop plays we get with the Circle line? (Although those often aren't valid in newer rulesets, what with the split at Edgeware Road these days).

    The "Circle Line" in NYC is a Sightseeing-Tour boat (one ship was actually a WW2 landing craft) that circles Manhattan Island... so that could add a whole new dimension...

    The NYC subways used to be operated by a couple of different independent owners, so that's probably why there are fewer links... and I think a lot of the BMT lines follow old C.H.U.D. tunnels... C.H.U.D.s don't like sharing tunnels.

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  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,402

    Why is this reminding me of lost male drivers refusing to look at a map for directions?

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    You really have to be British to understand Mornington Crescent.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited February 2020

    ANd hoping to avoid the derailment and bring it back on track      Elephant And Castle > Holborn > Goodge Street > Chalfont & Latimer > Aldwych >

    Kew Gardens

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,066
    Chohole said:

    ANd hoping to avoid the derailment and bring it back on track  

    Kew Gardens

    You just made it worse... we got one of those too...

  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,402

    So she looks at the map ... realizes that these folk are taking the scenic tour as some place names not on map however a few stops from Goodge is indeed .... that place I can't say that would end the game. Have fun guys.

     

  • droidy001droidy001 Posts: 282
    edited February 2020
    Elephant And Castle > Holborn > Goodge Street > Chalfont & Latimer > Aldwych > Kew Gardens I'm going to play a risky

    Golders Green

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  • droidy001droidy001 Posts: 282
    Catherine3678ab said:

    So she looks at the map ... realizes that these folk are taking the scenic tour as some place names not on map however a few stops from Goodge is indeed .... that place I can't say that would end the game. Have fun guys.

     

    I'm sure a challenge would have been entered if you had gone there from Goodge Street.
  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 2,674
    edited February 2020

    Two Zone 3 stations in a row at this stage of the game? Interesting move.

    Well, off the back of that, that permits me to make a multiple interchange move to get us to:

    Baker Street

    Catherine3678ab said:

    So she looks at the map ... realizes that these folk are taking the scenic tour as some place names not on map however a few stops from Goodge is indeed .... that place I can't say that would end the game.

    Rule 17 doesn't permit that move during off-peak hours; a move north from Goodge Street would cross the Circle Line, so you'd be forced to make a change at Euston. The best option would be a foot transfer at Euston Square, but that would still force you to make a double shunt in your next two moves.

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  • nattaruknattaruk Posts: 537

    I'll try a reverse lateral move:

    Maida Vale

     

     

  • Khai-J-BachKhai-J-Bach Posts: 163

    Dollis Hill

     

    welcome to the Loop...

  • AscaniaAscania Posts: 1,855
    Khai-J-Bach said:

    Dollis Hill

     

    welcome to the Loop...

    Meh!

    Upminster (no bus replacement service until 1969)

  • droidy001droidy001 Posts: 282
    I've had a PM from a Mrs Trellis of North Wales. She wrote, Dear Womens Own, In your recent recipe for pineapple upside down cake you advised a pinch of salt. I was wondering if this was absolutely necessary, as I have high blood pressure. Yours sincerely Mrs Trellis
  • bytescapesbytescapes Posts: 1,851

    But is it Numberwang?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,744

    There seems to have been some loss of tails - we don't want Samantha to have to pick them up so please edit your posts to restore the previous stops.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited February 2020

    From Upminster a simple trip , with a just a quick jink  to reach         Elephant And Castle > Holborn > Goodge Street > Chalfont & Latimer > Aldwych > Kew Gardens > Golders Green > Baker Street > Maida Vale > Dollis Hill > Upminster >

    St Pauls

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  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 2,674

    In that case, I'll use the Bank-Monument connection to play

    London Bridge

    to get the multipliers for both the National Rail connections and being South of the Thames.

  • nattaruknattaruk Posts: 537

    As we're now sarf of the river I can play

    Morden

     

  • droidy001droidy001 Posts: 282
    edited February 2020

    So to recap what we have so far

    Elephant And Castle > Holborn > Goodge Street > Chalfont & Latimer > Aldwych > Kew Gardens > Golders Green > Baker Street > Maida Vale > Dollis Hill > Upminster > St Pauls > London Bridge > Morden

     

    I wondering at this time of night/morning/afternoon depending on your time zone if Bank would be a viable option?

    I'll submit it anyway

    Bank

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  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 2,674

    It's not my turn, but for the benefit of newer players, I'll remind them that move means that we've now had more than three moves either using or visiting Bank, so for the next round, moves will only be worth half points unless they're made within Off-Peak restrictions.

  • Khai-J-BachKhai-J-Bach Posts: 163
    Ah but under the Westminster Protocols, that's only if they use a left handed thread
  • bytescapesbytescapes Posts: 1,851

    I think that so long as we're not using the Dagenham Variation, Bank is a perfectly acceptable move. If we were under Dagenham, you'd probably want to go with Stockwell to be on the safe side, reducing the risk that a subsequent player might invoke the left-passing rule to deracinate you.

    As nobody's said anything about Dagenham, I'll follow your Bank with a crafty

    Holborn

    of my own. I'd like to see what you can all do with that.

     

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    Chohole said:

    You really have to be British to understand Mornington Crescent.

    I am, and it doesn't help...  

  • droidy001droidy001 Posts: 282
    Khai-J-Bach said:
     

     

    bytescapes said:

    I think that so long as we're not using the Dagenham Variation, Bank is a perfectly acceptable move. If we were under Dagenham, you'd probably want to go with Stockwell to be on the safe side, reducing the risk that a subsequent player might invoke the left-passing rule to deracinate you.

    As nobody's said anything about Dagenham, I'll follow your Bank with a crafty

    Holborn

    of my own. I'd like to see what you can all do with that.

     

    Sorry I'll have to challenge that we've already been there.

    Adjudication needed.

    Now the wait for a responsible adult with full understanding of the rules.

  • droidy001droidy001 Posts: 282
    SpottedKitty said:
    Chohole said:

    You really have to be British to understand Mornington Crescent.

    I am, and it doesn't help...  

    So what you're saying is  "Sorry I haven't a clue"?

  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 2,674
    droidy001 said:

    Sorry I'll have to challenge that we've already been there.

    Adjudication needed.

    Now the wait for a responsible adult with full understanding of the rules.

    Consulting page 37 in the Dunnington rulebook, the Original Modern rules do permit a reverse double on interchange stations, but it will block in the next move to either of the lines involved.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    droidy001 said:
    Khai-J-Bach said:
     

     

    bytescapes said:

    I think that so long as we're not using the Dagenham Variation, Bank is a perfectly acceptable move. If we were under Dagenham, you'd probably want to go with Stockwell to be on the safe side, reducing the risk that a subsequent player might invoke the left-passing rule to deracinate you.

    As nobody's said anything about Dagenham, I'll follow your Bank with a crafty

    Holborn

    of my own. I'd like to see what you can all do with that.

     

    Sorry I'll have to challenge that we've already been there.

    Adjudication needed.

    Now the wait for a responsible adult with full understanding of the rules.

    This is not soemthing that happens very often,  with 270+ names to choose from it is normally not difficult to avoid repeating one.

  • AscaniaAscania Posts: 1,855

    Elephant And Castle > Holborn > Goodge Street > Chalfont & Latimer > Aldwych > Kew Gardens > Golders Green > Baker Street > Maida Vale > Dollis Hill > Upminster > St Pauls > London Bridge > Morden > Bank > Holborn

    You forgot that diagonals are forbidden on the Central Line only on West Ham play days

     

    Highbury & Islington

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,744
    edited February 2020

    Elephant And Castle > Holborn > Goodge Street > Chalfont & Latimer > Aldwych > Kew Gardens > Golders Green > Baker Street > Maida Vale > Dollis Hill > Upminster > St Pauls > London Bridge > Morden > Bank > Holborn > Highbury & Islington

    I suspect that the second Holborn was a misguided attempt to substitute an extant station for one that has been closed, but of course that is not necessary under the Lakenheath Let-out so I will enter the intended move

    British Museum

    Edit to fix a typo - you have to admit, that's a very plausible claim

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 2,674
    edited February 2020

    Ah, well, if you're going to do that, I'm going to take advantage of the fact we're back on Peak Time scoring, and...

    Elephant And Castle > Holborn > Goodge Street > Chalfont & Latimer > Aldwych > Kew Gardens > Golders Green > Baker Street > Maida Vale > Dollis Hill > Upminster > St Pauls > London Bridge > Morden > Bank > Holborn > Highbury & Islington > British Museum >

    Mornington Crescent

     

    I believe that's a valid endgame, unless anyone has any objections?

    Post edited by Matt_Castle on
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