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

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  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720
    edited May 2020

    I was contemplating  SnaresBrook or Stamford Brook, but then a better move dawned on me...

    Tower Gateway > Euston > Banc > Charing Cross > Harlesden > Eliffant a Castell > Capel Gwyn (Whitechapel) > Baching > Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch > Shepherd's Bush > B(r)econ[tree] (Beacons) > Pontarfynach (Devil's Bridge) > Angel > Heathrow Terminal 5 >Llandudno Junction > Amersham > Clogwyn> Beddgelert > Pontrhydyfen > Llanwrtyd Wells > Caerdydd Canolog [Cardiff Central] > Hobbs End > Hickory Road >

    Timbuktu

    (I'm convinced it used to be spelt transliterated rendered "Timbuctoo" - probably before the spelling police got their hands on it)

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  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720

    That move seems to have everybody stumped...

  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 2,674

    Well, I believe that under Robertson's 2nd Addendum to the Weekend Maintenance Ruling (the one from the 2005 convention, not the 1982 one), any move that causes an extended delay permits play to make use of bus routes?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,745

    Well, I would have played

    Tower Gateway > Euston > Banc > Charing Cross > Harlesden > Eliffant a Castell > Capel Gwyn (Whitechapel) > Baching > Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch > Shepherd's Bush > B(r)econ[tree] (Beacons) > Pontarfynach (Devil's Bridge) > Angel > Heathrow Terminal 5 >Llandudno Junction > Amersham > Clogwyn> Beddgelert > Pontrhydyfen > Llanwrtyd Wells > Caerdydd Canolog [Cardiff Central] > Hobbs End > Hickory Road >Timbuktu

    Tipperary

    but I thought it had already been played, still since the last move was a long way back I suppose it is strictly speaking now relegitimised

  • hacsarthacsart Posts: 2,029
    edited August 2020

    Ahem..  if we're going down that rabbit hole, the only option is the 1979 Oriental Addendum to the Second Set of Corollary rules of 1978. Therefore and forwith one invokes the Prester John optional rules and goes (wilth an application of the "Sun Never Sets" Imperial modifier)

    Tower Gateway > Euston > Banc > Charing Cross > Harlesden > Eliffant a Castell > Capel Gwyn (Whitechapel) > Baching > Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch > Shepherd's Bush > B(r)econ[tree] (Beacons) > Pontarfynach (Devil's Bridge) > Angel > Heathrow Terminal 5 >Llandudno Junction > Amersham > Clogwyn> Beddgelert > Pontrhydyfen > Llanwrtyd Wells > Caerdydd Canolog [Cardiff Central] > Hobbs End > Hickory Road >Timbuktu

    Darjeeling

    and to keep it on the rails, so to speak, we arrive via the  Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

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  • droidy001droidy001 Posts: 282
    3dcheapskate said:

    That move seems to have everybody stumped...

    I thought it was a 2 month silence in respect for TB-T. Either that or it was his turn.
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,745
    hacsart said:

    Ahem..  if we're going down that rabbit hole, the only option is the 1979 Oriental Addendum to the Second Set of Corollary rules of 1978. Therefore and forwith one invokes the Prester John optional rules and goes (wilth an application of the "Sun Never Sets" Imperial modifier

    Tower Gateway > Euston > Banc > Charing Cross > Harlesden > Eliffant a Castell > Capel Gwyn (Whitechapel) > Baching > Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch > Shepherd's Bush > B(r)econ[tree] (Beacons) > Pontarfynach (Devil's Bridge) > Angel > Heathrow Terminal 5 >Llandudno Junction > Amersham > Clogwyn> Beddgelert > Pontrhydyfen > Llanwrtyd Wells > Caerdydd Canolog [Cardiff Central] > Hobbs End > Hickory Road >Timbuktu

    Darjeeling

    and to keep it on the rials, so to spek, we arrive via the  Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

    from which a silent grey move can take us to

    Earl's Court

  • hacsarthacsart Posts: 2,029

    well played sirrah!

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited August 2020

    Tower Gateway > Euston > Banc > Charing Cross > Harlesden > Eliffant a Castell > Capel Gwyn (Whitechapel) > Baching > Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch > Shepherd's Bush > B(r)econ[tree] (Beacons) > Pontarfynach (Devil's Bridge) > Angel > Heathrow Terminal 5 >Llandudno Junction > Amersham > Clogwyn> Beddgelert > Pontrhydyfen > Llanwrtyd Wells > Caerdydd Canolog [Cardiff Central] > Hobbs End > Hickory Road >Timbuktu > Darjeeling > Earl's Court

    and adding a royal connection

    King's Cross

     

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  • hacsarthacsart Posts: 2,029

    King's Cross? or is he merely annoyed?

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720

    Tower Gateway >  Euston > Banc > Charing Cross > Harlesden > Eliffant a Castell > Capel Gwyn  (Whitechapel) > Baching > Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch > Shepherd's Bush > B(r)econ[tree] (Beacons) > Pontarfynach (Devil's Bridge) > Angel > Heathrow Terminal 5 >Llandudno Junction > Amersham > Clogwyn> Beddgelert > Pontrhydyfen > Llanwrtyd Wells > Caerdydd Canolog [Cardiff Central] > Hobbs End > Hickory Road >Timbuktu > Darjeeling > Earl's Court > King's Cross >

    Since we're playing the Crwssynt Morgantonio LLwdiu variation I'll try...

    Mornington Crescent ?

     

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,745

    Hmm, does going from King's cross to Mornington Crescent imply he alowed the sun to set on his anger? Is that a legitimate move, or does it need a cooling off period first?

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720
    edited November 2020

    There's a little used sub-clause in the full editions of the the Crwssynt Morgantonio LLwdiu variation. It appears only as a footnote and is not on the expected page, but the following one. It's also in Welsh (or at least cod-Welsh) "Cysylltiad uniongyrchol o groes y brenin caniateir, ond yn unig ddydd Sul wrth ganu 'Sosban fach', Iechyd da "! 

    Running that through Google translate I think it's a valid move.

    But then again, you should never rely on Google translate.

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

     Ddim yn ddrwg!     Siaradwch yn arafach, os gwelwch yn dda.    Hwyl fawr am nawr!

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,745

    OK, I sit corrected - objection withdrawn.

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720
    edited August 2020
    Chohole said:

     Ddim yn ddrwg!     Siaradwch yn arafach, os gwelwch yn dda.    Hwyl fawr am nawr!

    "My hovercraft is full of eels ! I will not buy this record, it is scratched. My nipples explode with delight !"

    I think there's something wrong with Google translate today...

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    3dcheapskate said:
    Chohole said:

     Ddim yn ddrwg!     Siaradwch yn arafach, os gwelwch yn dda.    Hwyl fawr am nawr!

    "My hovercraft is full of eels ! I will not buy this record, it is scratched. My nipples explode with delight !"

    I think there's something wrong with Google translate today...

    Google is like that   use Omniglot instead       Mae'n brydgell ac mae'r brochgim stwd / Yn gimblo a gyrian yn y mhello.     or Geiriadur Ar-lein Cymraeg-Saesneg / Saesneg-Cymraeg

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720
    edited August 2020

    Since Richard's challenge has been withdrawn, and since that last game was a rather long one, I invoke winner's privelege to select which variant we use for the next round

    To make the game a little bit shorter I'll go for Calvin's Presbyterian, specifically the original version published on 23 June 1907. This limits play to the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway plus nearby lanes and chapels.
    Decoupling is allowed - nay, mandatory !
    And there shall be no tolerance for non-adherance to the rules.

    I'll start play with one of the three classic openings:

    Archway

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  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720
    edited August 2020

    Judging from the lack of response I assume that everybody's spotted the major flaw with this variant of the game.

    I mentioned that there were three classic openings - Archway, Golders Green, and Tottenham Court Road. That's fairly obvious because any other opening move immediately opens up Mornington Crescent. 

    But because of the mandatory decoupling Archway, Golders Green, and Tottenham Court Road, if played as a second move, will also open up Mornington Crescent  As will any other station, nearby lane, or chapel. So player three will always win - remember, decoupling is mandatory, so if Mornington Crescent is open you have to take it.

    Rev. Benedict Calvin, the creator of this variant, explained that it wasn't so much a game as a salutory lesson in inevitabilty.

    So who's going to make the second move and bring on the inevitable ?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,745

    Well, since it's an odd-numbered day in an even numbered month in an even numbered year I think I can apply Eisenstock's Quantum Disuncoupling to play

    Archway>

    Holborn

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720

    Bang goes inevitability !

    Brilliant play Richard !

  • hacsarthacsart Posts: 2,029

    Seeing as its the 1st day of a month that does not begin with "A" one can use the May/Clarke gambit and wobble on over to ...

    Archway>Holborn>

    Arsenal

  • Eustace ScrubbEustace Scrubb Posts: 2,703

    Better Arsenal than Manchester United, at any rate!

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720

    Archway>Holborn>Arsenal>

    Tufnell Park

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,745

    Archway>Holborn>Arsenal>Tufnell Park

    Now I can see the obvious next move, but that doesn't really give you any advantage - quite the reverse in fact - so whata re you up to? I suppose I will have to risk the play and see if you are more cunning than you look:

    Hyde Park Corner

  • hacsarthacsart Posts: 2,029

    Seeing as how this trhread resurrects, and we are using the Calvin's Presbyterian version rues, I call the Lazarus option  and run all the way to:

    Archway>Holborn>Arsenal>Tufnell Park>Hyde Park Corner

    Hounslow Central

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720
    edited September 2020

    Once again my PM inbox is chock full of a message from Mrs Trellis of North Wales. She writes:

    "Dear Marjorie, my nephew Eisteddfod is very good with the computers. He's absolutely marvellous at watching YouTube, and he spends hours in his room playing those online computer games. But my sister says he locks the door, and she's worried that he's actually pawn surfing. I told her not to worry - after all chess is very good for the brain."
     

     

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Archway>Holborn>Arsenal>Tufnell Park

    Now I can see the obvious next move, but that doesn't really give you any advantage - quite the reverse in fact - so whata re you up to? I suppose I will have to risk the play and see if you are more cunning than you look:

    Hyde Park Corner

     

    I'm not. smiley
    (More stupid perhaps, but not more cunning. But then cunning is as cunning does, and many a mickle makes a lot of mickles - word to the wise, eh?)

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  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720
    edited September 2020

    Since the Lazarus option has been invoked that allows me to play...

    Archway>Holborn>Arsenal>Tufnell Park>Hyde Park Corner> Hounsow Central>

    Archway

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited September 2020

    And surely, 2nd time round,   Archway must lead to

    Archway>Holborn>Arsenal>Tufnell Park>Hyde Park Corner> Hounsow Central>Archway>

    Monument

     

    Using, of course, the good old-fashioned DCMS variant which I have just invented.

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  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720
    edited October 2020

    Interesting... 

    If I correctly understand the intricacies of the good old-fashioned DCMS variant that you had just invented, that leaves only one option...

    Archway>Holborn>Arsenal>Tufnell Park>Hyde Park Corner> Hounsow Central>Archway>Monument>

    Archway


    And I of course claim the triple word score, and the 50 point bonus for using all seven letters.

     

    (P.S. I've only just realized how clever Richard's Earl's Court move was in the last game. I take my hat off to you sir!)

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