# Anyone for a game of Mornington Crescent? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 1, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786 "2011-02-01T15:23:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/201 "2011-06-23T14:49:12Z")
Well, my actual names (rather than Dope handle) both start with second half letters so that is mark one up for Dead Cat. No, “hazzah” for Hypno-Toad though I’m afraid as I was last on the Victoria line 😉 Baker Street, eh? **Willesden Junction** I think, and that’s a red token for me too. Making progress, but maybe too slow? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/202 "2011-06-23T14:53:52Z")
I think I see an attempt at The Bakerloo Block here. Let’s see what I can do about that. **Regent’s Park** And I’ll take that red token, too. ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/203 "2011-06-23T14:54:15Z")
By the way, I take it the North London Line is out of bounds, yes? In which case I am not at an interchange. I’m sure you can all see why it matters so much. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/204 "2011-06-23T22:37:45Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I still can’t play, until 2 separate players whose names start with a letter in the second half of the alphabet make a move. This won’t help you, but: **Temple** ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/205 "2011-06-24T05:05:48Z")
I need deadcat back in play to block Maus with his subtle, but not subtle enough, planned closing game. Henceforth to Kings Cross ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/206 "2011-06-29T18:19:45Z")
Sweet - game on! **Finchley Central** , with a lateral jump to the Northern Line. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/207 "2011-06-29T18:26:52Z")
Okay - new strategy: Play to draw. **Highgate** ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/208 "2011-06-29T21:28:29Z")
Oh crap Fast line to Stockwell ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/209 "2011-06-29T22:00:06Z")
I really wish you hadn’t done that. Now I’ll have to go to **Angel Islington** and hope for the best. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/210 "2011-06-30T12:16:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > I really wish you hadn’t done that. Now I’ll have to go to **Angel Islington** and hope for the best. I presume you mean the Angel station in Islington. I think that’s a yellow card for you. Assuming the play is from Angel, then my only course of action is **Euston** for the block and that opens up the Victoria Line. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/211 "2011-06-30T14:27:34Z")
Ooh, tasty. **Victoria**. I trust everyone understands the significance of me playing this move on the fifth Thursday of the month. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/212 "2011-06-30T15:03:56Z")
I do, and I’m thinking I may call you out, sir. **Stockwell** ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/213 "2011-07-01T07:08:49Z")
Vauxhall Get in the cab! ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/214 "2011-07-01T13:42:34Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I do, and I’m thinking I may call you out, sir. > > **Stockwell** You can’t - well, not now anyway, seeing as it’s Independence Day next week. Odd how an American celebration (particularly one commemorating an anniversary long before the advent of the underground) should affect play in this way, but as Camberley pointed out recently (_Advanced Mornington Crescent_, OUP 2005), it does make sense when you think that Benjamin Franklin was the first to demonstrate that lightning is in fact a bolt of electricity. The connection (ha!) then becomes obvious. Anyway, I digress. **Paddington** , seeing as mainline stations are still wild. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/215 "2011-07-01T14:05:24Z")
All right. Don’t think I haven’t got my eye on you, though. Let’s see. Double connections… Wild Mainline stations… **Marylebone** That should put everyone in a pickle. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/216 "2011-07-01T14:13:21Z")
**Euston**. And I could only do that by taking the overground route! Talk about circuitous. ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/217 "2011-07-01T14:40:17Z")
The (predictable) flood of mainline station plays continue with **Liverpool Street**. After **Maul Magill** ’s clever play the first of us to blink is going to have to take a token hit at the very least, I believe. Oh - and as the weekend is almost with us here is a quick reminder of this weekend engineering works. [Tube, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR & Tram status updates - Transport for London](http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/track.aspx?offset=weekend) The total closure of the Victoria Line should make things interesting and the Circle line presents some particularly complex opportunities based on latter part of this annoucment: _ **Circle Line** On Sunday 3 July, no service throughout the entire line. Saturday 2 July, no service between Edgware Road and Hammersmith. A circular service will operate._ En Garde! ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/218 "2011-07-01T15:20:38Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > You can’t - well, not now anyway, seeing as it’s Independence Day next week. Odd how an American celebration (particularly one commemorating an anniversary long before the advent of the underground) should affect play in this way, but as Camberley pointed out recently (_Advanced Mornington Crescent_, OUP 2005), it does make sense when you think that Benjamin Franklin was the first to demonstrate that lightning is in fact a bolt of electricity. The connection (ha!) then becomes obvious. > > Anyway, I digress. **Paddington** , seeing as mainline stations are still wild. On a related note, I have a choice between two options as to my next move, but today being July 1 makes the decision simple: _ **Canada Water** _ ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/219 "2011-07-01T20:49:06Z")
Back in the DLR , you don’t know where you are. Only one way out of here Mud Chute ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/220 "2011-07-05T12:44:26Z")
Well, since the recent US holiday had paused play, it looks like it’s up to me to get things going again… **South Quay** It looks like we’re setting up for triple stirrups again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786.md?page=12)