# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/81 "2011-05-04T13:24:32Z")
Dead Cat, are you sure you _fully_ accounted for the Royal Wedding Exception? We’ve never had reason to invoke that Exception before in a Doper MC game. I fear your play to Dollis Hill, as good as it was, was sub optimal. **Rayners Lane** , line change, and ruff a heart. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/82 "2011-05-04T15:00:33Z")
**Chalford & Latimer**. On a Wednesday, no less! ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/83 "2011-05-04T15:30:40Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > **Chalford & Latimer**. On a Wednesday, no less! And with a Royal Wedding Exception in play, that throws us firmly into a **Dollis Hill** Loop. **Dollis Hill** ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/84 "2011-05-04T15:46:28Z")
Maybe I’m wrong about playing Dollis Hill in a Royal Wedding Exception. I’m going to have to go back through previous uses of the Exception. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/85 "2011-05-04T16:31:56Z")
How odd - my extensive analysis does not seem to have taken into account a second play of Dollis Hill. I will have to back and check some of the algorithms, I think. In the meantime, **Dollis Hill**. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/86 "2011-05-04T20:50:07Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > **Chalford & Latimer**. On a Wednesday, no less! I should point out that it’s _ **Chalfont** _ & Latimer, chiefly because it ties in to the famous so-called 'tragedy of ‘53’. It actually took place in the region of Farringdon, however, J.J. Goadby was actually from Little Chalfont. Since Leo Kottke managed to come through the whole ordeal with his reputation intact, I’ll play his home station of **Harrow-on-the-Hill** , which, incidentally, picks me up a red stripe. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/87 "2011-05-05T03:45:04Z")
Ok, let’s see how dusty all your London Derby play schemes are, **Wembly Park** ---
**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:** [May 5, 2011, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/88 "2011-05-05T11:34:06Z")
The classic reply is, of course, Wood Lane. For pretty obvious reasons that isn’t allowed any more. **Theydon Bois** for the shunt. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/89 "2011-05-05T11:49:34Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > [DEL] > > **Gare du Nord** > [/DEL] I’m so glad this move was withdrawn. We’re not playing Mornington Croissant! ---
**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:** [May 6, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/90 "2011-05-06T02:42:48Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > I’m so glad this move was withdrawn. We’re not playing Mornington Croissant! Hmm reminds me , time for a hot buttered crumpet. I’ll be skipping my turn to partake. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/91 "2011-05-06T17:38:45Z")
This seems to have stalled – probably all the people eating pastry. I’ll breathe some life into this round with **Highgate**. If the Royal Wedding Exception has expired (and I think it has), that nets me both a red and a blue token. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/92 "2011-05-06T22:02:27Z")
HA! **Tufnell Park** \* for the goose! \*On an unrelated note, Dr. Crippen lived in Tufnell Park. Bwah ha ha! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/93 "2011-05-06T22:09:47Z")
Hmm, I’ll try **Oval** , so that, unless I’m mistaken, if I roll higher than a 9, I can wait until the next board shift, cut to Heathrow, and cause everyone to spend a shilling. I know that if someone moves the MI6 team to Pimlico, that will close down the line and screw everything up, but I think that’s unlikely, given the option to shuffle all decks and fully open the green line, which gives more immediate advantage. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/94 "2011-05-06T23:21:14Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > \*On an unrelated note, Dr. Crippen lived in Tufnell Park. Bwah ha ha! Dr. Crippen used Arsenic. The original version of Arsenic and Old Lace starred Boris Karloff. He was born in Dulwhich. Chapel End school is in Dulwhich. In Goodbye Mr. Chips, the protagonist is based partly on the author’s father, who was headmaster of that school. And headmaster leads us to **Grange Hill** ---
**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:** [May 7, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/95 "2011-05-07T00:20:55Z")
I see you’ve deduced my strategic play. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/96 "2011-05-20T12:44:12Z")
Not sure why this thread keeps dying - if it is some sort of strategic play (similar to Morganson’s famous stalling in the Over-80s South West Regional Qualifier in 1974, when all the other competitors died of old age, allowing him to play a winning sequence unchallenged and qualify for the finals by default), then I don’t think it’s going to work, but there could be a tactic I am missing. Still, nothing ventured etc., so I’m off to **Tower Hill**. ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/97 "2011-05-20T15:14:32Z")
Well, I’ve been deliberately lying low hoping for an easy play but I can see we do need to regenerate the active player pool. I’ll throw in **New Cross Gate** , anything to ensure we don’t get anywhere near _Dollis Hill_ anytime soon… Oh, and I declare a “luffing up” in green. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/98 "2011-05-20T15:52:53Z")
**Swiss Cottage**. That _SHOULD_ set us up for an early move into the late early mid-game, especially since I will re-declare stirrups due to the _Rowlinshire Declaration_, as made famous in the Victorian Jubliee Open. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/99 "2011-05-20T17:58:35Z")
I just wanted to stop by and wish everyone the best. As some of you know, there was a spot of unpleasantness in March at the Wheeling Regionals. For those that did not know, I was one of the participants in the … er… spirited discussion that followed, and was one of the eight that received a three-month suspension for impugning the name of… well, no need to rehash details everyone has already read. So I’ll be sitting out this round, and indeed all playing until June 13th. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/100 "2011-05-20T18:19:14Z")
**Bricker** , I wanted to let you know it was a pleasure meeting you at Wheeling. Also, you were totally robbed. Not only was your move legal, but the ruling has been backed up three times since 1927. Also, I’m sure His Grace will recover feeling in his legs soon enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786.md?page=6)