# 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:** 9
**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:** [June 9, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/161 "2011-06-09T14:21:23Z")
I was going to counter Maus Magill’s move in #153 with an incense chariot, but declaring stirrups means I should lead with the _keima_ instead. **Knightsbridge** naturally. I think I get half my Oyster card balance back, depending on the interpretation of _MC Unabridged and Explained 2011_ for horses, stirrups, and tack fees. ---
**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 9, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/162 "2011-06-09T14:36:24Z")
There are at least 3 players who are within spitting distance. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’m one yet. \* [What a glorious sight to see, all the pick of the infantry.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZj3uzao3fg) \* \*\* Marble Arch.\*\* ---
**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 9, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/163 "2011-06-09T14:38:46Z")
And it’s back to **Vauxhall** for me - all day tickets on the Jubilee Line are cancelled, in both directions. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/164 "2011-06-09T14:49:11Z")
I transfer off the Jubilee Line at **Finchley Road**. This clears most red signals. ---
**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 9, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/165 "2011-06-09T15:53:44Z")
Good lord, triple stirrups, what madness is this? It looks like the value of tokens and Oyster are about to be devalued so time for a bearish play **Paddington** ---
**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 9, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/166 "2011-06-09T17:21:37Z")
Looks like those oyster cards are pretty much useless. I just wish I could say the same for those Blue tokens I just lost. **Oxford Circus** ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/167 "2011-06-09T18:35:38Z")
Damn. Now I have to run over to **Wapping** in order to cash in the teal tokens. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/168 "2011-06-09T18:37:04Z")
Hang it all! Off to **Tower Hill**. ---
**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 9, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/169 "2011-06-09T21:57:24Z")
hmmmmmm, wouldn’t tower hill be more of a head off play than a hanging play. Not looking good, I was holding out for a 18th June play to Waterloo, alas my travelcard will have expired by then , and with the dire state of the tokens I have little option than to play **Euston Square** once again opening up the pedestrian access ways. I will be needing an emergency manicure after this game has finished. ---
**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 9, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/170 "2011-06-09T23:37:35Z")
I hate to do this, but it looks like I’ll have to pull the Emergency Cord and move to **Strand.** Hate to waste my Ecru Tokens like that, but there was just no other way. ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/171 "2011-06-10T09:38:12Z")
Good move **Strand**! Now, we have to be careful here. As \*\*Attack from the 3rd Dimension \*\*says, more than one of us is close to winning from here. **Seven Sisters** I think. Defensive I know, but what with being in \*triple \*stirrups currently there is too much risk in anything more direct. It keeps us well away from interchanges as so greatly reduces the options for the next player. ---
**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 10, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/172 "2011-06-10T12:15:11Z")
I think I should be able to knock one of those Stirrups out. **King’s Cross St. Pancras** We’ve got to be careful not to wind up in a Victoria Line causality loop, but with the skill levels I’ve been seeing, I think we’ll be able to work out a solution. ---
**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 10, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/173 "2011-06-10T13:30:46Z")
It’s looking very crowded in the North-East corner. I’m going to attempt a reverse ferret with **Putney Bridge**. ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/174 "2011-06-10T13:53:03Z")
Okay I think I can see what you’re up to. \*With correct play \*I think we should be down to being only in double stirrups in two. Unfortunately I’m not allowed to jump in again yet… but have my fingers crossed. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/175 "2011-06-10T16:19:52Z")
I’m just starting the game, and it appears to have been going on for a while, so I will have to start at the beginning, draw two cards and wait for the next round. **Victoria Station** ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/176 "2011-06-10T16:41:35Z")
Too late for an edit: Damn! I missed that we were playing under pre-decimalization rules. Would anyone be willing to lend me a Red token so I can take my previous move back? Also, does anyone have a spare copy of _Mornington Crescent: Rules and Origins_ by NF Stovold? ---
**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 10, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/177 "2011-06-10T17:18:32Z")
I don’t think there are any red tokens out, since **notquitekarpov** had them all reclaimed twenty-five moves ago. Also, it looks like you may have knocked us into the dreaded Victoria Line causality loop. n the bright side, we’re now only in double stirrups. **Warren Street** ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/178 "2011-06-10T17:55:56Z")
I was on Vauxhall but then my token got taken off and Dead Cat got there before I could so no more passive play for me. I’m laying my green token AND “The Camel” on **Alperton**. ---
**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 12, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/179 "2011-06-12T10:21:28Z")
Wow, I literally cannot think of a good move. Since consulting a tube map on a Sunday is forbidden (Laxey v Huddlestone, 1963), I will have to pass and wait for a better opportunity tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786/180 "2011-06-13T19:40:32Z")
Is anyone in Nidd? Because I drew a rowboat card on my last turn, and I’m willing to trade… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-mornington-crescent/569786.md?page=10)