# Genealogical Version of Mornington Crescent **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 8, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973 "2010-11-08T23:39:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/21 "2010-11-09T20:22:27Z")
I was all set to counter **Tom** ’s move with that most excellent slaughterer of Turks, **Richard IV of England** , until I remembered that bit in the 1974 Revised Rules about fictional kings not being allowed. And now the game has moved way past that anyway… I yield my turn, reserving the right to an extra second-cousin shift in a later round. Chiswick! Fresh horses! ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/22 "2010-11-09T20:26:22Z")
You quote the '74 Revised Rules and still claim to be a neophyte? If you’re a neophyte, I’m **Charles I of Austria** , who, not coincidentally, closes off several cousin shifts. ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/23 "2010-11-09T20:31:00Z")
> [@paperbackwriter](#): > > You quote the '74 Revised Rules and still claim to be a neophyte? If you’re a neophyte, I’m **Charles I of Austria** , who, not coincidentally, closes off several cousin shifts. No, just been away from the game for a while and trying to figure out modern strategy. Some of those top Korean players are truly fearsome. Let’s try **Charles I of Hungary** and see where we end up. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/24 "2010-11-09T20:31:21Z")
Which I believe leads nicely into **Sigismund III Vasa** of Poland, Lithuania, and Sweden, which puts Prussia and the minor German principalities out of play for five turns. ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/25 "2010-11-09T20:38:56Z")
That it does, but the Teutonic Knight Variation allows **Hochmeister Burchard von Schwanden**! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/26 "2010-11-09T20:43:46Z")
Good heavens, I should have seen that coming. I believe that I am now Suppressed for a full generation; I’m just glad I didn’t make that misstep toward the end game. ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/27 "2010-11-09T20:45:41Z")
Teutonic Knights open up a Church bridge: **James II of Aragon**. ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/28 "2010-11-09T20:53:02Z")
It is fortunate you played that, as many other choices would have us all stuck in a dreaded Hapsburg Loop, and play just becomes silly at that point. I will put **James V of Scotland** , jut for the pleasure of seeing if the obvious counter is assayed. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/29 "2010-11-09T20:56:13Z")
Which enables me to play an Iberian Shuffle and finesse **Bermudo II of León (The Gouty).** ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/30 "2010-11-09T21:33:51Z")
Alas, work must intrude. I will therefore play **Joan I of Naples** , park my tokens in the House of Anjou, and revisit the game this evening. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/31 "2010-11-09T22:04:00Z")
Continuing the Scandanavian theme - **Gustavus Adolphus** (Who also sets me up for a 30 Years War play, if **Tierce** plays the\*\* Defenestration of Prague\*\*) ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/32 "2010-11-09T23:19:10Z")
Hmm. Difficult. Defenestration of Prauge would require a three-generation shift accompanied by a double-wobbly, which he could only back into if it occurred using one of Roger Whiteside’s patented cross-auntwise leaps. Choosing such a strategy, however, would require accepting the risk of a morganatic deflation. Very astute of you. For my part, via a Lützen Charge I will call upon **Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria**. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/33 "2010-11-09T23:39:43Z")
> [@paperbackwriter](#): > > For my part, via a Lützen Charge I will call upon **Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria**. I’ll be damned. I haven’t seen such a blatant attempt at a Moriarty Fork and Cascade since the '05 South American Championships. Well, there’s no way I can stop you from doing the Bavarians or from claiming the Kaisers. You’ll still have the crowns of the rest of play, but at least a careful pivot will be required if you’re going to try for surpassing regnant if I play… **Ahmed Khan of Herat** Deal with that! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/34 "2010-11-10T00:26:43Z")
Ah, excellent, once more outside of Europe and my Suppression is at an end. It’s time to move things further East by playing **Nurhaci (努爾哈赤)** ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/35 "2010-11-10T15:01:36Z")
**King Jeroboam** , for the Old Testament Shift - as popularized by Risibly in the 40’s. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/36 "2010-11-10T15:14:20Z")
Man, you guys are brutal. I hope this game doesn’t play out like the final attempt at [MC.AOL.COM](http://MC.AOL.COM). (There was a reason it was the final game at that site…) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/37 "2010-11-10T15:18:21Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > **King Jeroboam** , for the Old Testament Shift - as popularized by Risibly in the 40’s. Damn you for closing off the Chinese dynasties so soon after I opened them. I have no choice now but to carry on with **Zenobia of Palmyra**. ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/38 "2010-11-10T15:50:54Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Damn you for closing off the Chinese dynasties so soon after I opened them. I have no choice now but to carry on with **Zenobia of Palmyra**. Which in turn gives me an excellent opportunity for an Imperial Extension, using Imperator Caesar Lucius Domitius Aurelianus etc., etc., etc. Commonly known, of course as **Aurelian**. Try your Mesopotamian Rondo with that! ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/39 "2010-11-10T15:54:42Z")
**King Philip of Macedonia** - Which does open up Asia Minor after a Generational Descent Play. However, I must not be the one to make said play. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973/40 "2010-11-10T16:05:19Z")
**Constantine II of Greece** (and the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-version-of-mornington-crescent/559973.md?page=3)