# Isn't it time for Mornington Crescent? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 20, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786 "2008-10-20T20:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/161 "2008-10-28T13:52:34Z")
**Hanger Lane** MC in 6. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/162 "2008-10-28T14:27:37Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > **Hanger Lane** > > MC in 6. Don’t get cocky like I did. ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/163 "2008-10-29T01:05:34Z")
Forced by superior brilliance into **Waterloo** - so many links, I’m sorry. I’ve read everything I could in the last few hours on the backtrack rule but there’s nothing else I can play - he has forced my hand. Still amazed by **RickJay** spotting it. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/164 "2008-10-29T02:08:23Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > Well… > > yes. Say more. I can’t see why on Earth you’d play that, as doubtless you were aware that red tokens are now in force, and Bus Passes are valid for jump-straddles. Tokens? _TOKENS!?_ I don’t need no stinkin’ tokens! Bakerloo line to ----oh. I see. I had not read ahead, but now I see that **RickJay** has submitted Neasden. I am outplayed, sir. My felicitations. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/165 "2008-10-29T04:14:23Z")
**Embankment.** ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/166 "2008-10-29T04:22:07Z")
And for Bricker; Yeah, you’re right. Antinoro1’s use of backtrack did make that possible, albeit in a circuitous way. But as you know, when you’re playing against experienced, skilled players, only aggression in the endgame will get you anywhere, and that means making hay while the sun shines. I quote the great Varga in his magnum opus on the subject, Twelve Laws for Winning Morning Crescent; “Use your opponent’s moves against him just as a frog catches a fly by its wings with the sticky end of his tongue.” It does read a lot better in the original Hungarian. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/167 "2008-10-29T13:16:30Z")
**West Brompton**. Come on guys, help me out! You may think **RickJay** has it all wrapped up, but if we can just doodle him with a multi-way District Line Knott, all is not lost! ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/168 "2008-10-29T14:29:46Z")
**RickJay** says to be aggressive in the End Game, which is true, but to quote the famous MC player Churchill (albeit speaking of a different event than MC), “This is not the end, nor is it even the beginning of the end, but perhaps it is the end of the beginning.” There’s a LOT of play left in this game yet, and to prove it, I’ll fall back to Psyciewicz’s Manuever, which netted him the Mid\_Game Play of the Year in the '56 _Mornington Crescent Reports_. So… **Goldhawk Road** , straddled. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/169 "2008-10-29T15:18:50Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > **RickJay** says to be aggressive in the End Game, which is true, but to quote the famous MC player Churchill (albeit speaking of a different event than MC), “This is not the end, nor is it even the beginning of the end, but perhaps it is the end of the beginning.” > > There’s a LOT of play left in this game yet, and to prove it, I’ll fall back to Psyciewicz’s Manuever, which netted him the Mid\_Game Play of the Year in the '56 _Mornington Crescent Reports_. So… > > **Goldhawk Road** , straddled. **Angel** , vulnerable. No help from here, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/170 "2008-10-29T15:32:52Z")
Waiting… ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/171 "2008-10-29T16:14:28Z")
**High Burnet** , Unstrung. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/172 "2008-10-29T16:32:00Z")
“Barnet.” ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/173 "2008-10-29T17:08:40Z")
Damn my advancing years and small print! ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/174 "2008-10-29T21:01:38Z")
**Cutty Sark** - gotta love the Pegg Latitude switch back to the DLR. Just when you all thought it was in Knid, too! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/175 "2008-10-29T21:08:41Z")
**Arsenal** Jubilee Line Closure for 4 moves, sans a Bus Pass Play. ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/176 "2008-10-30T11:46:17Z")
Out of my league, but mindbogglingly exciting. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/177 "2008-10-30T13:14:41Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > **Arsenal** > > Jubilee Line Closure for 4 moves, sans a Bus Pass Play. **Arsenal**? Perfect! That allows me to complete the Royal Armouries Inspection Tour play I’d been waiting this entire game for, which of course finishes at: **Mornington Crescent**. I don’t think anyone’s had a chance to play the RAIT play since the 1949 Pan-Commonwealth event in Mombassa; and even then it was considered daring. But hey, you have to take risks in a game of Mornington Crescent, even a high-calibre (excuse the pun) “Friendly” match such as this! 😃 ---
**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:** [October 30, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/178 "2008-10-30T13:25:33Z")
Wow. That was as brilliant as it was unexpected. Well done sir, an excellent play. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/179 "2008-10-30T13:30:04Z")
Well done. Good game. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786/180 "2008-10-30T15:18:23Z")
Well played, sir, well played! Again, the Dope shows why it is home to some of the world’s best Crescenter players! Kudos to **Martini Enfield**! (Of course, with that user name, you would expect a RAIT play from him!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-mornington-crescent/468786.md?page=10)