# Mornington Crescent question **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 23, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794 "2010-09-23T17:52:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/341 "2010-10-13T15:59:20Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > Ooo! > > **Arsenal** > > And I declare Tudor Court Rules ended! šŸ˜ƒ Might be too late to catch me. Weā€™ll see. **Raynerā€™s Lane**. Blocking Metropolitan trains towards Uxbridge with a shunting declared. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/342 "2010-10-13T16:06:41Z")
Aiiee. I see Iā€™m slipping here. I meant **Tower Hill** , and since the two stations are connected, I wasā€“naĆÆvely perhapsā€“assuming that they were topologically equivalent until departure. Well, with no cards, no green tokens, and only one transfer allowance left, Iā€™m nearly in knip. Iā€™m pretty much constrained to the District line until another player proforms a shunt or deadhead transfer. **Earlā€™s Court**. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/343 "2010-10-13T16:09:33Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I just stopped at Paddington Station and picked up a bear. What do I do now? Iā€™m sorry, Peruvian bears are no longer legal in MC, as of the 2007 Quarterly Supplement. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/344 "2010-10-13T16:11:26Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I just stopped at Paddington Station and picked up a bear. What do I do now? What is the bear doing? You may be able to claim a companion fare. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/345 "2010-10-13T16:50:48Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > **Earlā€™s Court**. **Camden Town**. (Zone 5 to Zone 2 at no cost, using the Lost Travelcard Exception). ---
**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:** [October 13, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/346 "2010-10-13T16:54:32Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > [@Sunspace](#): > > > > The classic response to this is **Blackfriars** , but I am advised that that station is out of service. Therefore, I must play **Tower Gateway** and conserve tokens. > > Oh, dear - I must cry foul. **Tower Gateway** is on the DLR, not the Underground. Iā€™m afraid youā€™re going to have to turn in your cards and green tokens. That leaves **Monument** as the last legal play. > > **Embankment** , and I claim **Sunspaceā€™s** discards. > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I thought the DLR was wild under Tudor Court Rules, but Iā€™m afraid **Maus** is quite correct. A pity, as this has allowed him to take a stranglehold on the position east of the prime meridian. Iā€™m torn, but because of my surfeit of tokens, I think **Paddington** is the correct play. SDMB play has always included the DLR, with or without Tudor Court rules. So **Sunspace** ā€™s move stands, IMnshO. Fortunately, thereā€™s no uncertainty in legitimate moves. But Iā€™m not so sure everything **Bricker** claimed to do would hold up. And now I see that **furryman** has a bear. That could put a major twist in this game. Assuming the bear doesnā€™t cause a station closure or a platform flash mob, Iā€™ll steal a play from **JohnT** and move **Wood Lane**. I swap 3 tokens for a prism. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/347 "2010-10-13T17:53:39Z")
Lions and tigers and now bears, oh my! **Mile End** ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/348 "2010-10-13T18:21:03Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > > Oh, dear - I must cry foul. **Tower Gateway** is on the DLR, not the Underground. Iā€™m afraid youā€™re going to have to turn in your cards and green tokens. That leaves **Monument** as the last legal play. > > > > **Embankment** , and I claim **Sunspaceā€™s** discards. > > > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > > > I thought the DLR was wild under Tudor Court Rules, but Iā€™m afraid **Maus** is quite correct. A pity, as this has allowed him to take a stranglehold on the position east of the prime meridian. Iā€™m torn, but because of my surfeit of tokens, I think **Paddington** is the correct play. > > SDMB play has always included the DLR, with or without Tudor Court rules. So **Sunspace** ā€™s move stands, IMnshO. Fortunately, thereā€™s no uncertainty in legitimate moves. But Iā€™m not so sure everything **Bricker** claimed to do would hold up. > > And now I see that **furryman** has a bear. That could put a major twist in this game. Assuming the bear doesnā€™t cause a station closure or a platform flash mob, Iā€™ll steal a play from **JohnT** and move **Wood Lane**. I swap 3 tokens for a prism. Appreciate the nod, but it wasnā€™t a play, merely a question. Iā€™m nowhere near good enough to play in _this_ game. :eek: ---
**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:** [October 13, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/349 "2010-10-13T18:25:29Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > > [@furryman](#): > > > > I just stopped at Paddington Station and picked up a bear. What do I do now? > > Iā€™m sorry, Peruvian bears are no longer legal in MC, as of the 2007 Quarterly Supplement. > [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > And now I see that **furryman** has a bear. That could put a major twist in this game. Assuming the bear doesnā€™t cause a station closure or a platform flash mob, Iā€™ll steal a play from **JohnT** and move **Wood Lane**. I swap 3 tokens for a prism. So is there some reason the 2007 Quarterly isnā€™t in play? (And I should have mentioned that it was the Fall Quarterly - sorry furryman). Iā€™m sorry to dwell on this, and interject into this marvelous game, but I was disqualified in a local match based on the Peruvian bear exclusion and Iā€™d like to know if I went wrong in my arguments. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/350 "2010-10-13T18:45:01Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > > [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > > > And now I see that **furryman** has a bear. That could put a major twist in this game. Assuming the bear doesnā€™t cause a station closure or a platform flash mob, Iā€™ll steal a play from **JohnT** and move **Wood Lane**. I swap 3 tokens for a prism. > > So is there some reason the 2007 Quarterly isnā€™t in play? (And I should have mentioned that it was the Fall Quarterly - sorry furryman). Iā€™m sorry to dwell on this, and interject into this marvelous game, but I was disqualified in a local match based on the Peruvian bear exclusion and Iā€™d like to know if I went wrong in my arguments. Oh, you were referring to the Fall Quarterly. I had the Spring _Greater London 2007 Quarterly Supplement_ on my mind. This was the first ruleset to include ā€œflash mob due to a bearā€ as a separate case from ā€œflash mob in a station.ā€ I shouldnā€™t be too surprised that the fall supplement excluded Peruvian bears, especially after the Paddington/Victoria/Waterloo incident that occurred just after the spring supplement hit the stands. (_shudders at the memory_) After **Wargamer** ā€™s last move, I have to play long with **Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich**. Again, the DLR is in play under SDMB practice. So I pick up a bonus ticket for the long station name. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/351 "2010-10-13T18:53:12Z")
Well, that worked out better than expected. I can back-switch and transfer to **Canning Town**. ---
**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 13, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/352 "2010-10-13T18:58:30Z")
I really must protest the use of the DLR, but themā€™s the rules. **Moorgate** ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/353 "2010-10-13T19:19:23Z")
**Euston**. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/354 "2010-10-13T19:35:22Z")
**Hillingdon**. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/355 "2010-10-13T19:52:18Z")
**Ruislip**. That puts us into the Ruislip constellation, and increases the chance of a taxi-ride to West Ruislip. Not that Iā€™m suggesting anything. ---
**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 13, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/356 "2010-10-13T20:11:51Z")
**Ruislip Gardens** Loop card played. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/357 "2010-10-13T20:35:34Z")
Darn, into the knip again. **Maus Magill** just torpedoā€™ed my late mid-game position. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/358 "2010-10-13T20:41:09Z")
**Pinner** , knocking **Maus Magill** onto the bar by hitting eir blot. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/359 "2010-10-13T20:46:50Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I just stopped at Paddington Station and picked up a bear. What do I do now? You get a free brass token for the best username/post combo in the game, for a start! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/360 "2010-10-13T21:28:03Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > > [@furryman](#): > > > > I just stopped at Paddington Station and picked up a bear. What do I do now? > > You get a free brass token for the best username/post combo in the game, for a start! šŸ˜ƒ In what ruleset is that allowed??? šŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794.md?page=19)