# 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:** 21
**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 18, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/401 "2010-10-18T13:19:23Z")
**Paddington**. ---
**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 18, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/402 "2010-10-18T14:02:13Z")
A _very_ unusual move from **ianzin** , but by George (snort) it’s a good one! I’m starting to feel really out of my depth here, I’m very rusty having not played for nearly a year due to injury. **Paddington**. ---
**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 18, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/403 "2010-10-18T14:10:01Z")
Back at Paddington, I see. I ran my latest sims to see if I can play MC this time. But my sim program shot itself. So time for the three-line station at **Victoria**. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/404 "2010-10-18T16:06:44Z")
**Royal Oak** , stirrups interrupted, Tudor Court Rules reinstated. ---
**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 18, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/405 "2010-10-18T17:33:34Z")
Oh, hell. Right - time for affirmative action with **Elephant & Castle**. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/406 "2010-10-18T21:49:51Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > **Bricker** , my friend, what is this ‘Rotherhithe’ of which you speak? I have not been able to find it on the Underground map. Because it closed in 2007. Was part of the East London line. This is what I get for not updating my notes. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/407 "2010-10-18T21:52:52Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > **Royal Oak** , > > stirrups interrupted, Tudor Court Rules reinstated. Nay, I’ve ‘ad about enough o’ this gawdawful mess. [/Thick Yorkshire accent] **Harrow-on-the-Hill**. Tudor Court rules revoked. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/408 "2010-10-19T00:33:52Z")
**Hogwarts** ---
**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 19, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/409 "2010-10-19T02:46:34Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > **Hogwarts** I beg your pardon. This isn’t Fantasy MC, my good man. **Edgware Road** , and the straddle. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/410 "2010-10-19T03:30:18Z")
A Bakerloo Straddle - reminds me of the Ko Kho Khao invitational in '76 where I had the pleasure of being an official sub recorder. I saw some moves that, frankly, I have no idea if they were legal by Tudor rules, but were certainly entertaining. ---
**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 19, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/411 "2010-10-19T04:05:10Z")
Any more of this, and we’ll have to deal with Tumpington’s Wicket, and I don’t have to tell you what _that_ involves. Ordinarily I’d return to **Paddington** and make it a triple straddle, but _'Ware Tumptington!_ I therefore play **Baker Street** and avert the straddle. ---
**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 19, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/412 "2010-10-19T12:54:07Z")
OK, I think it’s time for **Fulham Broadway**. The gloves are well and truly off, now - dare I say that I can feel the early endgame coming on? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/413 "2010-10-19T12:54:47Z")
**Bank** , and I take advantage of the Exchange Rate Spike due to Tumptington’s Averted to exchange all, yes ALL, my gold tokens for…brass! Yes, it’s unorthodox, I grant you, but I may be on to a Nefarious Plan. ---
**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 19, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/414 "2010-10-19T14:28:24Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > OK, I think it’s time for **Fulham Broadway**. The gloves are well and truly off, now - dare I say that I can feel the early endgame coming on? I think it’s more of an early end to the late midgame. I’m concerned about **Wargamer** ’s token conversion. He may be on to something there. I can’t find any useful discussion in _MC For Dummies_ volumes 8 through 10, nor in _MC According to Hoyle_ (2006), so I have no idea what his Nefarios Plan ™ might be. So I’ll play **Burnt Oak** and challenge for the Ashes. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/415 "2010-10-19T15:26:59Z")
**Earl’s Court**. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/416 "2010-10-19T15:27:02Z")
I’ll drop two of my brass tokens in **Goldhawk Road**. Muwhahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/417 "2010-10-19T15:56:58Z")
No-one seems to have noticed that when **Dead Cat** played Fulham B. he opened up what was effectively a classic ‘archer’s elbow’ configuration along the District Line (because we had already had Harrow-on-the-Hill, a Met. line stn) thereby making it perfectly legal for **Wargamer** , who went for Bank, to have gone the extra station and played Moorgate, which I believe would have given him MC in 3 against any defence. Of course, that chance has gone now because we’ve had Burnt Oak, which starts and ends with the same letters as Bank, thus nullifying the equivalent name rule. **Mill Hill East** , and ruff. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/418 "2010-10-19T16:18:55Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > **Mill Hill East** , and ruff. **Ickenham** and slough two (red) tokens. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/419 "2010-10-19T16:29:47Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > **Ickenham** and slough two (red) tokens. Actually, now that I think about it, playing Ickenham is technically an _overruff_. Could have held on to my tokens. Ah, well. ---
**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 19, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/420 "2010-10-19T17:41:45Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Actually, now that I think about it, playing Ickenham is technically an _overruff_. Could have held on to my tokens. Ah, well. [Snort] - I was going to add “amateur”, but that would definitely be unfair based on your previous play. These things happen to the best of us, my friend. **Amersham**. I’m not sure how many terminuses that gives me, but it’s got to be strong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794.md?page=22)