Mornington Crescent question

Dover Street!

It’s a legal play because Lynne has played Paddington more than six times and fog has been deemed ‘lifted’, thereby making ‘past names’ eligible (provided it does not contravene the shunt rule, which it obviously doesn’t in this case).

Wow. I’m going to have to pass - a good time to do so, as I have no legal moves anyway :).

I accidentally passed through a police box now I’m in Times Square!

Green Park Modern names restored.

Notting Hill Gate. Exit turnstiles broken.

Camden Town

Olly, olly, in come free!

Well played, you two. That knocks me out.

My tokens go into the kitty, and show down to claim my discards.

Technically you could still play Greenford, but that’s the only legal move I see, and it wouldn’t help you anyway. :frowning:

Fine competition, sir.

I will play Rotherhithe.

Well played, Maus.

Maus discards claim!

Escalators disabled at Paddington.

Stratford. :smiley:

Clapham Common, doubled.

Waterloo, and brush the kitty.

Bricker, my friend, what is this ‘Rotherhithe’ of which you speak? I have not been able to find it on the Underground map.

You’re a sly one, Bricker - thank goodness we have ianzin keeping an eye on things. I was about to do a Duncan Bannatyne and sign off with a curt “I’m oot”, but your illegal move (coupled with an inspired, but equally illegal move from furryman) has put me right back in the game. I’m not about to give up in my personal battle with lynne-42, so I play Paddington.

I don’t have access to my references this morning, so I’m playing based solely off the top of my head.

Given:

  • Tudor Court rules were lifted.
  • Two illegal moves in close succession.
  • Yet another move to Paddington.
  • The number of tokens I’ve been sitting on for more than a week.

I believe all lines and stations are open to me. So I’ll attempt:

Mornington Crescent!!

And let’s see if this sticks! Otherwise 2/3 of my tokens are back in the kitty.

Nice try, Scuba_Ben, but I believe brushed kitties at Waterloo void all illegal moves made within the previous 15 rounds. See Dunsameere&Wales, pp 903-05 - discussing the Royal Academy of Veterinary Intramurals of 1927, when the kitties rule first came to prominence.

It was worth a shot.

Acton Town.

I see you’ve been trapped in one of the suburban constellations again. That frees me to play Bank with extra ventilation.

Bless you, Sunspace, I’ve been waiting and waiting for someone to open up a two-line station for me! Now, at last, I can play…

King George V