The rules:
May I humbly start with Elephant & Castle to Waterloo.
Any takers?
And by the way can anyone suggest a suitable MC? I’m still parked at Waterloo.
It’s Christmas! We’re all in nid!
i call tube drivers strike. All lines are subject to cancellations for the next 48hrs.
And - as always - I’ll start by playing Camden Town
i wanna play too!
But the rules in the top post are as clear as mud…can someone post a basic set of rules?
Can I start with Russell Square? (my “home” Tube stop whenever I am in London)
Bill
You cannot start with Russel Square. Read the rules. And Garius you should know better than that, samarm has already made the opening move (a dubious double, but he is playing with Fran Walsh). And you certainly can’t declare tube drivers strike on a Thursday. Well, you can call it, but it won’t come into effect until Monday. I think we’ll just put it down to Christmas spirit.
Anyhoo, I think Buckhust Hill should be the next move. The East End is so much more colourful.
For a simplified set of rules (note - the rules on the DLR contain serious errors and they completely omit the Thames Flood Barrier) try here
Assuming Lafayette’s Perogative is still in effect, I’m going to apply Rushton’s Flip and make Cannon Street the next move.
(Since this looks like it may be something of a beginner’s game, will we be removing the spikes from the elevator in Picadilly Circus? That’s often a bit advanced for newbies.)
Well, that makes it interesting. With Cannon Street in play, if I apply the rule’s application in the 1997 Prince Charles’ Royal Mornington Crescent Invitational, in the infamous India vs Pakistan MC long match, I should be able to get away with …
the 1997 long match, I remember bits of that. Vaguely. The unexpected playing of the Khyber Pass was quite a sight!
Anyway, from Aldwych we can mosey to Mudchute. Let me remind everyone that the DLR is allowed (collingsbury rules)
I declare a Disraeli and and give you the trifecta of Royal Victoria, Prince Regent and Royal Albert!
Tapioca - Typical bloody yank - yeah the American Standard Model stipulates Tube Strikes on Mondays only - but you of all people should know that we always play the International Standard Model here on the board (this time with the Fran Walsh adaption. So Tube Strikes can be called at any time as long as Nid has been declared.
I think you are just annoyed at the fact that i beat you on points last time we played here 
Anyway, i siddle over to Holborn
She’s named after me, you know. We played in Whitstable as children often and when I retired from the professional game she asked if she could have my monika. I said no, but that she could have my Fran instead.
Leytonstone
Wow. Allow me to bow down and worship you - thats a helluvah claim to fame.
My current girlfriend’s great uncle is Chris Jenkins who won the world championships a couple of times back in the fifties.
Not that that was one of the reasons why i wanted to date her or anything… 
Sorry old bean, but I’m about as “yank” as you are.
I apologise for the mistake, I’d forgotten I has declared Nid myself :smack:
Anyway, in honour of Francesca’s fame, I think Hainault should be called. Yes, allowable under Sanders ruling.
I love the East always so exotic. Reminds me of time with the East India Company: me and the memsa …zzzzzzzzzz
I can’t apologise enough! sorry for the insult old chap - i misread your style of play.
Hounslow West
Hackney Wick
i hope that wasn’t rhyming slang
well i guess i’m left with no option other than to retreat to Richmond and call Signal Failure
You call signal failure at Richmond if you like, but you left the riverboat tied up. Talk about beginner’s mistakes.
Kew Gardens
Garius good call, but please note that Signal Failure is technically invalid unless Bassingtons have been declared void during motion West to a non-vowel station. I know, I know, most players will accept it outside of tournament play, and the Bassingtons rule is not yet canonical outside of the Twillocks Convention (see New Abridged Rules, Revised Oxford edition, Joryon & Bailey, 1981), but I felt it was worth mentioning to help some of the newbies.
Seems like Tapioca has overlooked the fact that double nibs are permitted for consecutive motion non-East (1972 International Adjudication, Finn .v. Kosygin, upheld on appeal 1974 Oslo Conference) therefore I declare double nibs and
Hounslow East !!
Amateur! That brings me to … no, that’s not right. Let me check again. We did say that limited North American right running was permitted per the McMaster University v Salisbury Old Boy’s Club scrum of 1978, right? Wait a minute … that won’t change things.
Euston Square. So close, yet so far. Bollocks.