Seeing as the British Dopers are sweltering under a blazing sun, it’s time for some relief. I think the Haversham (1956) rules are most apt (no journeys of more than three consecutive above ground stations during daylight hours)
Special rule: Anyone who can reach Hampstead (192 feet below the ground) receives double points. And what do points mean?
I’ll start with Aldgate East
I’m always up for a game. I’m happy with the Haversham rules, provided we specify no picnics. That would be foolish!
The obvious response would be Kilburn but I’m going to go sideways to Camden Town. It’s a new tactic I’m trying and while I admit that it’s experimental, I’m willing to unleash it in a public game.
“Loggins!”
Based on that Triple Interrupt, I’ll play a Scotch Leapfrog to Goodge Street. Suburban bidding is allowed on alternate primes.
I employ the euloth gambit and move to Alperton station.
(and from a yank no less)
unclviny
People - remember to use the WMCA standard notation please -
All station names must be bolded as must called plays.
All Rule invocations must be italicised and annotated with the year.
Otherwise i’m going to invoke Hodgekins Law (1992) and call Shindigs on those who don’t comply.
Anyway, I open at Hounslow East as usual and call Signal Failure.
BTW: Can i call Warped Rail? I can never remember whether the Haversham Rules allow it or not - and none of the online texts i’ve look at refer to it.
alperton? Going to the Brent area this early could be costly (remember the old adage; “North West is seldom best”).
But if we’re playing devil may care MC: Dollis Hill. (which is an above ground tube station, which should liven things up a bit)
pah; banjaxed by Garius’ premature ejaculations!
garius, nitpickery like that in a social game is tedious. Save it for the grudge matches. :rolleyes:
Anyway, Tufnell Park, for the straddle. (Cryer, 1956, for those who must know. :rolleyes: again)
Right this time I am going to get my bid in.
I’m assuming that as this is an internet version of the game we will be using the recent changes to Hammond’s protocols? Especially that relating to Circuses. (this would be in line with postal versions of MC).
Assuming that:
Parson’s Green (allowing the straddle)
Bite me Malacandra - you’re still bitter because i beat you in the Londis Cup Semi’s this year.
Hounslow East to Kings Cross
And i call escalator repairs
Piffle. Escalator repairs were disallowed in the 1997 Uxbridge Congress due to ubiquity (where aren’t there escalator repairs?).
Using the Oval Deflection allowed in the Summer Timetable rules, I play Tooting Bec.
OK… Summer Timetable rules… With Weekend Engineering Works or without?
I call Woodford-Hainault until 2000 hours only and play Central Line, Bethnal Green
beffnal green? We are seeing the nicest places.
Let’s raise the tone: Ruislip Gardens.
I know it’s risky, but employing a Mrs. Teliis’ excuse me I can make it right across to South Kensington. At least the Science Museum is nice and cool.
Of course we’re employing Summer Timetables. We’re not some uncivilised antipodean.
Warped rails are allowed to be invoked, but only for above ground stretches. Thus Garius’ initial call of Hounslow East should have placed him in permanent Nip. We all missed that one and now he’s safely below the pavement.
Hah!
In that case, I’ll have a gold token’s worth of Suburban Bidding and invoke Jigg’s Whip.
Hyde Park Corner.
Anyone else feel like inviting me to bite them? :wally
My move, I believe.
I will call upon Mortimer-Smythington’s “Ephermal Principia” (1912) and move, with grandiloquent ease, to Swiss Cottage.
The biting, sir, is all yours.
“Knip”, shurely?
Swiss Cottage is nice in the summer, or so I hear. Plus, it fairly stymies me.
Or it would, if I didn’t have to option of playing my one Nomenclature Trump (applicable only in Tourist Season, of course) and skew to Russell Square. It’s a risky move, but you really didn’t leave me any better options.
Just popped in to say
I’M COMING TO LONDON IN 8 DAYS! WEE!!
Right.
It’s about time we shook things up.
I’ve been looking in the archives at alt.games.mornington-crescent.arcania and found something most useful (posted in 1998, in case the above posting by garius has any effect whatsoever):
Bartham’s Rule: if the previous four station stops have all started with a consonant, and the furthest two (in terms of order of play) both started with the same letter, then a move to an abandoned station may be played if and only if that station begins with a vowel and was not terminated in an odd-numbered year.
So you can put away all your objections via Carpal’s Dictum and the Grave-Shipley 1934 conference, because Iolanthe Square, which as we all recall got shut down in 1978 due to lack of business (plus that stoat infestation), is a legal move.
AND it’s above ground AND it’s surrounded by water AND there is only twice-a-day ferry service.
And yes, I am invoking the 1856 “high H value” rule. I didn’t think it needed a mention, but then I forgot garius is here. Otherwise I think it’s a given.