# No Mornington Crescent yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 21, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569 "2008-02-21T15:28:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 21, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/21 "2008-02-21T18:34:29Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Since when? My recollection is that it’s the **4th** player, not the 3rd. Has there been a new Addendum published that I missed? [/QUOTE] I think the addendum is under review for the 2008 Summer rulebook (Welsh-language edition). Perhaps you heard of that change while following the _responsa_ for that edition? I was going to play Baker Street, but I believe I’m stuck on an empty Oyster card. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/22 "2008-02-21T18:40:35Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] I was going to play Baker Street, but I believe I’m stuck on an empty Oyster card. [/QUOTE] I think we’re playing pre-Oyster-card rules, so I’ll take your Baker Street, jump over the turnstiles, and run down to **Great Portland Street** ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/23 "2008-02-21T18:43:43Z")
Well, since this is my first stab at an International Game, this former colonial will essay **Stamford Brook**. I will admit, however, that my unlearned play does contradict Lothian’s Paradox. However, I think I can wiggle out of any trouble with a cross-river transition. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/24 "2008-02-21T18:45:30Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] Well, since this is my first stab at an International Game, this former colonial will essay **Stamford Brook**. I will admit, however, that my unlearned play does contradict Lothian’s Paradox. However, I think I can wiggle out of any trouble with a cross-river transition. [/QUOTE] I saw what you did there! Don’t think you’re making it any easier on the rest of us. **Forsythe’s Lodge** ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/25 "2008-02-21T18:47:14Z")
Oh dear, I now realize where I might have gone wrong! I forgot the '55 Trans-Canada Championship Coup. Hmmmmm. Perhaps I can rescue the situation with a quick **South Acton**? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/26 "2008-02-21T18:56:04Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] I saw what you did there! Don’t think you’re making it any easier on the rest of us. **Forsythe’s Lodge** [/QUOTE] I don’t there’s ever been a Tube station of that name, so I think we just have to reverse the previous three moves, go up one escalator, and down one lift. I think that takes us to **Russell Square** ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/27 "2008-02-21T19:02:21Z")
[QUOTE=Giles] I don’t there’s ever been a Tube station of that name, so I think we just have to reverse the previous three moves, go up one escalator, and down one lift. I think that takes us to **Russell Square** [/QUOTE] Which makes it a simple hop to **Gunnersby** ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/28 "2008-02-21T19:10:47Z")
Which makes **Surrey Quays** a prudent move, if only to avoid an unduly messy mid-game. We wouldn’t want a repeat of Mumbai now, would we? ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/29 "2008-02-21T19:17:30Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Which makes **Surrey Quays** a prudent move, if only to avoid an unduly messy mid-game. We wouldn’t want a repeat of Mumbai now, would we? [/QUOTE] Indeed not, and with that in mind i think \*\* Swiss Cottage\*\* will neatly avoid the whole mess that is Chisingwold’s Gambit. (Incidentally, did anyone happen to catch the end of the Semi-Regional Bi-Annuals from Penistone this year, I hear that Swarthithoff’s unorthodox play of the DLR was a joy to watch, unfortunately I missed it due to some geese.) ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/30 "2008-02-21T19:24:42Z")
That’s not cricket! You’ve pushed me into a rather unpleasant **Perivale** twist. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/31 "2008-02-21T20:07:54Z")
As even an unlettered lout like me knows **Arsenal** is the remedy for the **Perivale** Twist. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/32 "2008-02-21T20:11:06Z")
**Arsenal** only postpones the inevitable collision, as you will see later. But meantime I’ll go for broke with **Harlesden**. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/33 "2008-02-21T20:17:53Z")
Yes, it may postpone the inevitable, but it also allows a **Waterloo** variant to shift the tide, as Dollopsby demonstrated in the '04 Commonwealth Invitational. Unless of course, anti-clockwise is not in effect. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/34 "2008-02-21T20:23:27Z")
South of the river? That unlocks diagonals, doesn’t it? Woo hoo!!! I’ll pick up pace now, with **Morden**!!! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/35 "2008-02-21T20:24:50Z")
Anti-clockwise has been in effect since the third move, I believe. Which means I can extend and play **Kew Gardens** , as per Grogham et al in the '57 Regionals in Sydney. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/36 "2008-02-21T20:43:42Z")
Well then, since Sydney rules apply — which ought to have been invoked before Dollis Hill — I am going to spend my Domesday. I shall place half of it in \*\*Durham \*\* and half of it in either **Middlesex or Cumberland**. Guess wrongly at your peril. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/37 "2008-02-21T21:00:13Z")
I’ll throw caution to the winds and say **South Wimbeldon**. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/38 "2008-02-21T22:37:31Z")
Which would lead one to naturally play **Shepherd’s Bush** , but that option was played long ago. Defaulting to Riscanton’s Option, I’ll play **Barking**. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/39 "2008-02-21T22:49:58Z")
That brings in play the Roding Valley set of gambits – I’ll go for **Barkingside** (Or is that too obvious?) ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/40 "2008-02-21T22:52:49Z")
I’m not sure I’m allowed to do this (I only have an old copy of the rules) but I’m going to go with **Holland Park** I’m basing that choice on the decision during the 1948 regionals, where it was declared a legal move. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569.md?page=3)