# 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:** 3
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/41 "2008-02-21T22:59:25Z")
Yup, still legal. It was threatened during the Helsinki Conference last year, but they kept it in because of the need for removing anticompetitive habits in the central Asian leagues. **Moorgate**. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/42 "2008-02-21T23:14:30Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] Yup, still legal. It was threatened during the Helsinki Conference last year, but they kept it in because of the need for removing anticompetitive habits in the central Asian leagues. [/QUOTE] I believe it was Shelley (or was it Keats?) who said, “Finns again? Begins again!” **Bank** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/43 "2008-02-21T23:36:10Z")
A collective sigh of relief that **North Weald** is no longer available in this situtation. The alternative is a far more palatable **Archway** (Fotheringham B’s sententiousness notwithstanding). ---
**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, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/44 "2008-02-21T23:40:58Z")
[QUOTE=G. Odoreida] A collective sigh of relief that **North Weald** is no longer available in this situtation. The alternative is a far more palatable **Archway** (Fotheringham B’s sententiousness notwithstanding). [/QUOTE] In your excitement at avoiding North Weald, you completely overlooked the fact that I can now select **Earl’s Court** for a double score. ---
**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, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/45 "2008-02-21T23:53:02Z")
Invocation of Bank without a Yatchet two turns before a double score allows me to play a rare Welsh Mynyddoedd, for which I choose **Carnedd Llewelyn**. Since the Prince is not in residence, I’m pulling out my Ty Coch. If you hear bagpipes, you have gone beyond Betws Garmon and will suffer the vision of a naked Duchess of Cornwall. Be forewarned. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/46 "2008-02-22T00:01:47Z")
We’re not fooled, **Liberal** , although I applaud the attempt to bluff a Trojan Inkman call. **Upton Park**. ---
**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 22, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/47 "2008-02-22T00:02:03Z")
The old **Carnedd** Ploy, eh? You must think you are Cunning McCunningsford from Cunningshire. But Sydney Rules apply, as you yourself have admitted, and since it’s tomorrow there, that means **Goodge Street** becomes playable as an Encumbrance, and your postion becomes rather untenable. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/48 "2008-02-22T02:08:04Z")
I’m going to invoke the Pythagorean Exemption from the 1988 Manchester Conference and jump to **Warren Street** , bringing us to an exciting endgame. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/49 "2008-02-22T02:12:31Z")
Not so fast!!! Didn’t Pranton’s Gambit demonstrate that I can release **Gunnersbury**? 😃 ---
**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 22, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/50 "2008-02-22T02:18:01Z")
Pranton, Pranton…ah, there it is. A quick scan of the precis seems to indicate that **GorillaMan** is indeed correct. That kicks us out of regular play and into Open Tournament Rules, doesn’t it? In which case, according to the manual, the next play is a mandatory **Cockfosters** , with Descending Tram Exchange enabled and all Britrail transfers wild. Oh, boy! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/51 "2008-02-22T02:21:06Z")
Now we’re talking!!! I declare Zone 6 void, and am taking **Mile End** no trumps. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/52 "2008-02-22T02:31:39Z")
Is **Brill** still valid, or did the fistfight that occurred during Wuppertal 1977 make it a permanently invalid action, no matter what rules are in force? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/53 "2008-02-22T02:33:08Z")
Brill? What zone is that in?! **Chancery Lane** ---
**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 22, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/54 "2008-02-22T02:48:12Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] Brill? What zone is that in?! **Chancery Lane** [/QUOTE] I’ve been told that in the middle game you shouldn’t block yourself in by playing more obscure stations in Zone 1. So where’s an escape route? Ah! **Tottenham Hale**! ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/55 "2008-02-22T02:51:22Z")
Brill was closed in 1935, which disqualifies it according to the Aldgate Declaration of the 1964 Thomson Committee’s recommendations. When GorillaMan declared Zone 6 void, he automatically brought the Thomson Committee rules into play. Starting over at Mile End, I’m going to use the Hammersmith Jump to take us to **Liverpool Street** , blocking Governor Quinn. GorillaMan, you should be ashamed of yourself for forgetting the Aldgate Declaration. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/56 "2008-02-22T03:45:38Z")
Let’s see: leap year-check, lunar eclipse-check, Welsh language excursus-check. That means I can invoke the widdershins triple, and move to **Angel**. ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/57 "2008-02-22T10:58:21Z")
[QUOTE=The Punkyova] Let’s see: leap year-check, lunar eclipse-check, Welsh language excursus-check. That means I can invoke the widdershins triple, and move to **Angel**. [/QUOTE] Tee-hee, after 25 years in the game I finally get to play it! And because my last move was disallowed, unfairly I feel, and I’m certainly one to hold a grudge, you can all spend the next five moves escaping the abridged **Warren Street** - **Oxford Circus** - **Tottenham Court Road** loop[sup]1[/sup]. **Warren Street** [sup]1[/sup]The Lesser Outside Reversing Loop: A Cad’s Play, or Understated Genius? Bonham-Leigh, T. _The Proceedings of the International Society of Mornington Crescent 1978 **79** :10064-10176_ ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/58 "2008-02-22T11:57:20Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] GorillaMan, you should be ashamed of yourself for forgetting the Aldgate Declaration. [/QUOTE] Did you miss the connection here, under the Featherstone Principle? [QUOTE=Giles] I’ve been told that in the middle game you shouldn’t block yourself in by playing more obscure stations in Zone 1. [/QUOTE] **Great Portland Street** ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/59 "2008-02-22T12:18:24Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] **Great Portland Street** [/QUOTE] Hmm. As a new player entering the game, I will assert my right (in accordance with the West London Papers published by Douglas Wyatt in 1966) to include the North London Line. This right is, I believe, available only on the first move, so I’m going to have to get this right. **Dalston Kingsland** ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/60 "2008-02-22T12:43:03Z")
Interesting… that would normally place you in Nidd, but with Britrail transfers being wild, you’re safe. A reverse shunt to **Hainault** should throw a spanner amongst the pigeons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569.md?page=4)