# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/121 "2008-02-26T15:08:05Z")
I can swoop in after **Silenus** ’ play with **Goldhawk Road** for double tokens, which will not help win the game, but does move us on towards a possible trans-Thames resolution of the City loop. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/122 "2008-02-26T15:09:11Z")
Gahh…wonderful tagging job there Wg. ---
**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 27, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/123 "2008-02-27T02:27:20Z")
Of course, the safest play here is Wilson’s Gambit, otherwise known as the Overground Dodge of 1978. **Kilburn High Road** to escape Wargamer’s deadly Brussels Trap. ---
**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 27, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/124 "2008-02-27T03:02:08Z")
Which gives me **Dagenham Heathway** as trump, with transfers in abeyance for a fortnight. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/125 "2008-02-27T03:04:34Z")
Damn, I was going to move to Queen’s Park. Actually, I still will. **Queen’s Park.** But was that preceding Overground Dodge allowable? I thought that after the 1984 Rules Concordium you have to show a known bus connection to pull a Dodge. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/126 "2008-02-27T03:15:28Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Damn, I was going to move to Queen’s Park. Actually, I still will. **Queen’s Park.** But was that preceding Overground Dodge allowable? I thought that after the 1984 Rules Concordium you have to show a known bus connection to pull a Dodge. [/QUOTE] Please review the 1987 decision in the western division finals at Glasgow. I believe that should clear things up for you. No one should be surprised by this, **St James Park**. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/127 "2008-02-27T04:55:08Z")
I know I am new to this game, but isn’t Barrow’s rule still in effect? Granted it was dated 1998, but I have not seen the addendum since then. Could a player place St James Park under these rules? Remember the Tolsmyth gambit of 2004? Does that rule apply here? SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/128 "2008-02-27T04:59:31Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] I know I am new to this game, but isn’t Barrow’s rule still in effect? Granted it was dated 1998, but I have not seen the addendum since then. Could a player place St James Park under these rules? Remember the Tolsmyth gambit of 2004? Does that rule apply here? SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] Bah, you’re right. I was so ingrossed in the 87 Glasgow decision that I totally overlooked the double park exemption under Barrow. I will take my penalty position of **Stockwell**. ---
**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 27, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/129 "2008-02-27T05:24:13Z")
Sloppy play, Antinor01. You’ve forced my hand: I must use the EOL Transfer Protocol laid out in RFC 8291.128 at the Stockholm Convention for Internet-Based London Transport Games in 2003 to take us down the Northern Line to **London Bridge**. This is dangerous stuff. ---
**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 27, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/130 "2008-02-27T05:37:43Z")
Yikes! All these modern rules are confusing. I was all set to play British Museum, but I think I can still play **Kensington (Olympia)** and remain fungible. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/131 "2008-02-27T13:37:24Z")
**Earl’s Court**. The Central Line is now in an octagon of decreasing trumps, according to Stanley’s Billabong of 1934. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/132 "2008-02-27T13:44:21Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Please review the 1987 decision in the western division finals at Glasgow. I believe that should clear things up for you. [/QUOTE] I accept your point here, but bear in mind that Scottish Senior League rules are a bit different from IMCF rules, and aren’t necessarily considered precedent. Of course, this is a friendly, so we can play under the rules of any federation we want, but as this message board is technically American I just assumed we were using IMCF regulations. But I’ll buy that. Anyway, I’m invoking Rule 6-19 (b), which allows me to jump over High Street-Kensington because a Kensington was played in the last five moves and I’m playing **Notting Hill Gate** , and I think we can see where this is going. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/133 "2008-02-27T13:47:16Z")
I think Marsden’s Coup is available here, so I will play **Pimlico.** ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/134 "2008-02-27T15:10:01Z")
I hope that a player from across the Channel can join in the game. If so, after analyzing the situation, I cannot help but make the observation that the present state of the board is extraordinarily similar to that of the 1938 World Championship British-German semi-final (famously beset by scandal when the German delegation stormed away in a huff, having been soundly beaten by the British team --All analysts agreed in that the Germans blundered by mistakenly using the Berlin U-bahn layout in their minds during the crucial move… But I digress). That being the case, given that this is one of the most deeply analyzed games in all of history, you will all agree that the only logical move is… **Waterloo** ---
**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 27, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/135 "2008-02-27T18:48:13Z")
Ah! a Pimlico to Waterloo augmented-nexus “bounce”. Downstream as well! I feel like I’m witness to the great Stephania when she was at the height of her powers. If she’s looking down on us all, I humbly offer a Moravian stepover to **Borough** , and hope that it’s worthy of her memory. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/136 "2008-02-27T19:38:48Z")
I do believe that she’d be pleased with your play **G. Odoreida** , because you’ve opened the door to her favorite bait-and-switch tactic, popularized by Sir A.C. Doyle in his Holmes’ story _The Great Game League_. So, with that - **Walthamstow Central** ---
**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 27, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/137 "2008-02-27T20:42:56Z")
Which gives me **Bounds Green** on a mid-week declination. Huzzah! ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/138 "2008-02-27T22:15:40Z")
Hmmm… I think that it is the moment to spice up the game. Yep. I am going to do it. I know, I know… It’s dangerous, and the situation becomes unpredictable, but… What the heck! “He who dares, wins”, and all that, right? Besides, I think that the Schlimmkowitz Gambit is worth trying at this point. Without further ado (but with much trepidation)… **Aldwych !!** ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/139 "2008-02-28T00:54:48Z")
[QUOTE=JoseB] Without further ado (but with much trepidation)… **Aldwych !!** [/QUOTE] Dear friend **JoseB** , I see what you’re trying to do here, and it’s a very elegant move if I may say so. Similar to the kind of defence that my old sparring partner Tinkleton tended to use in his prime. I know he never won a major, but by all that’s sacred he played some elegant MC in his day. However, if you look back over the play thus far, you’ll see that ‘Aldwych’ would contravene the Chessingbourne Convention, as we’re in a leap year. Perhaps, dear friend, you had overlooked that it’s a leap year? An entirely understandalbe error. Nonetheless, and with great regret, I fear we have to reject this particular play. ---
**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 28, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569/140 "2008-02-28T02:25:02Z")
I’ve carefully considered my options here, and decided that my only rational option: the Oxford Semicircle. **Tufnell Park**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mornington-crescent-yet/438569.md?page=8)