GAME: Mornington Crescent

Post by **Kvetch** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:29 pm

How about a nice game of Mornington Crescent?

In order to keep it friendly, and since I don't want a repeat of the infamous Imperial College Defenstration of 2005 that arose from an argument over the interpretion of clause nine of the Sixth Edition of the Prague Rules, I propose we play using the Delaware rule set, as modified by the 1812 Giverny Protocols, and with all additional codicies in play (except Appendix 29).

Since I suspect the game will attract a few newcomers, we will play the first game or two with the board open(although I expect experienced players to play blind, as is usual.)

I will open play with Smethick's Gambit (as the classically educated among us will know, a special case of Markov's Proposition), which while costing me early in the game should strengthen my position after the first two diagonals are completed (unless double flux comes into play, of course):

"Chancery Lane"

NB: Inappropriate posts WILL be removed. I'm sure you know which ones I mean. (And this includes attempting Brent Cross to Collier's Wood, or any other obscene move designed to offend the younger members of our board). Any questions about the precise rule we are playing can be adressed to me (by PM only)

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:19 am

/me wonders if Kvetch fell out his window this morning...

Post by **laurie** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:46 pm

tollbaby wrote:/me wonders if Kvetch fell out his window this morning...

Yes, he did.

And using a combination Helsinki-Washerton spring vault, he landed at Marble Arch.

Post by **Kvetch** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:59 pm

A bit of an underhand move there, but perfectly valid.

Since we are accepting the Albanian Proclamation of 1997, I will enter the first stage of Knurl with:

Latimer Road.

Post by **laurie** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:16 pm

And the Mumley Declaration of 1804 (old, but still quite useful, IMO) allows me to make a quick stop at

Charing Cross

Post by **Kvetch** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:22 pm

Oh, bravo. The Shunpike Switch I do believe, which was used decisively by Morgan Standish in the Grand Finals ate the London Exhibition of 1884.

The best I can do with that is to head for the hills - literally.

"Northwood Hills"

Post by **Darb** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:28 pm

Not so fast. Napoleon made the same mistake, playing the northwoodhills gambit ...

... to which Wellington responded with ...

"Waterloo"

Post by **laurie** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:16 am

Ah, but using the Royal Air Force Provision of 1987, you can escape that trap by flying off to

Northolt

Post by **Kvetch** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:34 am

I'm afraid that I must go with the rather middle-of-the-road choice of

"Rotherhithe"

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:40 am

Laurie, the Air Force provisions may have momentarily assisted you, but I'm afraid that, due to a hostile takeover by the Royal Air Farce in 1970, I'm forced to stop at

"Knightsbridge"

Post by **Darb** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:34 pm

I hereby invoke the "Court Jester Gambit" {aka "The Circus-Court Turnabout"}, which I'm adapting from a match played by Gary Kasparov vs the MTA back in 1989:

Knightsbridge -> Baron's Court -> Piccadilly Circus -> Earl's Court -> Oxford Circus -> ...

"Totterham Court Road"

Post by **laurie** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:43 pm

Are there penalties for incorrect spelling?

It's "Tottenham Court Road", Brad.

The Undertakers Society Convention of 1947 introduced a decidedly macabre repositioning of playing pieces at

Golders Green

Post by **Kvetch** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:34 pm

Objection: That play puts us into Double Knurl, which is a forbidden move as Epping has not been played.

Continuing from the last valid move, I'll invoke Galois's Rule, and move to a place close to my heart*.

"Leyton"

*As a matter of fact, I used to live there.

Post by **laurie** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:09 pm

Hmmmph - as if anybody would want to play Epping anyway.....

Well, I guess it'll have to be the "Jack-the-Ripper Enigma" move for me. (First used by Sir Horace Twatt in his stellar triumph over Madame de Chien in 1923)

Whitechapel

Post by **Kvetch** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:18 am

Personally, I feel that the proponents of the Epping style do have a certain serene beauty when they are playing.

Oh dear - big mistake on my part. I'd forgotten you could do that.

Making the best of a bad job,

"Embankment".

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:38 pm

Kvetch is trying to coach me over the phone on this thread...

According to the regularly ignored law over the preservation of rabbit colonies on the island of Ibdofia, I can easily jump straight to Covent Garden in order to rectify the situation.

Post by **laurie** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:26 am

I'll invoke the phenomenal Richly-Parkinson Three-Quarter Reverse, as outlined in The Newly Revised and Improved Manual of Play (1958 Edition) and jump to

Mansion House

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:27 am

After enjoying many puddings produced at that infamous mansion, I invoke the divine right of cake-pudding-transformation, allowing me to slide suavely over to

Pudding Mill Lane

Post by **laurie** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:04 pm

Excellent, Sir!

You - and the Cleene-Streetes Rule of 1862 - have afforded me the opportunity to do a bit of sliding myself at

Mudchute

Post by **Kvetch** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:28 pm

Moving out to the Docklands Light Railway, I see. Not technically the tube, but the Cleene-Streetes Rule of 1862 does indeed allow for that extension.

Since that rule is now in play, and we have completed a double diagonal, I move the Disused Stations Rule into play, and claim:

"St. Mary's"

Post by **laurie** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:38 pm

**Quivering with excitement**

The Disused Stations Rule, Kvetch? I think you've lost your head.....

Tower Hill

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:13 am

Invoking the post-quiver bill of 1456, I interpret it as a safe move over to

Charing Cross

Post by **Kvetch** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:16 am

Oh, dear. You are walking straight into Laurie's trap. Nothing to be ashamed of - I had missed it until Tower Hill. Not much to be done at this stage, but I'll try my best with the esoteric, but legal:

"Heathrow Terminal 4"

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:43 am

Realising that the transport-merging act of gg88, which allows the simultaneous use of multiple methods, I'm heading over to

Euston

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:59 pm

Based on the fact that no-one is posting here, the inactivity settlement treaty of some random year in the past allows me to sidle over to:

Covent Garden