We haven't had a game for a while so thought I could start a new one. Finsbury rules only please. :)

If I may begin I'll start with:

Elephant & Castle

And will open the triangle. :P

Angel.....

:o Didn't expect that.

Aldwych. :(

Baker Street.

:D

Grrr. That puts me in Prig.

Someone else better join as I have no choice but

Mile End

Grrr. That puts me in Prig.

Someone else better join as I have no choice but

Mile End
He he he :D .

Which allows me, of course, to do this: Belsize Park.

And with that, I think you're left with only two options, and one of which you can't do because you opened the triangle in your first move :P .

Under the perpendicular gaming rules, I'll play 'Oxford Circus' :)

Under the perpendicular gaming rules, I'll play 'Oxford Circus' :)
I didn't think you could do that with the triangle open. I'm sure perpendicular no longer applies :suspect: .

Under the perpendicular gaming rules, I'll play 'Oxford Circus' :)

Thank you!

Puts me in the loop but: Dollis Hill

Edit: Oh, Hecate has a point. Was Oxford Circus allowed? I'm sure it must be acceptable as a lateral shift. :confused:

I've just checked in my copy of 'Mornington Crescent For Dummies', and it's definitely allowed - play on! :D

Bank......

Bank......

Are you sure? :suspect: In weak positional play, it is vital to consolidate an already strong outer square, e.g., Pentonville Road

Dollis Hill :rolleyes:

Are you sure? :suspect: In weak positional play, it is vital to consolidate an already strong outer square, e.g., Pentonville Road

Kibitzing isn't allowed unless you're yiddish!

North Woolwich.

I've just checked in my copy of 'Mornington Crescent For Dummies', and it's definitely allowed - play on! :D
Dummies is right! If you have an open triangle and you've stated only Finsbury rules, then perpendicular isn't allowed. In which case, I'm sorry but you're back to Belsize Park.

You really should consult an up to date guide book :roll: .

Dollis Hill :|

Waterloo...

Waterloo...

Baker Street

Chalk Farm...

Dollis Hill :(

Kensington High Streeet

Kensington High Streeet

:clap:

That's broken my loop!

So:

Seven Sisters

(and I reckon I can do Mornington Crescent in 3!)

Finsbury Park

Finsbury Park

I'll try for the Humber Gambit using one of my bridges:

Land of Green Ginger

Baker Street...

HAH!

Euston

:banana:

:clap:

That's broken my loop!

So:

Seven Sisters

(and I reckon I can do Mornington Crescent in 3!)

No! The lateral shift decisively breaks opponents' horizontal and vertical approaches! :nono:

Hang on, we always play to the rising moon on Sunday. That means you need a dip before you can even think of Mornington Crescent.

So.... Kings Cross temporary.

Hang on, we always play to the rising moon on Sunday. That means you need a dip before you can even think of Mornington Crescent.

So.... Kings Cross temporary.

It's not Sunday. :hihi:

Doesn't that put you in knid before you've started? :)

I'm never playing Finsbury Rules again. :shakes:

Back to Elephant & Castle.

Cricklewood.

It's not Sunday. :hihi:

Gah, my deception is foiled!


St Johns Wood.

Kilburn High Road via Bethnal Green.

I'm going to try Chiswick with a Hampton Wick pending!

I'm going to try Chiswick with a Hampton Wick pending!

Clever!

I'll go with Cockfosters. I'm not sure whether that helps or hinders.

(Sorry, I'm more familiar with the rules of Malin Bridge (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=127589))

Which leads to a trio (without spoon):

Kensal Green, Woodside Park and then Oxford Circus.

I'm one move away!

Oh bugger! That was definitely my fault, I should have headed north there. Can anyone stop him?

um, Pimlico?

um, Pimlico?

Cunning...but I am just going to throw in....
Tooting Broadway...I think that may just save the day!

Finchley Road & Frognal (Jubilee Line :))

Well done that man! (woman?)

I'll risk a bananarama on the escalator so keep to the right because I'm going for...



... Covent Garden :o

Hatton Cross....

Damn! That puts me in spoon for 3 moves. :cry:

Entirely OT I know, but Mornington Crescent is closed at weekends these days. Resume Monday?

according to the latest mornington crescent journal, it can still be played, its just harder to win
so i'll do my trademark blocking move & go for waterloo.

I'm going out on a limb here and going for Wapping..it's a long shot but if I play it with my Dizooka??

I'd have gone for the penny whistle but each to their own.

(1 more move and Iii'll beee baacckk)

Dresden Hauptbahnhof

Ealing Common > South Kenton > Chalk Farm

:nod:

Sloane Square, with no trump.

heathrow terminals 1,2,3

And... 4! :)

picking up a bit now, thought I'd knurled it with Sloane Square...

Chorleywood.

Elephant & Castle.

Hah! That gets me 2 green tokens and the next player lands in kip for 2 turns.

In kip eh? If you'd held back at Bank, then you might have had me in knid, but kip? I'm not that naive!

I'll take Borehamwood, Herts are trumps now.

Sorry I can't move at all - no tricks and my South rubber is blocked.

After much consideration I'm going to throw caution to the wind and go for a Shepherds Bush!:hihi::hihi:

I'm not that naive!

I'll take Borehamwood, Herts are trumps now.
Sorry I can't move at all - no tricks and my South rubber is blocked.
After much consideration I'm going to throw caution to the wind and go for a Shepherds Bush!:hihi::hihi:
Breathtaking play!

And, since the only possible riposte I can postulate would involve a deadly transverse diagonal (which isn't available when Herts are trumps), I must sadly "get off in Hillsborough". Carry on!

Breathtaking play!

And, since the only possible riposte I can postulate would involve a deadly transverse diagonal (which isn't available when Herts are trumps), I must sadly "get off in Hillsborough". Carry on!

You obviously missed the Hampton Wick option which would have given you a free go on two down escalators bring you out at....NO ..I can't say it!!

Hampton Wick? Nah, the '63 Fenchurch Street rule would have had more of an effect.

I'm nearly there now anyway, just waiting for someone to play the next move!

You obviously missed the Hampton Wick option which would have given you a free go on two down escalators bring you out at....NO ..I can't say it!!

Ah well, I "got off in Hillsborough". I'm doomed!

Tooting Bec and no mistake.

Too difficult?

There's one move out of the seven or eight possible moves that's a blinder, if you play it right.

And no, it's not the Dulwich defence before you ask.

The Dulwich defence only works after the watershed so that can't be your plan :suspect:.

Therefore I'll take the 8:35 move to Victoria Embankment.

Fairlop......:D

................ :d

<stifles a yawn>
Golders Green.

c'mon, it's a gift. Let's get this over with.

Do you want to reconsider this move....Golders Green...wednesday??? Surely NOT!!

Are we using Finsbury rules? :huh:

Are we using Finsbury rules? :huh:

What's the alternative??

What's the alternative??

Non-Finsbury Rules? :D

I thought that we were using the 1926 Moscow Codicil as per Sir Perigrine's last wishes?

I thought that we were using the 1926 Moscow Codicil as per Sir Perigrine's last wishes?

Not allowed anymore under 1972 charleston rule changing :(

So much for the last will and testament of a great man! :(


Euston.

Isn't there a diversionary tactic involving Hampton Wick and Cockfosters?? I have lost my copy of the rules...can you help??

Still at Euston.

can you not go on to Camden and double back to Mornington Crescent??

Not after 10 pm. south of Kensington High Street :( In Kip.

Yes..of course..forgot!! :)

I always thought that the Finsbury rules meant it was a straight rules game, which means it is inadmissible to transfer inversely?

So to adhere strictly to this my move is 'Upney'

This game is getting complicated...anyone for Snap??

This game is getting complicated...anyone for Snap??

If you are getting confused Salome you can start at Tottenham Court Road.
Just bear in mind that direct approaches are NOT allowed (this is illegal in all variations of the game for obvious reasons). However, a simple triangulation or say via Oxford Circus will do :D

well thanks for clarifying that point...it kept me awake half the night!! :hihi::hihi::hihi:

You're welcome :)
I forgot to mention if you are playing by the Argyle Street Parabola variation, it allows for a maximum of two nudges but only if the run of play is with the poke holder.

Ahh...but this doesn't apply when you are accompanied by two nuns on bicycles does it??

Bicycles are not allowed on the Tube!

Two nuns being carried by a Trappist Monk then!! :hihi::hihi: (much the same thing!)

Where Monks of any variety are involved Stovold’s Defence is applied which means that the Argyle Street Parabola variation is still allowable during Forward Triangulation, but Back Doubling may only be attempted after a Northern Approach.

I hope that clarifies the situation.

.....and if the monk is wearing a paticularly flamboyant habit and carrying a ferret...then what?? Am I right in assuming that in this scenario any back doubling would incur a penalty??

.....and if the monk is wearing a paticularly flamboyant habit and carrying a ferret...then what?? Am I right in assuming that in this scenario any back doubling would incur a penalty??

Hmmm.
To be fair i think Monks in general are in contravention of Stovold’s 2nd amendment to the standard convention (1972) This, of course, predates the Jubilee Line extensions in both directions but it does mention 'dirty habits' in paragraph 4.1.

I think I shall have to re think my strategy and forego the Bethnal Green By pass move which I was seriously considering. Onger may be my only alternative...tricky!!

I think I shall have to re think my strategy and forego the Bethnal Green By pass move which I was seriously considering. Onger may be my only alternative...tricky!!

Tricky but i'm sure it would be ok if things were kept as simple as possible by suspending Rule 2 and Prime Move Triangulations could be made only within a lateral orbit thus allowing you to move via Onger without hardship. Best of luck!

Puurleeese! Will sombody just make a move!!!

I can't believe I'm having to do this:

Canary Wharf

Battersea - and I thank you phan for your noble sacrifice.

We're rolling again.

Elephant & Castle... with a reverse shunt into the service siding!

Come on, guys! Has no-one made a sextuple Acton yet?

Kings Cross

Hmmmmmm, difficult but i think........


Ealing.

Ealing.

You fell for it! :D


Mornington Crescent!

:banana:

Finally!

Someone else choose the rulebook this time, the Finsbury Park restriction did hold us back for a while..

:huh: Damn and blast! Well played.


I think as winner you should chose which rules meaks. :)

Oh no, I made that mistake with Finsbury!

Any other suggestions before we go again?

we could play the 1941 revised edition rules but it would mean setting fire to the east end. :hihi:

I'm up for it....but someone else can start it!! :)

we could play the 1941 revised edition rules but it would mean setting fire to the east end. :hihi:
Hmm, in true SF fashion we get the race card being played. The Germans are in no position to play that game any more. :hihi:


We could go for something classical, perhaps only using the stations with horse hair steam recyclers?

In which case i have no option but to open with

Lancaster Gate. :)

Whoohooo! Earl of Arundel & Surrey rules with the Royal Standard amendment. Wikkid!

Cockfosters

Cockfosters

Ooh, we've all been there...

Just get on with it, we're not using the Dick Emery Convention you know ducky. :nono:

Oooh in that case I'm going to sneak in with Barbican...

Devious very devious :o

:hihi:

In that case its Queensbury!

Can you do that? I thought with royal standard ammendment you could only transverse laterally after a Limehouse Play? Or am i wrong?

Or am i wrong?

'fraid so.

Bull and Bush.

Tooting Bec.

I was really tempted by the amusing move of Tooting Bec but twas not to be alas so,

after much deliberation, I am going to throw in Tuffnell Park......

Kings Cross

Ealing Broadway

*holds breff as it's getting exciting now...*

This game is fascinating, keeps me on the edge of my seat! Where can I go to learn how to play please?

There are regular conventions held at the Royal Court of Saxony in Exile but the usual way is to find a Grand Shunter and ply him or her with drink and painted ladies.

St Pancras

Caledonian Road!

Crafty!

Thornton Heath

Green Park.

Can anyone elaborate whether Westminster is wild on a Tuesday, please?

Yes, but it's GMT not BST. ;)



Kent House

Bethnal Green, but with the left handed circuit as approved by Rimmer 1978

Now you've messed up my 'Bradwell Gambit' leaving me totally flummoxed.

Oh hang on errrrrr

Swiss Cottage.

Uppington Mezzaine on the Prince Albert Line

Chiswick Park

Chalfont & Latimer! :P

<Complete aside>

It's not my go, obviously, but I thought I'd mention some SQL (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_geographic_maps/SQL) based on GPS data available under the GFDL (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_geographic_maps), which I found whilst trying to research the Hawksmoor Manoeuvre.

</Complete aside>

And a heavy hint to the next player - think Latimer ;)

You nearly had me there maggi. :o

Belsize Park

Well here's a bit of a risk, I'm going outside Zone 6...

Denham.

Ooooooooooooooooo :shocked:

Langdon Park.
The Mielck fanchietto

If I have to pop into Harrods for an updated A-Z, will that put me in kip? And if so, for how many turns?

Stockwell.
Permissable move for Yorkshiremen but not recommended for South Americans.

Golders green via Stepney.

Mornington Crescent!

You nearly had me there maggi. :o

It's always worth a try :). I have, in the past, played poker with a guy I told looked cool in his mirrorshades :hihi:

Mornington Crescent!

Yay! Congratulations, Hopman.* Your turn to call and start.

*I was about to quibble before I noticed the Royal Standard amendment. Well spotted.

Wow! Did you see how he snuck in there? If Mort hadn't gone via Stepney he would have been in kip... a close thing but for the Royal Standard Amendment...! Bravo! :clap:

Come on then... let's go again.

I was so intent on avoiding maggi's trap that i got suckered :blush::blush::suspect:

Don't beat yourself up about it mort, its so easily done, and it's happened to me before while I was playing in the Cunard Mid-Atlantic Treaty Tourney '97.

So shall we kick off a new game or shall we await the winner in time honoured fashion?

Mind you if he doesn't turn up before tonights full moon he will forfeit on grounds of vernal disadvantage.

I think Hopman's definitely defaulted or he's got himself stuck in kip. So over to you Tony.............

Let's go BIG and zone 1...

Covent Garden!

I like your style young man :)

Blackfriars

Hmm, that's a cute one.

Chalfont.

Chalfont.

Oh i see what your doing, i like the cut of your jib young Sir.

I'm going to try something unorthodox here and use a Picard Manoeuvre, which for the uninitiated is a little like an Ardus Exception.
In many ways it's like a Harley counter defensive move but it takes account of the special exception ruling of 1972 (4th Edition rules of course)


Lancaster Gate.

(Risky i know, but its all part of my gameplan) ;)

Sorry I've been away folks, butI went down to the smoke to gen up on tactics and got waylaid whilst there. Don't believe everything you've been told. Oyster cards are not a great aphrodisiac after all! However after one rather dodgy oyster I am left with two moves: one to the nearest loo and the other works well with the game (and my feelings)

Turnham Green.

Oh dear Hopman, sorry about your upset, and just to rub salt into the wounds :gag: [as it were ]



Waterloo :hihi::hihi: