Anyone for a game of Mornington Crescent?

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 3, 2005, 11:47 pm

I'd suggest we play Trumpington's variation, any objections?

(As everyone knows, Trumpington's usually gives us a defensive game in which positional play is of the essence. Players should take care not to become blocked, boxed or cornered.)

I'll start off with Allbright's Opening:

Totterige and Whetstone (fully expecting a Regent's Street follow up)

Fash · Post by **Fash** » March 4, 2005, 12:23 am

Whiskey and Tango Foxtrot

Dexail · Post by **Dexail** » March 4, 2005, 12:48 am

Cockfosters mean anything in this game?

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » March 4, 2005, 1:55 am

Regent is for n00bs.

King's Cross for that down home feel.

Tenuvil · Post by **Tenuvil** » March 4, 2005, 2:04 am

don't panic

Fash · Post by **Fash** » March 4, 2005, 2:05 am

Fifty-Two Pickup

you first!

nobody · Post by **nobody** » March 4, 2005, 2:24 am

i'm so lost!? please send help!

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » March 4, 2005, 5:43 am

Tottenham Hale

Spang · Post by **Spang** » March 4, 2005, 7:21 am

i think i understand the game...

Piccadilly Circus

Xorian · Post by **Xorian** » March 4, 2005, 9:26 am

I need a map

P.S Care to explain a bit more Drolgin ? Or give a links to a site with rule !

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » March 4, 2005, 9:46 am

Yeah, i found 2 pages about the game, and are stilll totally clueless. Best i could do after seeing those 2 were to find that station name to post

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » March 4, 2005, 10:12 am

Piccadilly Circus would be too direct, not to mention it violates Hammett's ground rule of line infraction. I choose Leicester Square as it is between 10:00AM and 4:00PM. Otherwise, obviously, Great Portland Street would be the wiser choice.

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » March 4, 2005, 11:12 am

i got a +1 bag to nerdcore.hiphop

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 4, 2005, 11:26 am

Nice one, Adela. Going with Dollis Hill, resetting all boundaries, collecting two tokens and putting Elephant and Castle in knip.

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 4, 2005, 11:28 am

For those interested, here's a link to the Encyclopeadia Morningtonia:
http://kevan.org/morningtonia

Spang · Post by **Spang** » March 4, 2005, 12:00 pm

London Bridge

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 4, 2005, 12:15 pm

Ah bugger it, that gets me stuck in the loop.

Dollis Hill again - anyone want to help me out?

Spang · Post by **Spang** » March 4, 2005, 12:16 pm

holy shit, i done good?

Post by **Sylvus** » March 4, 2005, 12:25 pm

If I were to perform a quarter-strile to Ealing Broadway, would that put me in spoon?

I'm used to Chicago Crescent, it's always tough jumping in on a game with traditional Mornington Crescent rules. Is the Piccadilly Ruling in effect?

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » March 4, 2005, 12:30 pm

Sure drol. I stretch south to Moorgate.

I also call nonspecific detailing penalty on Spang as he has reached the minimum penalty requirement of three violations (one for each of his entries). Subtract one token.

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » March 4, 2005, 12:33 pm

Sylvus,

Trumpington's guidelines demonstrate that all players have the option to folly out of a spoon by penalty of a one-stretch restriction on their next move.

Spang · Post by **Spang** » March 4, 2005, 12:47 pm

Liverpool Street

i gotta describe how i got there?

Post by **Sylvus** » March 4, 2005, 12:48 pm

My mistake, I completely skimmed over Drolgin's post and missed that we were playing Trumpington's Variation.

Drolgin is definitely in a predicament with Dollis Hill being known for Spiralling Loops, and the fact that tokens cannot be employed on a Dollis loop-break. I would attempt to break it if it wouldn't weaken my own defense. Sorry Drolgin.

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 4, 2005, 12:52 pm

Sylvus wrote:If I were to perform a quarter-strile to Ealing Broadway, would that put me in spoon?

I'm used to Chicago Crescent, it's always tough jumping in on a game with traditional Mornington Crescent rules. Is the Piccadilly Ruling in effect?

My apologies, I should've stated the full ruleset beforehand, I'm so used to playing with CFRMC-certified players that I took it as read.

1) No, quarter-striling to Ealing Broadway would not place you in spoon (unless of course you had been shunted through a knip'd station and were out of tokens). You can only be spooned by illegal interchange entry angle, overuse of one hand in crossing the river, or by another player using a non-reversed straddle on an adjacent triple-interchangeable line.

2) Default rules are Chalk Farm '84 (excluding Littleton's Parabola, Jespersen's Circumference and, of course, without Thornton's Third Amendment). As such, the Piccadilly Ruling is only in partial effect, allowing for double-shunts on yellow and green lines, but banning the Watling Variation (thus, no huffing). See Trellis v. Sandagle '82 and Brook-Taylor v. Rushton '77.

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 4, 2005, 12:56 pm

With Spang on Liverpl St. I should be able to shunt back to Blackfriars at the cost of two tokens, opening up Embankment. I realize this weakens my defense, but I *hate* getting stuck in the Dollis Hill loop. But oh well - sometimes you have to take chances.

Hoarmurath · Post by **Hoarmurath** » March 4, 2005, 1:52 pm

Opening Embankment is also a rather agressive move, as it allows traversal from Yellow/Green to Black or even Brown. Very impressive tactic, although I would have thought you to be more of a Baker Street kind of guy (especially if you are attempting the ever-so-crafty Pendleton's Ploy).

Truant · Post by **Truant** » March 4, 2005, 2:26 pm

I'm going to hop over on metro at the cost of one token, and head up to Wembley Park.

nobody · Post by **nobody** » March 4, 2005, 2:54 pm

*nobody drops a bag full of tokens

Spang · Post by **Spang** » March 4, 2005, 3:08 pm

Mornington Crescent

did i win?

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » March 4, 2005, 3:13 pm

I'm gonna have to say I'm going from Knightsbridge to Ongar

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 4, 2005, 3:27 pm

Spang wrote:Mornington Crescent

did i win?

If you'd simul-posted with Truant (that is, getting your MC bid in before his crafty little Wembley Park move, then yes, you would have. But with Truant at Wembley park, me at Blackfriars (and as Hoarmurath noted, with yellow to brown lines open), you would be in huff with a Mornington Crescent call there. Instead of winning, you're in huff, with Wembley Park and Chipping Ongar now in full knit, no reversal.

Oh, and astute observation Hoarmurath. Baker Street indeed! *wink wink* Methinks you've read your Trelliis v. Sharpton and the teams game of the MCWC 1988?

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » March 4, 2005, 3:35 pm

Xorian wrote:I need a map

If you need the map, then obviously you are an inexperienced player to the game and will lose anyways.

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » March 4, 2005, 3:50 pm

I'm spending 5 tokens and sending out the Knight of Strilmont towards Picadilly Circus.

Hoarmurath · Post by **Hoarmurath** » March 4, 2005, 3:53 pm

Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:
Spang wrote:Mornington Crescent

did i win?
Instead of winning, you're in huff, with Wembley Park and Chipping Ongar now in full knit, no reversal.

pwned.

Anyway, I'm quite the fan of Mrs. Trellis, which leads me to announce my Trellis Power Shunt to Limehouse. I've made this move numerous times in the past to successfully enter Squonk (I'm a naturally defensive player).

miir · Post by **miir** » March 4, 2005, 5:28 pm

Oval, shunting Boolbar, capturing the green tokens, and placing a blue token on all Picadilly interchanges.

miir · Post by **miir** » March 4, 2005, 5:29 pm

Hoarmurath wrote:Anyway, I'm quite the fan of Mrs. Trellis, which leads me to announce my Trellis Power Shunt to Limehouse. I've made this move numerous times in the past to successfully enter Squonk (I'm a naturally defensive player).

Dude, you're just blindly shunting hoping to get to Limehouse.

nobody · Post by **nobody** » March 4, 2005, 5:37 pm

Lohrno, i'll meet you at Milford Manor, eh?

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » March 4, 2005, 6:24 pm

This is actually a fun game. One of the webpages i tried to read about it had some java version of it. And i won.
I still got NO clue what the game are about, but any game where i can click randomly and still win are fun

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » March 4, 2005, 6:39 pm

(rofflez i haev know idea wats going on here)

CHANCERY LANE

Post by **Sylvus** » March 4, 2005, 6:47 pm

I, too, call Chancery Lane, cross-blocking Stragi using Tobermory's Strategem and sending him to the free base of Ongar.

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » March 4, 2005, 7:02 pm

Dingerton Square

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 4, 2005, 7:10 pm

Oh dear me, Rellix. You've gone and gotten us stuck in a shuffle loop.

Dingerton Square

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 4, 2005, 7:12 pm

As far as I can tell, noone has the puce tokens to get us shunted, do they?

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » March 4, 2005, 7:19 pm

I'm going to shunt to Milford Manner nobody, can you shunt to London Bridge, causing a token cascade to us?

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » March 4, 2005, 8:46 pm

Since none of you have moved in an hour, I am moving to Picadilly Circus. I get two snoods, and thus declare myself the winner!

Good game everyone! =D

Spang · Post by **Spang** » March 4, 2005, 9:26 pm

stretch to West Ham

nobody · Post by **nobody** » March 4, 2005, 11:56 pm

i'm skipping Milford Manor and using an extra token to bypass Dingerton Square ending up at The Manor.

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » March 15, 2005, 3:09 pm

Sorry ol chap, I've already won

noel · Post by **noel** » March 15, 2005, 3:19 pm

You can't have one, I launched the Buckingham Palace Defence prior to your declaration.

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » March 15, 2005, 3:22 pm

Sylvus wrote:I, too, call Chancery Lane, cross-blocking Stragi using Tobermory's Strategem and sending him to the free base of Ongar.

yo someone help me out here, ongar sucks.