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Does anyone here play Mornington Crescent?

Postby Dorset Girl » Sat May 26, 2007 5:57 pm

... if the answer to that question is 'no', then this is going to be a very short thread! If anyone does play, would you like a game?
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Postby Moon-Crane » Sat May 26, 2007 6:48 pm

Was it Radio 4 that used to do that game... god that's going back a lot of years for me :)
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Postby Rodge » Sat May 26, 2007 6:53 pm

Ah yes, the game that has such rigid "non-rules".
I must admit I have forgotten the way it goes? I'm not sure it would work when written?
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Postby Dorset Girl » Sat May 26, 2007 8:06 pm

It works really well in written form - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F2137311?thread=367676 here's an example.

Apologies in advance if the link doesn't work, I am member of the site and I'm not sure if non-members can view it? Let me know...
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Postby welshben23 » Sat May 26, 2007 8:08 pm

The link works fine for me. That looks very, very complicated.
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Postby Dorset Girl » Sat May 26, 2007 8:13 pm

welshben23 wrote:The link works fine for me. That looks very, very complicated.


I agree - here's a link to a thread I started saying just that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F2137311?thread=3828372

That's the problem, I think, people make it seem more complicated than it really is. I learnt by following a 'Beginners' game, and after a while, I could suddenly see the reasoning, and it all made sense.

Anyway, doesn't look like anyone here's going to bite, so I'll go back to H2G2 and carry on playing there! :P
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Postby Moon-Crane » Sat May 26, 2007 8:30 pm

I'm happy to play it

It's tricky, but i think i'll begin with Swiss Cottage ;)
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Postby Dorset Girl » Sat May 26, 2007 8:35 pm

Cool.

Okay, let's keep things nice and simple then.

There a map here - http://www.colonialvoyage.com/viaggi/uklondotubemap.html - for anyone who needs one.

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Postby Moon-Crane » Sat May 26, 2007 8:42 pm

sneaky move

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Postby Dorset Girl » Sat May 26, 2007 8:44 pm

Doh! Was hoping you wouldn't spot that.

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Postby welshben23 » Sat May 26, 2007 8:48 pm

Regent's Park (i have no idea what I'm doing)
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Postby Dorset Girl » Sat May 26, 2007 8:50 pm

welshben23 wrote:Regent's Park (i have no idea what I'm doing)


No, that's okay, well done. That move you just made is called Snape's Drift, by the way, and it blocks out the whole Northern Line for the next three goes.

So I choose Kilburn
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Postby Rodge » Sat May 26, 2007 8:55 pm

ryme-intrinseca wrote:
welshben23 wrote:Regent's Park (i have no idea what I'm doing)


No, that's okay, well done. That move you just made is called Snape's Drift, by the way, and it blocks out the whole Northern Line for the next three goes.


I thought that was ONLY the case if Regent's Park, was played within two goes of playing Marble Arch? I feel the Northern line is still open!
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Postby Dorset Girl » Sat May 26, 2007 8:57 pm

Rob wrote:
ryme-intrinseca wrote:
welshben23 wrote:Regent's Park (i have no idea what I'm doing)


No, that's okay, well done. That move you just made is called Snape's Drift, by the way, and it blocks out the whole Northern Line for the next three goes.


I thought that was ONLY the case if Regent's Park, was played within two goes of playing Marble Arch? I feel the Northern line is still open!


You're right, I'm sorry. Are we playing the 2005 variant? If so, we should have stated that from the beginning. I was thinking of the 221B rules. :oops:
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Re: Does anyone here play Mornington Crescent?

Postby Sideshow Meg » Sat May 26, 2007 8:59 pm

ryme-intrinseca wrote:... if the answer to that question is 'no', then this is going to be a very short thread! If anyone does play, would you like a game?


I know of Mornington Crescent. My friends and I can't explain how to play it, we don't know but we do enjoy to listen to it. We even made a pilgrimage to Mornington Crescent on my birthday.

We play Wikington Crescent though, where one has to reach a specific subject by going on a random Wikipedia search and using Wikipedia's internal links to get there.
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Postby Rodge » Sat May 26, 2007 9:01 pm

ryme-intrinseca wrote:
Rob wrote:
ryme-intrinseca wrote:
welshben23 wrote:Regent's Park (i have no idea what I'm doing)


No, that's okay, well done. That move you just made is called Snape's Drift, by the way, and it blocks out the whole Northern Line for the next three goes.


I thought that was ONLY the case if Regent's Park, was played within two goes of playing Marble Arch? I feel the Northern line is still open!


You're right, I'm sorry. Are we playing the 2005 variant? If so, we should have stated that from the beginning. I was thinking of the 221B rules. :oops:


221B rules still do apply, but the 2005 subsection was added to the 2007 edition which included the Marble Arch loophole.

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Postby Dorset Girl » Sat May 26, 2007 9:03 pm

Sideshow Meg - why don't you watch this game, hopefully it will make sense when you see it written down and you can join in?

Edit: sorry, forgot to make my move. Ladbroke Grove :P
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Postby Moon-Crane » Sat May 26, 2007 9:05 pm

It's risky, but i've a feeling i can choose Tufnell Park from there.
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Postby Dorset Girl » Sat May 26, 2007 9:06 pm

Dollis Hill!
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Postby Moon-Crane » Sat May 26, 2007 9:07 pm

ryme-intrinseca wrote:Dollis Hill!


one of my favourites.

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Postby Dorset Girl » Sat May 26, 2007 9:09 pm

Doh! The Dollis Hill Loop...

Dollis Hill
then, I suppose.

(In case anyone cares, from the MC encyclopedia - Dollis Hill is unique in that, under standard rules, the station is aligned so that any simple reverse will reflect via the Baker Street interchange, back to Dollis Hill, thus dealigning the routes of any other players' reverses, and will cause a generalised shunt to Dollis Hill. So, in the simple situation that a player forces another to reverse from Dollis Hill (e.g by shunting them to the station and blocking or offsiding straddles), a self-reverse loop ensues. Of course, any player declining to play the reverse must choose a far more attacking course of action to break the loop, and will inevitably cause their own defence to be weakened.

While considered the bane of the modern game by many players, the Dollis Hill loop is actively encouraged by others, particularly those of a more attacking nature who can take full advantage of another player's break of the loop.
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Postby Moon-Crane » Sat May 26, 2007 9:26 pm

Not sure how the Bank Holiday rule will affect this, but...

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Postby Rodge » Sat May 26, 2007 9:26 pm

We are on our way to Wembley- Chelsea's gonna do it again! :lol:

Ah bollocks MC got in there first and with the Bank Holiday rule, I will have to move quickly to:-

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Postby Dorset Girl » Sat May 26, 2007 9:26 pm

*$%@*!£!!! Dollis Hill. :cry:
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Postby Rodge » Sat May 26, 2007 9:28 pm

ryme-intrinseca wrote:*$%@*!£!!! Dollis Hill. :cry:


Lucky for you, I forced us out of the loop, just in time. :wink:
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