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Mornington Crescent

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 12:18 pm
by Explosive Newt
Been a while since I had a good game and I am hoping I might find a few other players on the forum, or maybe some new players who might want to join in with the fun.

I was going to propose we start with Moreton’s second variation of the official standard rules.

Would anyone care to start us off with a station?

Re: Mornington Crescent

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 1:04 pm
by Jimmy Choo
Explosive Newt wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 12:18 pm Been a while since I had a good game and I am hoping I might find a few other players on the forum, or maybe some new players who might want to join in with the fun.

I was going to propose we start with Moreton’s second variation of the official standard rules.

Would anyone care to start us off with a station?
Moreton's second? Starting with an easy game, then? That's a bit of a shame as I do like the gracefulness of a reverse transfer in zone 4.

I'll go Woolwich Arsenal.

Re: Mornington Crescent

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 1:13 pm
by Explosive Newt
Punchy. I will invoke a diagonal (permitted under a parliamentary cycle) and find our way to Elephant and Castle.

Re: Mornington Crescent

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 1:31 pm
by Jimmy Choo
I was going to say that was an illegal move until I remembered that while the Castle is in zone 2, the Elephant is in zone 1. Sneaky!

Swiss Cottage.

Just to check, are we using the Northern Heights modification?

Re: Mornington Crescent

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 1:48 pm
by Explosive Newt
Northern Heights are on but Northern Lights are off.

With that in mind... Tooting Broadway!

Re: Mornington Crescent

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 2:11 pm
by Gavster
Tooting Broadway is a clever move and would have trapped me in a Northern line double bind, however today is Sunday and there's planned engineering works on the Central Line which means I can take advantage of the Euston platform change shortcut to get back to Tooting Bec.

Re: Mornington Crescent

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 2:15 pm
by Rich B
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Re: Mornington Crescent

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:46 pm
by Jimmy Choo
Rich B wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 2:15 pmMor…
Morden? That's a solid move but it does allow me to reverse into Edgeware road.

Re: Mornington Crescent

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:59 pm
by mik
Last five minutes before 4pm on a Sunday allows me to evoke Murray’s law to flip things momentarily to Kelvinbridge!

Re: Mornington Crescent

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 4:49 pm
by Explosive Newt
Murray's rule can only be played if your F1 has been round the Circle Line or mustaches have moved the diagonal.

Re: Mornington Crescent

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 7:52 pm
by DeskJockey
I'm still learning the intricacies of the game, but I believe the invocation of Murray's Law would permit the Barbican transposition after the Circle Line diagonal, and therefore I'll offer Temple.