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Strathclyde Mornington Crescent
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 11:28 amby nodrog
Anyone up for a local game of Mornington Crescent?
Since our underground is so small, the board is expanded to include the local suburban rail network, and the bus overground is also fair game.
First one to reach Charing Cross is the winner.
http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~gbarr/hg/busmap.jpg
http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~gbarr/hg/railmap.jpg
Standard house rules apply (see
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A769395 and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A617744) with the obvious local addition of the SPT Variations, the underground signalmans strike option, and the usual allow-15-minutes-for-a-cross-town-station-interchange requirement.
Stations with escalators may be considered 'wild'.
I'll begin with a move to cunningly block any diagonal backsliding using the Drumgelloch maneouveour:
I play: Langbank
Will anyone rise to my challenge?
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 11:57 amby DMcNay
I counter with Balloch.
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 12:02 pmby nodrog
Oooh cunning, but I'm not going to fall into your trap _that_ easily.
Shieldmuir. (assuming limited service is in play).
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 12:08 pmby DMcNay
Ambitious, but ultimately a clumsy move....
Priesthill & Darnley.
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 12:13 pmby nodrog
An interesting move, but you have failed to notice i am now in a position to execute a cumbrae slip, and can therefore proceed to Pollokshields.
West, naturally.
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 12:17 pmby DMcNay
Ah, my young squire. That leads to an easy route out by my cunning ploy of "bus catching" and therefore can exploit that by playing....
Croftfoot Roundabout.
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 12:19 pmby DMcNay
I'm really amused that it appears to be Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker playing this......
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 12:20 pmby nodrog
Yes that though had occurred to me as well.
Strangely appropriate somehow!
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 12:21 pmby DMcNay
It's your move....
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 12:22 pmby nodrog
hurrah - I just got my second stripe playing Mornington Crescent!
Newly emboldened by that news, I shall take Partick bus/rail/ug Interchange - with its escalators! - thus closing off 3 potential lines of escape for you...
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 12:25 pmby DMcNay
I'll utilise the wildcard option here and play Hillhead, using the loophole that exists when you play Partick.
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 1:13 pmby nodrog
Nicely done.
However, I can now invoke the Train Doors are Stuck Protocols, which should keep you there for enough time while I play (somewhat appropriately for this forum) - Botanics!
Thats assuming the Extant Tunnels (1963) ruling is still in force of course,
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 1:16 pmby DMcNay
I was hoping you would play that rule. It means I can now deliver the penultimate blow....
Wemyss Bay!
Get out of that. Yuo can't, because Ferry Links are worth double.....
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 1:28 pmby nodrog
Yes i can, because you have overlooked the Renfrew Ferry - which of course allows me to counter with Hillhead Road (number 45 bus service)!
Nice try though.
Posted:
Mon May 17, 2004 1:32 pmby DMcNay
Good move. Not many people remember that rule.....
Okay, that leaves me with few options. And the only one worth playing, and the only one I might have a chance with, is Barassie.
There's two possible moves from there... Are you a good enough player to take the right one?
