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Anyone feel like a game of Mornington Crescent? :-p

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"Joe" wrote:

Anyone feel like a game of Mornington Crescent? :-p


Only if you care to explain the rules first. Although I gather part of the game
is to discover the rules. :(

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On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:51:26 -0600, "Clark W. Griswold, Jr."
wrote:

"Joe" wrote:

Anyone feel like a game of Mornington Crescent? :-p


Only if you care to explain the rules first.

If you wish to learn the rules, I suggest you consult a rulebook.

--
James Farrar

September's coming soon

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"Clark W. Griswold, Jr." wrote in message
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Only if you care to explain the rules first. Although I gather part of the
game
is to discover the rules. :(

Try here for starters:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A769395

Ian

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James Farrar wrote:

If you wish to learn the rules, I suggest you consult a rulebook.

A pointer to such would be very helpful. I've listened to several "Sorry, I
Haven't A Clue" radio programmes and haven't been able to pick it up.

People that can successfully play it have earned my admiration though!

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"Ian F." wrote:

Try here for starters:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A769395

Well, yes.... But you know you are in trouble when the rules begin "The rules
are far too numerous to list here..."

;)

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On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 16:52:02 -0600, "Clark W. Griswold, Jr."
wrote:

James Farrar wrote:

If you wish to learn the rules, I suggest you consult a rulebook.

A pointer to such would be very helpful.

I gave you a cross-post...

--
James Farrar

September's coming soon

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James Farrar wrote:

I gave you a cross-post...

Thank you...

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Go on then.........

Wembley Park.



"Joe" wrote in message
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Anyone feel like a game of Mornington Crescent? :-p

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severin wrote:
Go on then.........

Wembley Park.

You can't start on a station that has active engineering work.
--
Michael Hoffman

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Good point.......

ok, Harow & Wealdstone (although by starting at a terminus I'm showing my
hand a bit)

severin

"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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severin wrote:
Go on then.........

Wembley Park.

You can't start on a station that has active engineering work.
--
Michael Hoffman

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severin wrote:

ok, Harow & Wealdstone (although by starting at a terminus I'm showing my
hand a bit)

Baker Street
--
Michael Hoffman

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"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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Baker Street

Has that move been approved by the Fairport Convention?

Ian

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[Michael Hoffman]
Baker Street

[Ian F.]
Has that move been approved by the Fairport Convention?

Well, it wasn't allowed by the Fairport Convention of 1992. But that was
superceded by Fairport II last year, so I think I'm alright.
--
Michael Hoffman

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"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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Well, it wasn't allowed by the Fairport Convention of 1992. But that was
superceded by Fairport II last year, so I think I'm alright.

OK then.

Earl's Court!

Ian

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Earl's Court!

I'm sure there's a good reason why i shouldn't but ......Acton Town.


Oh this is going t ohurt i think........

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severin wrote:
Earl's Court!

I'm sure there's a good reason why i shouldn't but ......Acton Town.


Oh this is going t ohurt i think........

Waterloo (sunset)!

Nick
--
http://www.leverton.org/ ... So express yourself

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"Nick Leverton" wrote in message
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Waterloo (sunset)!

That has a ring of 'Gruntfuttock's Posture' about it.

Euston Square.

Ian

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"Ian F." wrote in message
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"Nick Leverton" wrote in message
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Waterloo (sunset)!

That has a ring of 'Gruntfuttock's Posture' about it.

Euston Square.


I challenge anyone to prove that you're not making this up as you go along

:-(

tim

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Ian F. wrote:

Euston Square.

Seems ingenious at first glance, but I've noticed it leaves you open to
this move:

Southwark.
--
Michael Hoffman

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tim (moved to sweden) wrote:

I challenge anyone to prove that you're not making this up as you go along

PLEASE DON'T FEED THE TROLL.
--
Michael Hoffman

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"tim (moved to sweden)" wrote in message
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"Ian F." wrote in message
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"Nick Leverton" wrote in message
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Waterloo (sunset)!

That has a ring of 'Gruntfuttock's Posture' about it.

Euston Square.


I challenge anyone to prove that you're not making this up as you go along

:-(

To prove we're not making it up would take an age, but the easiest way to
work the game out is get an Underground map, and plot the moves. It'll
become obvious as the game progresses.

Barking.

Jonathan.

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Euston Square.

Seems ingenious at first glance, but I've noticed it leaves you open to
this move:

Southwark.
--
Michael Hoffman

I didn't think you could go from Euston Square to Southwark without using
Victoria unless you were in 'nip'?

Giles

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Soulbass wrote:
Euston Square.

Seems ingenious at first glance, but I've noticed it leaves you open to
this move:

Southwark.

I didn't think you could go from Euston Square to Southwark without using
Victoria unless you were in 'nip'?

You can't? I've always gone from Euston Square to Southwark on a
Bakerloo-Line-starting game. What rule are you talking about?
--
Michael Hoffman

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"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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tim (moved to sweden) wrote:

I challenge anyone to prove that you're not making this up as you go
along

PLEASE DON'T FEED THE TROLL.

Oh, it's a Troll is it. So *you* are making it up as you go along.

tim

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tim (moved to sweden) wrote:

Oh, it's a Troll is it. So *you* are making it up as you go along.

Shouldn't the emphasis be on the "are?" You know, so you *are* making it
up as you go along.
--
Michael Hoffman

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"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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You can't? I've always gone from Euston Square to Southwark on a
Bakerloo-Line-starting game. What rule are you talking about?

That'll be according to the Whiting-Bellamy confederation.

Ian

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"Jonathan Davies" wrote in message
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Barking.

Oh-oh! I feel a Heathrow Terminal 4 manoeuvre coming on...

Ian

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Ian F. wrote:
"Jonathan Davies" wrote in message
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Barking.

Oh-oh! I feel a Heathrow Terminal 4 manoeuvre coming on...

I don't think you can use stations that are closed...
--
Kat

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"Kat" wrote in message
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I don't think you can use stations that are closed...

The joy of the Terminal 4 manoeuvre is that it has very little to do with
T4...

Ian

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Ian F. wrote:
"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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You can't? I've always gone from Euston Square to Southwark on a
Bakerloo-Line-starting game. What rule are you talking about?


That'll be according to the Whiting-Bellamy confederation.

Well under the Whiting-Bellamy Confederation (capital C, please), you
can't go to Earl's Court after 9:30 a.m. on a working day, which means
your earlier maneuver would be illegal.
--
Michael Hoffman

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Michael Hoffman wrote:
Ian F. wrote:
"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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You can't? I've always gone from Euston Square to Southwark on a
Bakerloo-Line-starting game. What rule are you talking about?


That'll be according to the Whiting-Bellamy confederation.

Well under the Whiting-Bellamy Confederation (capital C, please), you
can't go to Earl's Court after 9:30 a.m. on a working day, which means
your earlier maneuver would be illegal.

This being a thoroughly English game/pastime/whathaveyou may we limit
ourselves to English language usage please? It rather spoils the fun for the
onlookers d'you see?

"maneuver" indeed, pah!!

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Kat wrote:
Ian F. wrote:
"Jonathan Davies" wrote in message
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Barking.

Oh-oh! I feel a Heathrow Terminal 4 manoeuvre coming on...

I don't think you can use stations that are closed...

Well, that's an impossibly general statement for a refined game such
as Mornington Crescent. It's true that most gameplay in England up
to about 1967 barred moves to closed stations, save in cases which
were clearly Mixed Reverse Translocation, but since then the popularity
of Hawkins' variant has made it much more likely that a move to a
*temporarily* closed station would be permitted as an expression of
the prior recessional move. And most Canadian games of Mornington
Crescent have always permitted closed stations in play.

Of course we have all heard of the impossibly trendy Farquharson
amendment which treats closed stations as wild.

Therefore I move to:

Holborn Viaduct.

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"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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Well under the Whiting-Bellamy Confederation (capital C, please),

I'm using the south London configuration of 'confederation'.

you can't go to Earl's Court after 9:30 a.m. on a working day,

Smithsonian Wednesday rules allow it in certain circumstances, but I'm not
sure, to be honest, if this is one of them. Could someone please advise?

Ian

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On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 23:12:11 +0100, Kat
wrote:

I don't think you can use stations that are closed...

Mornington Crescent was closed for quite some time - the game was not
banned in that period! :)

Neil

--
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When replying please use neil at the above domain
'wensleydale' is a spam trap and is not read.

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"Ian F." wrote in message
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"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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You can't? I've always gone from Euston Square to Southwark on a
Bakerloo-Line-starting game. What rule are you talking about?

That'll be according to the Whiting-Bellamy confederation.

Ian

Pre1974 (and as all experienced players will know) the Whiting-Bellamy
accord was the loophole to get from Euston Square to Southwark in a Bakerloo
line or non-Bakerloo line starting game. As the London convention rule
amendment conference declared in December 1973 "As a majority of rule
adjudicators have declared the official recognition of 'nip' as a bona fide
amendment to the rule and spirit of the game the Whiting-Bellamy accord
shall henceforth be changed to the Whiting-Bellamy confederation (with a
small c). Any move 'over the river' can only be made if a player is in 'nip'
as determined by this rule change.

I hope that clears that one up!

Giles

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"Soulbass" wrote in message
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I hope that clears that one up!

I understand now, Giles. Many thanks.

Ian

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I understand now, Giles. Many thanks.

Ian


Glad to have been of some service to you.

Now, can anybody explain 'Nip'?

Giles

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"Soulbass" wrote in message
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Now, can anybody explain 'Nip'?

Are we allowing swiving?

Ian

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"Ian F." wrote in message
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"Soulbass" wrote in
message ...

Now, can anybody explain 'Nip'?

Are we allowing swiving?

Ian

Ian,

do you mean swiving under the Québécoise/French Canadian rules, Pre '74
Whiting-Bellamy accord rules or open-play swiving?

I understood that swiving was only allowed in a game that started from Blake
Hall, but as that station has been closed for some time and you are still
managing to swiv, think you may find that you are the greatest exponent of
this lost (and by me) much missed art.

(I can dip in and out of this game all day!! I work from home. What's your
excuse?)

Giles