Time for a new game of Mornington Crescent

[peak2021]

It's time to begin a new game and I better not make the mistake of playing the closed stations rule in zone 1 again, which led to the win by @WalkingInTheAir13. To have a winner after only three and a half months is quite rare this century.

So I shall begin outside zone 1 for once, starting at Tooting Broadway, the first game I have ever joined to start south of the river.

Oh dear. I appear to be in Nidd....

Then the obvious move to avoid joining you there would be a treble hop to Pimlico.

Spectacular. Now I invoke stamford’s Third, and it’s just a quick slant to arnos grove

There is a good chippy in Southgate so I shall move there.

Well considering the 1978 Association ruling that allows me to whizz straight to Embankment.

Hmm, I thought the 1978 Association ruling had been superseded by the 2003 version (edit 2.b), however (and given Arnos Grove has already been played) it has to be Kilburn Park.

Time for the rail replacement bus rule given it is a Sunday and so it is off to Finchley Road.

That move whilst, following the Sunday Rail Replacement Covenant,. I must point out that Mothering Sunday rules are Trump Suit. This means that only feminine stations are allowed, in support of all our sisters.

Therefore, Queensbury

And it would be a huge Faux Pas to send you to Nidd as the rules allow mistakes from Mothers today.

If you're a man, I'm afraid it's off to Nidd for you, however.

@JellicleCat

Surely somebody is going to play the Cockfosters Gambit at this stage in a fraught game?

@Geppili oh no I'm not. A move to Queen's Park with the assistance of the London Overground rule.

Splendid! I’m delighted to see that there’s a new game; it’s always such a learning experience. As it’s a Sunday evening in Lent I’m going for a safe diagonal move to Harrow and Wealdstone.

@DuckonaBike

Splendid! I’m delighted to see that there’s a new game; it’s always such a learning experience. As it’s a Sunday evening in Lent I’m going for a safe diagonal move to Harrow and Wealdstone.

Mothering Sunday rules are trumping.

You won't go to Nidd, but do make another move. Unless you're a man, then it's off to Nidd with you.

How foolish of me. I am happy to assure you that I am not a man.

Marylebone

Fine move!

Now, for a Jolly Gallop to Seven Sisters

Keeping in the Mothering Sunday spirit it has to be Victoria

Thinking of the children you probably would feel embarrassed by for style reasons it is off to Sloane Square.

Advance from Double to Triple Alliteration Play to Bromley-by-Bow

OK, I can see the Nidd trap there & I’m going to avoid it with the Alphabetic Middle Hop. Looking for a single word station whose initial falls halfway between B & S - Knightsbridge. And I think that deserves a point.

Curses, I thought I had you there @EmpressWitchDoesntBurn ... Alas!

A South East Nelson across to Westminster (river boat service) What with it being the morning of the 15th, it's only sensible choice really...

Good move there for the Ides of March. In the circumstances, I’m going to play the Shuttleworth move to Tower Gateway

God this is tense. I'm thinking that someone must see the glaringly obvious move which would be two stops from winning. But the station to platform ratio has to be calculated precisely.

I am sure that part of the road near to Barking is a roman road so let's move there.

Clever