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.

The use of the west London line rule so early in the game has not been used I think for many years. I had not expected that any more than the move to Imperial Wharf. This may turn out to be as surprising as the first game of the 1983 Westminster tournament.

A fairly short move to South Kenton.

Wasn’t 1983 the year that a number of players were disqualified for using performance enhancing drugs, Cuthbert? Fortunately a rare occurrence in the game of games.

I’ll take the opportunity to move to Finchley Road & Frognal

Sudbury Hill ?

@lightand Are you asking us, or telling us? come now, do decide, because it will affect my next move...

Seems that Sudbury Hill was not a move after all. So leaving Finchley Road and Frognal via the London Overground rule takes me to West Hampstead.

I don't recall any disqualifications in the 1983 tournament, even though it was a very quick game. There was the contra-temps in 1982 though.

Dipping into the Rules on Dreams, and as I had a dream last night where Middle Child mixed up Bonds (Exam prep books) and James Bond movies whilst in an 11+ interview, I'll be making a move to

Bond Street, in disguise naturally.

Interesting move Underwater.

Pimlico

I've see you trying to trick me, but to those of us who aren't as green as we look, it's s an easy escape from the Pimlico Ploy. I'll happily cite the 2018 rules change (after the debacle in Florence) and I declare a double move to Latimer Grove (via Marble Arch)

@00100001 assuming you mean Latimer Road in which case a Road for a Road and we are off to

Goldhawk Road on the Gold (Circle, which isn't a bloody Circle) Line

I play the invalid move by misspelling rule which takes us back to Pimlico, and from there move to Marble Arch.

I’m going to take advantage of the arch and circle references to complete a geometric trick and land on Leicester Square.

Let's stick to shapes and add another, of we go, and we end in oval

Very interesting! I think I can safely continue the shapes theme with a move to New Cross.

Monument

I think we can move eastwards to Tower Hill and hope the ravens are in a good mood.

They are... A Raven's Flight to Becontree.

I'd like to see you get out THAT...

Being that there is a R in both the day and month today (Thursday and March) I believe I can get away with a counter-clockwise move to

Silver Street

liverpool street

I must say, it's poor form to state your move in lower case... Do you not recall when Thomas "The Storm" Johnson caused conniptions in his opponent, Molly Deeres, when he tried that in the May Tourney? I do say she's still recovering and has to lie down for a good hour a day.

A bi-lateral reverse to Oakwood

Lower case is so last century.

A move to Cockfosters

Highbury & Islington, employing the double named stations rule as used to such handy effect by the same Molly Deeres that Binary mentions, before the unfortunate incident. I do hope she is recovering.

Rumour is she that of she ears the word 'lower' she has a brief fit of the vapours. Quite difficult as she's the head of Lower VI, in Lower Road Sixth Form college, Lower Town.

Double Double Station move (Harrington Variant) to King's Cross & St Pancras

Apologies for being late but I wonder whether Knightsbridge could be played at this stage?

I know there was some foul play associated with a double back move in the mid 90's but am unsure whether the ruling was upheld?

@againandagainoncemore

Apologies for being late but I wonder whether Knightsbridge could be played at this stage?

I know there was some foul play associated with a double back move in the mid 90's but am unsure whether the ruling was upheld?

I wouldn’t. The ruling was originally overturned but then upheld on appeal. It was all very messy.

I’m going for West Ruislip, and I’d just like to remind everyone not to be caught out by the Daylight Savings time slip trap this weekend.

West Ruislip at 0515 just avoids the need for the night bus rule to be played, which would have been a first for any game I have joined. The time change trap can be avoided this year because there is no night tube service presently.

I move to Perivale.