It's been a while... the return of Mornington Crescent

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

I haven't played the game for several months, so I'm a little rusty. I'll start cautiously with an inverted half-shunt to

Bayswater

Ooh! I do love a bit of Pemberley-Harcourt at this time of year.

Covent Garden

We aim to please.

Hatton Cross

Tufnell Park.

Just because.

So then it must be

Bow Church

Perhaps a little recherche, but
Caledonian Road

This game was so much better before the advent of the television .....I'm old school:

Aldwych

Very obviously old school, DownToTheSeaAgain. The last time I saw someone move from Caledonian Road to Aldwych without an intervening Mackenzie Fulcrum was in BadenBaden in ‘84, coincidentally on the same evening that the Colonel downed a bottle of creme de menthe and dared play Hammersmith on the upward. But let’s not digress

Clapham South

That's a double outing for Aldwych. Hi ho hi ho it's off to Nidd we go...

I thought crème de menthe was banned from internationals after the rather unfortunate incident with the Brigadier the Countess at the Saltzberg Seniors in 1954. It had a lot to answer for. The Central Line was off limits for some time after, as I recall.

Anyway, it is after sundown but before the Winter Solstice, so I shall try my luck with London Fields.

London Fields? An outstandingly bold interpretation of Pemberley-Harcourt.

I think Mordern may be the logical next move.

There’s a Pemberley-Harcourt for every situation, I find, and so to

Neasden

I think we're dangerously close to creating a Webster Paradox. Not what you want on a Monday!

Therefore: Balham

I'm sorry to do this so early in the game but ...

Ealing Broadway!

I've been waiting for years for this opportunity.

Wow, Laiste! You took a risk there. Don’t you remember what happened when the Lieutenant Colonel tried that move in the Epsom playoffs in ‘77? It took two days to quell the rioting and they nearly had to cancel the Derby.

Harrow on the Hill

Oooh you minx with H on the H!

I'm completely trodwindered with that move.

Trodwindered indeed.

In that case, now is the perfect time to move via the Smyth Diagonal to Faringdon.

You’ll understand why

Colindale

I've seen the new maps, so it has to be...

Reading

Excellent play and just what I needed, to enable a lunging shift to

Manchester Piccadilly

How do you play this game? Don't understand it

@Bogeyes

How do you play this game? Don't understand it

I'm not sure of the rules, either. My step-mother told me it was a real game when I was having doubts, and from this excellent thread I see that she was right.

@Bogeyes

How do you play this game? Don't understand it

It's best not to try. The rule books often contradict themselves anyway - hence there are so many of them. Best approach is to think like a Jedi. Close your eyes and just feel your way around. Go with gut instincts to begin with - they will rarely let you down.

@JustLarkinAbout

I've seen the new maps, so it has to be...

Reading

Oooh I see what you did there. Risky but very sophisticated.

I'll take a chance on Hendon Central, what with it being Tuesday.

Yes, thinking like a Jedi is often the best approach for newbies. Once you’ve got a little experience under your belt, some of the residential training courses can be useful, but they can also be expensive in both money and liver damage, once they break out the whisky and curaçao cocktails.

Dalston Junction

I think the earlier Manchester Piccadilly lunge (which I expected to land us all in Nidd, but presumably the validity of the Northern Precedent, as it's December, saved us) means that I can reasonably play Birkenhead Central.