The inevitable return of Mornington Crescent

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

As winter approaches and the nights draw in, one’s thoughts naturally turn to wholesome, homely entertainment. Instead, though, I invite experienced players and novices alike to join me in a game of Mornington Crescent.

To keep the pace gentle, I’ll begin with an inverse Lepton to

Seven Sisters

Oh sorry, wrong thread

Has anybody played Tottenham Court Road?

If not, I'll envoke the Paternoster Flirt:

Feltham

Delighted to see you once again, IreneTheQuaint! Those lockdown games were something else. I feel the game of games does lose something when played over zoom (although, given the Admiral’s propensities, a certain amount of social distancing is a blessing).

Theydon Bois

10:45pm of course brings the 75 minute rule into play.

Which means I'm forced into playing Caledonian Road.

In the spirit of recent events, can I do a complete u-turn back to Mornington Crescent?

Is the full Elizabeth line in play or only open stations?

Absolutely not! You damn rightly that’s a breech of the Portunrah rules set out in 1945. The cheek!

But, but, I made a manifesto challenge NOT to return to Mornington Crescent, therefore with total inevitability here I am.

Gosh! That game moved at a cracking pace and AspiringAuthor101 has already declared for MC. The move was certainly unorthodox but under the 2019 Codicil it must (unless I am much mistaken) be allowed. So, a new game is afoot.

Reminders for the newbies:

Interjecting without playing a move will attract a penalty

Only open stations on the Elizabeth line are valid

Battersea Power Station Station is high, except when approached from the east

All the above notwithstanding, tomorrow is the Sabbath (for some) and so Fuller-Grenfell Rules apply until 3pm

And with that I offer you

Brent Cross

I'm deploying the "Goodnight Sweetheart" manoeuvre and playing Cricklewood

Well, it isn’t quite 1 am and therefore I think the Paternoster Abridgement of 1938 applies, so, i CAN use Bob Doubles Inversion

Hackney Wick

Chancery Lane

You know why

The Oval makes sense at this time of night, if only because of the local Botolph infestation.

Wtf are you talking about?

It’s like chess with tube stations, on hallucinogenic drugs (or absinthe, as you wish), played with a zeal akin to a religious fervour. ‘Checkmate’ is achieving a legal move to Mornington Crescent.

It is bedevilled by complex historical rules.

At the moment I believe we have woken up in thunder storms at King’s Cross.

Interesting that you liken it to chess AutumnCrow. I always think of it like snakes and ladders crossed with backgammon, with a large dose of mental jenga involved. (Although of course there is not the luck element of rolling the dice that snakes and ladders involves... Pure skill is needed instead),

And with that, I'm going with:

Victoria

Isn't a combination of the strategy of chess with the randomness of snakes and ladders plus a set of historical rule changes.

I'm going for Marylebone.

If you want to ease yourself in @MightyOaks you could try Earl’s Court?

From Marylebone I make a short move to Warwick Avenue.

It's my first move of the morning (morning all) so a double off-peak move means it's not my fault it's....

Northolt

Can I nip in with a joystick lateral not deployed since the 1953 Helsinki finals to bring up to
Epping

Canary Wharf

The game of games is going on and nobody told me! Can I join in now?

The autumnal weather puts me in mind of Betjeman and his historic move in the 1974 national final:

Rickmansworth

Plying the DLR rule means I can move to Cyprus, the DLR station that is.

After my near-disqualification of last night, after becoming so excited that Baker Street was in play that I failed to make a move myself, I have slept on it and ruminated over the correct compensatory thrust.

For this move I rely on the arcane rules of the Papal Bull Addenda to the Vatican's Tournament of the Cardinals in 1965, held to celebrate the conclusion of Vatican II (bless), but I am confident it is correct:

Morden