Mornington Crescent rides again

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

To nobody’s surprise, the frantic pace of this latest game means that the last thread is full and (as far as I can see) <polishes lorgnette> we don’t yet have a successor. So, off we go with a Brunswick Lateral to

Russell Square

The DLR rule again!! Gallions Reach.

Carpenders Park (anterior).

This game is descending into chaos I need to get it all back "on track" so I will purposefully go to Queens Park

Aha! That allows me to complete a full horizontal semiquaver all the way to

Mornington Crescent!

Oh, bravo, Finsbury! I didn't see that coming; I was flummoxed by the half-life state that previous move created. But I see now how you tangoed your way round it.

Oh well done @FinsburyCircus! Excellent play!

Bravo! Thrilling to see such an audacious end to a long and strongly-contested game. Who’s going to start the next one?

What an exciting finish! Bravo Finsbury!
Try not to get too carried away celebrating though; we don’t want a repeat of what happened last time.

If I may, I’ll start the next game with an easy shunt to White City

Thank you, Duck. I’m going to sous-pavé us to Paddington, considering the percentages involved here.

Thanks all, and appreciate the concern Duck... after footing the bill for two destroyed Monets and a vintage feather boa, I learnt my lesson the hard way after the Salzburg incident. 🙄

Very elegant Mark! I'm going to play one of my red chance cards which gets us to Wimbledon.

It’s almost midnight so to invoke Charterhouse Rules we need to move north of the river to Putney Bridge

Au contraire. The only way is

Brixton

Okay I think we are due a move to Baker Street

Bloody hell, all these years, I've been playing it completely wrong!

@FinsburyCircus well done.

Moving along the Circle line that is not a circle any more to Barbican.

ArthurbellaScott - Different doesn’t necessarily mean wrong. Why not participate in this new game and see how it goes?

Hyde Park Corner

That's an invitation I can't refuse. Although to be honest, you may live to regret it ...

Kinning Park.

Oh my. The Hibernian variant. I’m somewhat rusty here, but will revert to my old favourite, the longitudinal lunge to

Edinburgh Waverley

I applaud the adventurous spirit, but I've recently been studying materials from the archives and have been itching to play the Greenland Deviation, which means in this case we must return to London and I must say Lancaster Gate (I'm adding in the Fermat's Bicycle Law, obviously).

Are we still accepting Herbert's Feint? I believe the Panel of Commissioners approved it before the 03 Toulon Tournament but the messaging has been confused since then.

If that comes into play, our next move is Marylebone * *

Bold move!

I'm going to go with an ambiguous one next, to hell with it - I did warn you. Let's throw the Battenberg rules to the wind:

Piccadilly.

Incomplete station name rule comes into play so we are back at Marylebone.

Edgware Road (Bakerloo).

You’re a hard task mistress, Llyn (that’s a compliment by the way). In the circumstances I think I can use the overflow protocol to move to Temple.

Herbert's Feint is fine by me, as long as you don't combine it with an obtuse Gant.
I can see that a funicular has entered the picture, so I'm going to leave the more obvious and easier move and instead say Old Street. Just to avoid problems later on if there's a Widdershins.

Rescued us there Mark, we'd have been in Nidd in 4 or 5 moves otherwise!

Now I was about to play a simple Barkham to Tottenham Court Road but I see the Northern Line (Bank branch) is out of play. I think we'd be best to double back and head for Cockfosters