A little Mornington Crescent - anyone care to join in?

[OverAndAbove]

I just fancy a change of focus.

I'll jump right in with Great Portland Street - I think I'm entitled to do that, with it being beyond the autumn equinox, but before Halloween?

Any takers?

Sorry, of course. Maud is a much better name .

Ok, Goddess, you leave me little choice. This is (probably) my last move of the day so I'm going to employ the Higgins-Hughes maneuver and leave you with Eastcote.

Hmm. Given the date and the soundtrack of fireworks in the background, I think it has to be

Burnt Oak

And as the fireworks crescendo in the skies above me I declare.....

Mornington Crescent!

Well done, Curioustiger! That was only achievable through a Triple Bohemian Jink, and I don't think I've seen one of those since 1973.

Theydon Bois is just a masterstroke.
I don't think anyone saw that coming !
Conrad's principle reworked if I'm not mistaken to combine the 676 manoeuvre of the infamous Cadogan breakaway. Brilliant.

Cockfosters to follow does allow me though, on the basis of the Smallfoot ruling to invoke an alphabetical increment (as a breached expansion) and play COLINDALE

Ooops - carried away researching arcane rulings there and missed the MC by Curioustiger.

Well played.

A lesson I suppose to less experienced players such as myself to mind the gap.

(I do like to think that Colindale was a good move in the circumstances though).

Thank you for the kind words, MiniMonty. Onwards and upwards, everybody!

New game anyone ?
Please PM me when it starts...
I've been reading some tactics hand written on a tourist and I think I have the hang of it.

Mini, I'd have countered with colindale, too. I can see what you were doing there.

Well done, Curioustiger. I hadn't seen that coming.

So, shallwe go straight on with a new game? In the words of the old song, life (or at least the game) begins at

Oxford Circus

Oxford Circus? Good opener.

I think I'll bring the double shunt into play here.

Angel.

Some brilliant manoeuvres in that last game. curioustiger how did you manage that? Blue sky thinking at its best!

I take your Angel dolly and raise you to

Notting Hill Gate..

Nicely done, tiger!

I love an Oxford Circus start!

Anyway, let's see.

Assuming that we're all happy to disregard Sindenberg (which I suspect we are, going by the Euston move in that last game), I'm going with Plaistow.

I never liked Sindenberg.

I'm going to use the worcester principle (section 14b, amended 2005) and play

Amersham

I'm glad you concur.

Now.

After a worcester 2005, bearing in mind we can't (clearly) use any quarter-penches because of the Metropolitan thing, options are limited but interesting.

It's gotta be

Latimer Road.

May I draw your attention to Scaffenbergs Theorum of 1903?
It can only be used after the autumnal equinox and only then when the moon is in the descendant but can be very handy when you need to get out of a tight spot.

It takes me to Goldhawk Road quite nicely.

Interesting. With the moon in Scorpio, I think I can venture a neat steepling across to Shepherds Bush Market.

A nice simple Bertrams Plodge to Green Park...

I was going to use Hugo's Stratagem and head off to Barbican, but I think a safer move would be to Bayswater.

Hmm. Would now be a good moment for a Swedish Jink? If so

Russell Square

A swedish Jink - HAHA !
Not a classical response perhaps - but here I go anyway...

MILE END !!!

Mini monty, it's those kind of flourishes that make a player famous! I can only respond with Aldgate East.

Possibly not a classic move, but I have been combing the 3,218 pages of the Authorised Compendium of All Known Rules of Mornington Crescent, looking for novelties and arcana.

Dollis Hill

::all passion spent::

Maud, I'd pass you the smelling salts if I hadn't used them all up after that Mile End business. Good heavens.

I'll perform a little Kascu Variation, if I may, and take us to Farringdon for a semi-bind.