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?

[sashh]

Under the Boshida convention foreign stations can be played a maximum of two times in a single game, so using that convention I give you Ueno Park (Tokyo).


(hopes no wone slips back to Europe under the Lille rules of 1885)

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

Have we or have we not adopted the Kleinwort Barclay Protocol? Anyway, I'll risk

Balham

[ooerrmissus]

That's going to confuse a lot of the more traditional players, sashh.

Whitechapel.

[sashh]

I know ooerrmissus but the game needs the occasional spark of something new.

[MooncupGoddess]

Damn it missus, I was about to unveil a genius move there and you've utterly thwarted it. I'll have to play safe and go for Goodge St.

[Beastofburden]

In which case I will invoke the Lindt regulations and play Tottenham Court.

Nobody wants to make me invoke Green & Black... you wouldn't like me when I am angry.

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

Goodge Street? Then I'll do the lateral shunt to Warren Street.

[moonbells]

Augh. So under the Sale amendment I can't move to Chorleywood. Bah. In that case, South Ruislip.

[ooerrmissus]

I which case, Tufnell Park

[Beastofburden]

I concede. Well played.

[StayAwayFromTheEdge]

Being a very traditional player I will stick with rule 77a and go with Belsize Park..

[Inertia]

In order to comply with both Rule 77a and the Abercrombie Strategy, I think it has to be Victoria .

[ooerrmissus]

Then I shall go with a Jaworski move- Finchley Central.

[MooncupGoddess]

Clever, Inertia... but doesn't Abercrombie allow a double loop when the moon is on the wane? So, Ravenscourt Park.

[ooerrmissus]

Quite right, Mooncup

[Inertia]

Aha, you must be using the revised version of Abercrombie there Mooncup, very smart move.

In that case the Threapleton Shuffle can be played...Perivale.

[StayAwayFromTheEdge]

Which leads straight to Maida Vale

[ooerrmissus]

I forgot to check, are we playing Rowntree rules? If so, Pimlico.

[StayAwayFromTheEdge]

I would say that the Rowntree rules would fit in nicely and lead directly to Westminster...

[ooerrmissus]

Good one. A quick Lyttleton manoeuvre to Chancery Lane

[MrsWilliamBodie]

Nice move

I'm very fair off my top form - I'll go with Swiss Cottage and hope it's enough.

[JessicaBeatriceFletcher]

Chalfont and Latimer

Which invokes Crabbit's Law and makes main line stations wild, of course.

[JessicaBeatriceFletcher]

I know Inertia played Chalfont earlier, but it can be revisited because of Maud's lateral shunt.

Disappointed to see players quoting Rule 77a which, although strictly speaking hasn't yet been removed, is generally frowned upon in the modern game. It's lazy play.

[OverAndAbove]

Quite true Jessica, quite true. I feel the game has settled into its stride though, with some really masterful moves over the lunchtime period. I for one am happy to see 77a through.

But in any case, and notwithstanding, Uxbridge

[ofcoursethisisanamechange]

I have to agree with Jessica on the 77a- one player's traditional is another's out of date! So in a stonkingly fresh interpretation of Connelly's maxim- Upminster