Mornington Crescent

[318266]

Hmm, it didn't say that in the last rulebook I read - which version are you using?

The 1864 Lapland Accords (amended 1868, 1901, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1956, 1962, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2020, 2021) currently state that, as added in the 1938 Amendment, removed by the 1945 but reinstated by the 1949.

In any case, the 1988 amendment says that when Nidd moves, we must travel to the closest Watford DC Line Silverlink Overground station.

Watford Junction

 

[Strat-tastic]

Finally!

Ayr

 

[Loppylugs]

I am now forced to ask the question of who has actual knowledge of this game, or indeed who has heard it played. In ISIHAC it was always played around the LU area, hence the game labelled Mornington Crescent. If we are moving around the country it loses any point in playing it. Mods opinion and rulings here please.

 

[Ostrich]

Ayr? Ma heid's mince.
Surely, the logical next move must be to Caledonian Road.

 

[306024]

I am now forced to ask the question of who has actual knowledge of this game, or indeed who has heard it played. In ISIHAC it was always played around the LU area, hence the game labelled Mornington Crescent. If we are moving around the country it loses any point in playing it. Mods opinion and rulings here please.

I have to agree, you do wonder if all the players on here actually know the rules

So to get closer to home Whitechapel

 

[Strat-tastic]

I am now forced to ask the question of who has actual knowledge of this game, or indeed who has heard it played. In ISIHAC it was always played around the LU area, hence the game labelled Mornington Crescent. If we are moving around the country it loses any point in playing it. Mods opinion and rulings here please.

I did say it baffles me.
As far as I can see we make it up as we go along.

 

[Loppylugs]

I did say it baffles me.
As far as I can see we make it up as we go along.

Yes, the "rules" are fictional. Have a look at Mornington Crescent rules on Wikipedia. By all means make up a story or various silly moves, but let's stick to LU/DLR/London Overground area. Please don't get to Mornington Crescent or the game is over....and try not to get in Nidd !!

 

[318266]

Remember that baffling over out-of-towners requires an instant move to Bank, where we obtain the funds to continue our journey after spending all the money on chasing them through Scotland, France or Ireland wherever it may be.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Osterley,get out of that!!

 

[Trackman]

I could go for the obvious Warren Street move, but we are playing the strict Adventūs Nātīvitās rules - so I would miss a turn. So I'll play my Joker Stanmore named after for what Mr.Boardman says what people say after happens after his shows, who is 85 years young today.

 

[DerekC]

Oh no - that takes us into the realm of uncertainty exemplified by Hoffenmeyer's ferret, which can be moving in both directions at once until spotted by the rabbit. However, fortunately Stanmore is a terminus so the surplus energy just goes into the ticket machine and it's clear that the next move has to be a transdimensional jump to Headstone Lane.

 

[Puffing Devil]

Adventūs Nātīvitās: I invoke Rudolf's exemption and move to Northwick Park.

 

[Mojo]

Mornington Crescent is closed due to non-availability of station staff.

So according to the rules that were introduced in the aftermath of the Kings Cross fire, the next station has to be Plaistow.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Staying out east - Amersham

 

[DerekC]

Amersham - East of Chinnor. On reflection I suspect that heritage stations are precluded by hieroglyphs carved on the seventh tablet, as recently interpreted by the Great Administrator. So with some regrets I retreat to Rickmansworth for a change of locomotive.

 

[Loppylugs]

An outrageous move in this cold weather. I'm off to the warmer South.

Let's see how the plants coped at Kew Gardens.

 

[A Challenge]

With the new tube trains on the Isle of Wight to allow this, after a trip to the glasshouses seems like as good a time as any to visit Ryde Esplanade for a nice trip to the beach.

 

[Purple Train]

(Looking at the actual gameplay section on Wikipedia, it does seem to me that moves outside London have been allowed - however, I shall refrain accordingly from moving outside if it is deemed contrary to the spirit of the game.)

Ryde Esplanade? At this stage of the game? That seems like a completely mad move! Under section 106 of the Sentamu Advent Variation, I can stick you perilously close to Nidd by playing Upney.

 

[306024]

Keeping in East London, but keeping warm too, a short detour towards Beckton to stop off at Cyprus

 

[Purple Train]

Logically, the next move should be an Icosahedral Waltz - Bond Street.

 

[318266]

An confidential encounter at Bond Street sends us straight to Seven Sisters, for more information.

 

[Ashley Hill]

And moving diagonally sideways St Paul’s.

 

[318266]

City Thameslink.

Cathedral's require insane solutions.

 

[Purple Train]

Stamford Brook, using the Plantagenet Loophole (the only unrepealed section of the 1888 rulebook, I believe).

 

[htafc]

After a mere brook, I consider it appropriate to navigate towards the edge of a mighty river... Embankment.

 

[Purple Train]

Interesting choice, but I fear you may need to look up the 2019 Bennett Law. Such a move from a brook to a river requires an immediate movement to South Kensington for the Science Museum's precipitation display - which automatically brings into force Curie's Move which traps you within the Monument-Bank complex for the next move, or until you've found the main exit.

 

[htafc]

Thankfully, the main exit allows us to avoid such a debacle, taking us to the Curie curry establishments of Brick Lane, accessed via Aldgate East...

 

[Purple Train]

Curry? Eurgh. I'd far rather go for some fish and chips in the Seashell, near Marylebone.

 

[Strat-tastic]

Yes, the "rules" are fictional. Have a look at Mornington Crescent rules on Wikipedia. By all means make up a story or various silly moves, but let's stick to LU/DLR/London Overground area. Please don't get to Mornington Crescent or the game is over....and try not to get in Nidd !!

Okay.
Why is it confined to London area?

 

[Loppylugs]

Okay.
Why is it confined to London area?

Because MC is on the LU system. There have been variations such as Morganstown Crescent used when the programme was in Cardiff and I believe Morningside Crescent when it was broadcast in Edinburgh. If you wish to go further afield then the name of the game should be changed, perhaps to Anywhere Crescent. A blue plaque dedicated to one of the original panellists of the game is to be found at MC station. Enjoy the game, it can be witty, funny and just plain silly, but that's what "I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue" was all about.