Another game of MORNINGTON CRESCENT!

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's been quite a while gents that we played the most civilized of games, Mornington Crescent. Far too long. It seems the Apolyton Championships have lapsed into a biannual affair due to lack of caring... well we can't have that.

So a new game, using Lord Bunable's 1837 Special Andrew Jackson Rules (you know, the one that bans semi-lateral shunts? lateral shunts are ok, just the semi-lateral ones though are out of this variant). This variant introduces quite some interesting differences with vanilla MC, and should provide quite a cracking bit of entertainment.

Well, I best start us off. I'll use Francis Haymart's famous opening move in the Cold War Match of the Ages (just recently memorialized in the Mornington Crescent Hall of Fame) against Igor Kravcyak in 1965:

St. James Park

[Winston]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
1837

That's quite an interesting proposition, since the London Underground waited until 1863 to commence operation.

[Ninot]

Crescent is a fun street in Montreal

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Winston
That's quite an interesting proposition, since the London Underground waited until 1863 to commence operation.

Irrelevant.

[Winston]

Objection.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Overruled:

http://www.geocities.com/verdrahciretop/mc1.html

The name Mornington Crescent is commonly believed to originate from the name of a station on the London Underground system. However, recent research published by Sir Henry Frienitscher has conclusively demonstrated that the underground railway station in fact owes its name to the game, and not vice versa. The origins of Mornington Crescent (The Game) remain a controversial subject of debate. A predecessor of the game appears to have been played by Vikings in Norway and Denmark, and there is also evidence that a Empire Version was popular in the days of the Roman Emperor Nero. It flourished particularly in Medieval Britain, which might well explain why even today the British dominate the sport.

Now bugger off!

[Winston]

Well, I can't argue with that.. I retract my earlier comments, and apologize for unduely holding up the game.

Temple

(Hoping to enable the Lord Chesterton mandrake swap a little later on; it's much too seldomly seen despite it's sweeping success at both the '52 and '71 conventions).

[Starchild]

I'll start off with a classic safe opening, which will hopefully allow a strategic start.

Waterloo

/me pats his collected works of Lord Mornington's Assembled Volumes of Mornington Crescent Rules and Revised Guidelines, including all 3000 player commentaries.

[*End Is Forever*]

Bank

(Safe as houses opening... hopefully)

[Cort Haus]

I'm a bit rusty, so I'll play conservatively to start with.

Edgware

[Gibsie]

I've not actually played before, however, living in London I have extensive knowledge of the underground. So, as I'm more of a fluff player than a competition player, I'm going to go with my closest station, Manor House.

Or am I just pretending to be a newbie to lull you into a false sense of security?

[Solly]

Heathrow Terminal 4

[Colon™]

I'm utterly clueless about the London underground, so I'll go with what's Belgian and familiar: De Brouckère.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Colon™
I'm utterly clueless about the London underground, so I'll go with what's Belgian and familiar: De Brouckère.

Now hang on a minute. Ignorance of the law is no defence. Under Lord Bunable's rules you must forfeit 1 Frozz token, move to Pimlico and change at Kings Cross next turn.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Overruled:

http://www.geocities.com/verdrahciretop/mc1.html

A predecessor of the game appears to have been played by Vikings in Norway and Denmark, and there is also evidence that a Empire Version was popular in the days of the Roman Emperor Nero..

Now bugger off!

Good refereeing.

Of course, game etiquette prohibs the use of phrases like "ZOMG, qual1ity pwn@ge", however appropriate they may be.