Mornington Crescent, or, Journey up the Northern Line

[Krill]

What, like charge them horrendous medical bills?

[Imran Siddiqui]

And that's just for starters

[Spiffor]

I've always thought of Uxbridge as the best launching pad for hyperspace full jumps

[onodera]

WTF is going on here?

[duke o' york]

We're taking the Hammersmith and City line to Goldhawk Road, and one of us (me) is taking a bronze token and reversing the Churchill paradigm to allow all players out of Nid. I'm kind like that.

Climb aboard, but mind the gap.

[Imran Siddiqui]

What a move that was, duke! Well done.

I have no choice but to go down to Dagenham East and wait for my move.

[Dauphin]

Taking a cue from the 1960 world semi-finals, I'm going to throw it out wide to start off with Swanley.

That was such a stupid move. There is a reason why Adrian Mole lost that semi three rubbers in a row.

[snoopy369]

Since I'm out of Nid, i'll hop over to Elephant and Castle for a Fish and Chips.

[duke o' york]

Willesden Junction sets a knipp stretching between Rickmansworth and Westminster. Woe betide those who ignore the lesson of Sir Walter Fauxley and try to move north-east or south-west across this knipp north of the river.

[duke o' york]

Incidentally, which ruleset was decided upon by Snoopy? Does it allow use of the DLR or not?

[DrSpike]

I'm aghast at the standard of play so far. I haven't see such amateurish strategies since the ill-fated finals of '92, when the Earl of Chichester won in only three moves.

I feel compelled to skip along to Archway to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the previous three moves (taken in conjunction).

[duke o' york]

Maybe we're just playing with you Spike, and this amateurish opening is all a ruse to allow us to strike quickly to MC in our version of the Fool's Mate! Well, maybe one of the others is: I'm just making the best of a bad situation here.

[Solomwi]

That was such a stupid move. There is a reason why Adrian Mole lost that semi three rubbers in a row.

Sure, but it has more to do with failing to secure his diagonal in the face of a westerly push than it does with going long to start off. Were I to adopt his tactics wholesale, I'd concede that you have a point, but there's nothing wrong with nipping the baby and dumping the bathwater. Now that the game has developed a bit, you'll no doubt observe that my Swanley opening allows me to easily move to Clapham Junction, putting Spike in Nid and securing two silver tokens.

[duke o' york]

Hoist by his own petard!

I shall use the Bank escalators to reverse the flow and move swiftly on to King's Cross-St Pancras. We're on the Northern Line, but unfortunately for whoever is next Masham's Corollary prevents any further moves northward.

[snoopy369]

Amateurish, bah. There's nothing wrong with playing the field passively for a few moves before striking; Wallsdorf played that strategy to perfection in the 1982 Birkdale finals, for example.

I'll try the classic Wellsley gambit, and roll through to Willesden Junction, protecting the left side while avoiding Duke's block.