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I'll start you off with Mill Hill East.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 29.10.13 - 7:00 a.m. | #
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I'll take a lateral to White Hart Lane.
Philip | 29.10.13 - 7:08 a.m. | #
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That calls for an immediate back pass to Boston Manor. Don't say you're not surprised.
Waterhouse | 29.10.13 - 7:31 a.m. | #
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At this point it is permissible, even necessary, to invoke the Translateral and frankly insane Route 32 diversion:
Harwell Campus
Dominic H | 29.10.13 - 7:38 a.m. | #
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Tricky,tricky, tricky. Hmmm, let's think....Finsbury Park!
ganching | Homepage | 29.10.13 - 7:57 a.m. | #
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You do all realise that playing against the World Record Holder of the tube, you are all doomed to failure, aren't you?
Tricky start - Turnhan with an 'N'. But off-peak the Northholt gambit still works here, and we can go to Hounslow Barracks.
geofftech | Homepage | 29.10.13 - 8:04 a.m. | #
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Pardon the newbie but surely Leicester Square is an obvious choice here?
Maybe too obvious?
TCB | 29.10.13 - 8:09 a.m. | #
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West Kensington. Easy.
James | 29.10.13 - 8:11 a.m. | #
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Latimer Road.
Lorenzo | 29.10.13 - 8:30 a.m. | #
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(Bearing in mind the Lausanne convention): Circular Quay
Malcolm | 29.10.13 - 8:42 a.m. | #
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@Malcolm ... in that case I should say that maybe some passengers might like to get off at Redfern* ...
Before we jumped continents I was going to ask a less complex question. Do overground and DLR stations count under the Original Standard Rules?
* Obscure Sydney joke.
Antipodean | 29.10.13 - 8:48 a.m. | #
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Excellent...been a long time. In fact I don't think I've played since I've had an Oyster card......nevertheless, I think I'll still go for Ealing Broadway. Hah!
NiC | Homepage | 29.10.13 - 8:52 a.m. | #
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....but shouldn't we have started at Aldgate East under OSR (though I could be mis-reading Rule 12a) ?
Paul | 29.10.13 - 9:02 a.m. | #
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I prefer to keep my litter for the bins at Charing Cross.
B | 29.10.13 - 9:17 a.m. | #
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Invoking the Holden Paradigm, I'm going for Colliers Wood.
(I'm worried my lack of experience will show playing against geofftech...)
James Armitage | Homepage | 29.10.13 - 9:33 a.m. | #
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I want to divert to Cassiobridge but I'm not clear on the rules about using unbuilt stations.
popartist | 29.10.13 - 9:52 a.m. | #
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A Labyrinth diversion causes me to bounce around between Mark Lane, Bull & Bush and Mill Hill (The Hale) in one swooping move before straddling a Leslie Green bonus card and settling at Osterley & Spring Grove.
Don't worry James, it's just a game - we're all in it together.
geofftech | Homepage | 29.10.13 - 10:13 a.m. | #
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If "Antipodean" can use the Redfern joke (UK equivalents are South Hampstead or Manors), I have to say that the whole thing is Hornchurch - (i.e way beyond Barking)
timbo | 29.10.13 - 10:48 a.m. | #
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Well, as rule 12 does not apply, that gives me the opportunity for a "shunt" to Cockfosters.
Andrew | 29.10.13 - 10:52 a.m. | #
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That leaves the game open to a double diagonal which, in this case, can only be Putney Bridge
Caravelle | 29.10.13 - 11:07 a.m. | #
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(Bridges are wild, no? You could have had Southfields there.) In any case I believe I can Dollis Hill.
Peter G | 29.10.13 - 11:11 a.m. | #
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@Antipodean & Timbo : Apparently the naval equivalent is Fratton
Paul | 29.10.13 - 11:29 a.m. | #
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I reckon people here have been smoking at Pinner.
Antipodean | 29.10.13 - 11:35 a.m. | #
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Hmm I'm not sure it was in the original rules, for obvious reasons, but I think that it is allowable as a key updated move as part of the Doppler Gambit. The Doris Bike stand outside Holborn.
Ham | 29.10.13 - 11:52 a.m. | #
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Delicias (Variente de Aranjuez).
Lorenzo | 29.10.13 - 12:14 p.m. | #
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How about closed stations? Down Street, my old favourite!
Leuconoe | 29.10.13 - 12:23 p.m. | #
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I raise my eyebrows at the previous two comments and play to Temple.
The one between Pont de Levallois - Becon and Gallieni is in spoon, so it should be quite clear that I meant the one between Embankment and Blackfriars.
Reverse the polarity of the escalators! *whirly hand gesture*
Chris | Homepage | 29.10.13 - 3:10 p.m. | #
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Well, with the polarity reversed, we could try Hobbs End.
Andrew | 29.10.13 - 5:08 p.m. | #
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As that takes us into the imaginary domain, I can play Walford East.
timbo | 29.10.13 - 6:30 p.m. | #
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With a move like that, we have to take a Cartevelian Drift (1977 addendum, updated post-2004 rules, with swipe-card loaded), and go to
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As they say, (when they are not saying "Tabisuplebis Moedani")
"Leebertee Skver"
Dominic H | 29.10.13 - 8:36 p.m. | #
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Ah, so can come over all Francophile here, and tout alors, but try slipping in some Georgian script, and it's all zut alors! It is no fair!
Still in Latin Script I say again: Tavisuplebis Moedani
Dominic H | 29.10.13 - 8:37 p.m. | #
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So I'll use the Tardis Expletive, which ends up in Wood Lane!
Careful.
James | 29.10.13 - 10:01 p.m. | #
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To keep Antipodean happy, I believe my status as a former Redfern resident allows me to make use of the international namesake loophole and take us to Croydon railway station.
whiff | 30.10.13 - 12:22 a.m. | #
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oh Dear. I didn't want to risk a foul, because my question above re overground lines has not been answered, but I now feel compelled to use the wildcard I have been saving and direct us all to that Aussie heartland in south-west London ... Clapham Junction, or, indeed, any variant of the Claplands.
@Whiff | 30.10.13 - 2:00 a.m. | #
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ARGH - get it RIGHT.
@ Whiff - oh Dear. I didn't want to risk a foul, because my question above re overground lines has not been answered, but I now feel compelled to use the wildcard I have been saving and direct us all to that Aussie heartland in south-west London ... Clapham Junction, or, indeed, any variant of the Claplands.
Antipodean | 30.10.13 - 2:04 a.m. | #
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After 24 hours, the time distortion field protocol becomes relevant and, yes, having rolled a double six, I believe I can now move directly to Mornington Cresecent without passing "Go", although it may cost me £200. Thank you for playing.
Andrew | 30.10.13 - 8:35 a.m. | #
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Hampstead.
(See tomorrow's blog entry)
geofftech | Homepage | 30.10.13 - 8:42 a.m. | #
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As aces are now low, I invoke the offside rule and continue with an antipodean backpass to Epping. Remember to change at Theydon Bois for trains to Eastwood.
gt | 30.10.13 - 9:42 p.m. | #
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Mornington Crescent. I win.
Karen | 31.10.13 - 7:53 a.m. | #
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Andrew beat you to it, pay attention. I was sooo tempted, but I was expecting DG to jump in and do the final honours and I didn't want to steal his thunder.
Does the winner get a free kitten?
Antipodean | 31.10.13 - 9:36 a.m. | #
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