ANOTHER GAME - Mornington Crescent

[Chancellor Valium]

Very simple game - if you don't understand, go to google and search for "Mornington Crescent".
Rules for this version:
We are using a modern London tube map (ie including the jubilee line!)
Players must start no further in than, southwards, above the Thames, North, below the line from North Woolwich to Richmond.
Players must not start on the Northern Line
I will start:
Caledonian Road

[Xeroc]

Okay, how about...

Seven Sisters


[Note: If you're wondering how to play, or what the heck we're talking about, look here:

Mornington Crescent

And for a map of the London Underground:

London Underground

Hope that helps]

[stripysox]

Any chance of someone here explaining it in a non-comfusing way? Or perhaps I am just to thick to understand. Sounds fun though, I want to play!

[taya17]

You do realize that a large majority of the forumgoers here don't know the London Underground by heart, do you?

[Xeroc]

Originally Posted by taya17

You do realize that a large majority of the forumgoers here don't know the London Underground by heart, do you?

That's why I included a link to a map, if you don't:

Originally Posted by Xeroc

And for a map of the London Underground:

London Underground

[taya17]

I might be wrong, but it seems to me as if the point of the game is to test the player's knowledge of the subway system, in which case making use of a map would completely defeat the purpose?

I don't know...as a whole the game doesn't make a ton of sense for me, so I might be mistaken. *shrug*

[Xeroc]

Originally Posted by taya17

I might be wrong, but it seems to me as if the point of the game is to test the player's knowledge of the subway system, in which case making use of a map would completely defeat the purpose?

I don't know...as a whole the game doesn't make a ton of sense for me, so I might be mistaken. *shrug*

Well, it doesn't make a (metric!) ton of sense to me either, but as far as I know, it's a game that doesn't really have much of a purpose (kind of like a lot of stuff here) and is just for fun. It also is suppossed to have creative and funny rules.

[taya17]

Maybe we should make use of something more accessible, like Voyager episodes? We can have creative rules too, like "List all the episodes in Season 3 in order, except those in which Janeway is shown drinking more than one cup of coffee"...

I think I get this game now, though, it's a mental exercise like 7-Up. (That's the game where you take turns sounding off numbers in order, except you have to say "Up!" everytime you come to a number that has a 7 in it, or is a multiple of 7...)

[Xeroc]

Originally Posted by taya17

Maybe we should make use of something more accessible, like Voyager episodes? We can have creative rules too, like "List all the episodes in Season 3 in order, except those in which Janeway is shown drinking more than one cup of coffee"...

You realize that would be like, one episode.

[Alexia]

Originally Posted by taya17

Maybe we should make use of something more accessible, like Voyager episodes? We can have creative rules too, like "List all the episodes in Season 3 in order, except those in which Janeway is shown drinking more than one cup of coffee"...

Ooooh, I like the sound of somthing like that!

Originally Posted by taya17

I think I get this game now, though, it's a mental exercise like 7-Up. (That's the game where you take turns sounding off numbers in order, except you have to say "Up!" everytime you come to a number that has a 7 in it, or is a multiple of 7...)

And there was me thinking you meant the soft drink :wink:

As for this game...*has a flashback of being on the tube, on a hot day, this summer*

*runs kicking and screaming from game*

[taya17]

Originally Posted by Xeroc

You realize that would be like, one episode.

That was just a hypothetical example

[Chancellor Valium]

OFF TOPIC!!!!! Can we stick to playing Mornington Crescent in this thread? You can find rules by typing "rules for Mornington Crescent" into google.
You can't go to seven sisters! We're playing Marquess of Pigswade rules! You can't approach seven sisters on the diagonal from the Picadilly or Waterloo /City lines!
Oh, and by the way, its not a "subway" it's the TUBE! T-U-B-E!!!

[Alexia]

Speaking of Subways, did you ever have a subway sandwich?

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...sandwich :mrgreen: :wink:

[Chancellor Valium]

OFF TOPIC AGAIN!!!!!

[Alexia]

Speaking of Topics, does anyone know where you can but them? They are an English chocolate bar I haven't seen for yeeeeeeeears... :wink:

OK! Ok, I'll stop now :wink: :mrgreen: I couldn't resist :wink:

But seriously Valium, off topics happen :wink:

[Chancellor Valium]

Sorry. Been around one v. serious forum for a while now....

[Xeroc]

Originally Posted by Chancellor Valium

You can't go to seven sisters! We're playing Marquess of Pigswade rules! You can't approach seven sisters on the diagonal from the Picadilly or Waterloo /City lines!

Of course I knew that, I was just testing you.

I'm actually going to start at...

Kingsbury

[Draknek]

Ah, clever. However, I think I'm going to have to double cross-trip along the second major line, taking me to Kenton and unfortunately blocking your plan.

[Xeroc]

A smart move, but, alas, that was not my plan after all!

I move to ...

Earl's Court!

[Chancellor Valium]

I block BOTH your moves, with Marylebone change for Clapham Common!