For anyone who knows how to play i am starting a game of Mornington Crescent. Playing the standard rule set, allowing for house rules to be agreed upon once the game is in motion. As with other games played on here, feel free to play if you pick up the rules as the veterans play.

enough chit-chat....i'll keep things simple to start with.. Kings-Cross/Blackheath

You call that simple.... OK then, Rayner's Lane.

..well i noramally play with 'Dual' rule, but your right we better play extra simple to start with, give others a chance to get to grips.

Blackfriars

Apologies, but you said standard rule set and our League rules don't include dual as standard. And it gets confusing for newcomers to the game, like you say. So...

Highgate

right you are, maybe we can pick some 'house rules' like dual later on.. specially when there is more than just us playing... till then as standard as possible it is.

Moorgate

Is this normally played online?

actually darryl i have found a few website where you can play it online in a forum based posting system like this and also ive found a version you can play online against a computer.. but the computer only has one set of rules.. you can't inclued your own variations and its very very hard to beat the computer, but its limited in the number of moves possible as it has a finite list and you must choose from it.

Regent's Park

But what about the Shoreditch Reversal rule?

ahhh glad you could join us CaptainHero.. well Si and i decided to try and keep it simple for the start.. but when Si gets back if we all want to use it i dont see why not :D .. oh your not making a move on the bakerloo line are you??

war it is... shunt play - Baker St

Hmmm...interesting defensive gambit. You leave me no option:

Euston Square

blast.. and i wanted to get the circle clockwise...

:D Euston to mainline overland

ps.. just like samatars game.. you can learn the rules through observation... ;)

i see how it is, grim... :)

Hmmm...

Old Street

well i can see where your heading Captain ;)

London Bridge ¦-P

Don't want to interrupt the game... although, you say you can figure out how to play by watching, but where do you come up with the street names (they sound like they are from London)? And what is the objective?

thats ok i dont mind thew interuption... however like samatar's game i can't give out the actual instructions on play, as that is intrinsically part of the game. but i can answer some of your questions.... the street names are in fact underground train stations within the city of london, although advanced rules of the game (which we aren't using in this game so far, see earlier posts on keeping it simple) allow travel beyond the bounds of london. Like most games the objective is to win and have as much fun in the process as possible. winning is by arrival at mornington crescent, but only by legal game moves. The game it's self is a definitively British thing, a humorous version of the game has been broadcasted on the radio, but unfortunately never on the tv for some reason. several books have been published on the game, most of which do assume a reader understanding of the basic rules, going on to explain advanced rules and detailing grandmasters of the game Official History and Rules of the Game of Mornington Crescent
.. hope ive informed you a little, in as much as i can!

Does it have sometinhg to do with rearranging the letters from the last location to form a new one? And how do I play if I don't know the names of any railway stations in London?

tube map this map is a bit big.. so you'll need to save it to desktop and zoom in a bit to get the names.
I think it might be hard to actually guess the rules, with only 3 of us here so far who know how to play.. but if the game goes on long enough and more people who do know join in, the more advanced rules will posssibly come into play at which point it may be easier for some people to spot the point of the game.

oooh playing the 'DLR' are we? block!...Double stop play..Bermondsy/Canada Water

Good approach play, but your flank is a little weak. Interesting variation on the 'Russian Dragon' defence though.

Triple pincer move: Monument

Well im not sweating it yet! the games not over till the crescent sings ;) besides defensive play can always set things up in the long run.. so... you obviously didnt check my early moves... i'll play through my Moorgate and London Bridge Bank/Monument capture :D
but its a little 2 sided.. wonder where 'Si' gone?

im so confused...... where can i find a site that may explain this to me?

..unfortunately you not going to find a site that will explain... im not sure if it's a British thing.. but you can't be told how to play the game... not in it's basic form at any rate. here's a web site that gives a bit more background information.. and talks about the game..but not the rules..Crescent info . there is one key rule to the game.. if you can figure that one rule out you will pick up the rest almost instantly.

i think everyone's speachless, grim... :)

I guess just like our riddles Jessiac... this has got everyone stumped.. except Si and CaptainHero.. but then they knew how to play!

he he he...i don't know how to play this game, but it's fun to read...

Switch to Jubilee: Bond Street to St John's Wood

Switch to jubilee Warren - Green Park ... lots of confined action in the 'Mile' this game.

Yes, indeed. Switch to rail:

St John's Wood - Hampstead Heath (via West Hampstead)

That takes me into zone three and also counts as a treble score, as per the standard rules.

... your ceratinly a more agressive player than me...we used to play with a special 'travel-card' rule that removed the score multiplier for zones.. but that was only for quick verbal games ( much easier to track the winning moves that way) ... Block with direction change on Waterloo & City Green Park - Highbury & Islington

Overland to Hampstead and southern circuit to Kennington

Not many people playing....

Sorry, I had a look at the map but I could only find about three of the stations mentioned in the game so far, let alone work out how you got to them...

Its ok Sam.. no-one else has got it yet either... i guess me and Matthew will just have to play the game out till one of us wins.. and then the post can slip into anonymity on the back pages of the offtopic board...direction change on Waterloo & City again!!...Victoria

Block!

Embankment

damn you! :D South Kensingotn

alright i sorta get the game but... still lost but i thought i might try something ne way... holborn

Oooohh! Bold move!

lol im just trying to figure it out... so idk if ud want to ignore me or not haha

ahh a fresh player.... very intersting opening gambit....right into the thickest played tracks.. :D lets see how you handle this...Line change...through play South Kensington - Bank

alright at least i know what your doing haha... will im not sure as to how to go with that because i dont really get the objective so lets just... to keep the game going ill try something tell me what im doing okay? hah this is instinct... kings cross st pancras (not sure if im supposed to add anything to that)

You made a straight play.. double stop.. it gives you lots of options..Kings cross has good lines. Shunt play..through moorgate Double Stop...Angel

okay now ive got a question about the objective... what is it?

to win by arriving at Mornington Cresent. in a legal manner, unchallenged and allowing for score factors. :D

okay i get half of that... not the score factors part though im afraid, i understand half way why you would move somewhere but you only have one "cab" i guess youd call it and how does the orders of moves go? hehe so yes im half oblivious

well at least your playing... no-one else who doesnt know the game is.. :D but im afraid i cant be more specific... well you can make a move at anytime.. but someone may challange the move..

i see but i dont understand how to react to a challenge

you react like this... sneaky CaptainHero :D i spy you...Angel - King's Cross... line change to Russell Square

Moorgate - Bank capture back Bank & Monument

Of course, as per the usual 'Waterloo & City' multiplier, that gives me a second move, so:

Bank - Chancery Lane

Ashley: If you want to surrender Holborn now, I will understand. I'm quite happy to waive the usual rule (attacker's privilege) and I'll allow you the 'rule of retreat' to, say...Lancaster Gate or even Hyde Park Corner if you want to play the Piccadilly Line. As you're new to the game, I don't want to complicate matters too much.

alright i think we will go to Hyde Park and whats the key thing to make it bold?

< b > to start

and < /b > to end

without the spaces

Ha! Change to Northern Line at Tottenham Court Road

Euston

Double stop.. Camden Town