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by macfadyan
Fri May 21, 2004 1:01 am
Forum: Competitions
Topic: Mornington Crescent - round one.
Replies: 21
Views: 90866

ooooh, nowq then. I really wouldn't have played that. No, really. I wouldn't have. you see, you forgot the basic thrust of the Lewis Endevour which leads almost without exception to the Nettles' 1982 ruling, whenin if one move is succesfull it is wise to try to duplicate it in as many varients as po...
by macfadyan
Fri May 21, 2004 12:49 am
Forum: Competitions
Topic: Mornington Crescent - intermediate
Replies: 7
Views: 14938

Hmm, interesting, I must say. A bientot, huh? Thats a very familiar accent I'm hearing...... care to give a moniker? On the subject of rule amendements etc, I recently recieved an e-mail from a mrs.trellis@n.wales.co.uk who writes; Dear Prunella, Thanks awfully for the mutton cloth. You've no idea h...
by macfadyan
Wed May 19, 2004 10:35 pm
Forum: Competitions
Topic: Mornington Crescent - round one.
Replies: 21
Views: 90866

aaaah, the Pedler/Davies gambit, eh? I do hope those manhole covers aren't made of gold.


So, in response I'm gona play the Lewis Endevour


Victoria.
by macfadyan
Wed May 19, 2004 2:42 am
Forum: Competitions
Topic: Mornington Crescent - round one.
Replies: 21
Views: 90866

weeelllllll, if even a complete novitiate can spot that very basic mistake then I think this game is gonna be over very soon indeed!

Dear me...


anyway..

Hyde Park Corner. (using the Beresford relocation act with new burrow included)
by macfadyan
Tue May 18, 2004 2:36 am
Forum: Competitions
Topic: Mornington Crescent - round one.
Replies: 21
Views: 90866

oooh, now that's a sneeky move! Just what I'd expect from the Junior World Dictator.


I'm invoking Morton's Fork as of now.

Mordan (VIA BANK!!!!! ahahahahahahahahaha!)
by macfadyan
Mon May 17, 2004 1:50 am
Forum: Competitions
Topic: Mornington Crescent - round one.
Replies: 21
Views: 90866

well, I din't want to get too complicated as there are, believe it or not, sopme folks here who've never played The Game. I'm having a similar thing with the rec arts dr who moderated game - and that includes time travel!

so, after that....


Goodge Street.
by macfadyan
Fri May 14, 2004 6:23 pm
Forum: Competitions
Topic: Mornington Crescent.
Replies: 1
Views: 6577

ok, here for any newbie players are a list of amendements etc that you may find usefull... Rule Amendments o o Euston clauses o Victoria clauses o Northern Line rule o Incorporating Options o Swedish Inversion Rule o three time loop jump o Reverse-Badgering o Livinstone Itergrated Transport rules 20...
by macfadyan
Thu May 13, 2004 10:47 pm
Forum: Competitions
Topic: Mornington Crescent - round one.
Replies: 21
Views: 90866

Mornington Crescent - round one.

Ok, we'll start with a simple round, with no extra rules,. However....

Overlands are out for this round, ok?


so, after due consideration, I'll use a classic opening gambit from the 1922 eurpoean finalist, Schultzing.....



Green Park.



Heh, I can hear the cogs going in your brains even now....
by macfadyan
Thu May 13, 2004 10:43 pm
Forum: Competitions
Topic: Mornington Crescent.
Replies: 1
Views: 6577

Mornington Crescent.

Right then, plebs, I feel that we need some culture in here, Cre'at cardboard cutout bodies not withstanding. (heh, and you lot won't believe whats hapening to do with that....made my chins drop, that did) So, to this end, I have decided to start the first of hopefully many rounds of that respected,...
by macfadyan
Thu May 13, 2004 10:28 pm
Forum: Staggering General
Topic: R.I.P. Anthony Ainley
Replies: 2
Views: 10564

Yup, mind you, he was, what, 72? not a bad innings. Been a lot of traffic on the newsgroups about it.