Woody Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 That's me told then! I most humbly and meekly submit to your ruling and so it seems appropriate to play "Uncle Chris' Naughty Step #3" (which strangely is both an MC move and a pleasant Morris Tune) taking me to me ancestral 'ome of Rotherhithe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) Good move. I've been away a few days and I see that the game has developed wonderfully well in my absence, with some super moves - especially interesting is the application of obscure archival moves too. On that note, the judicious application of Peet's Profundity allows me to move to All Saints - thereby blocking MC in 2 moves as a result of Woody's most recent move. Edited February 26, 2013 by SteveS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Good move. I've been away a few days and I see that the game has developed wonderfully well in my absence, with some super moves - especially interesting is the application of obscure archival moves too. On that note, the judicious application of Peet's Profundity allows me to move to All Saints - thereby blocking MC in 2 moves as a result of Woody's most recent move. I was hoping that you wouldn't notice that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 O, subtle, subtle ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidcorner Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 On that note, the judicious application of Peet's Profundity allows me to move to All Saints - thereby blocking MC in 2 moves as a result of Woody's most recent move. O, subtle, subtle ... Have you spotted the additional subtlety - "All Saints" incorporates St. Andrew, thereby gaining a Caledonian bonus. I hope Samantha has spotted that. After careful consideration, I'll invoke the Stafford Cripps gambit and move to Bank to put you in cheque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon H Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) I've only ever played a bifurcated lateral once before, I know it only really can be played on the southerly pass from Bank, but this is pretty classy championship play so I'll throw it in now. Might just set me up in 5 moves for a famous "Crouch Hill glide" into MC. Shoreditch High Street Edited March 5, 2013 by Simon H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I've only ever played a bifurcated lateral once before, I know it only really can be played on the southerly pass from Bank, but this is pretty classy championship play so I'll throw it in now. Might just set me up in 5 moves for a famous "Crouch Hill glide" into MC. Shoreditch High Street Unless of course some mean and uncharitable person sneaks in and plays..... Edgware Road ....lets see how well you can glide now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I've only ever played a bifurcated lateral once before, I know it only really can be played on the southerly pass from Bank, but this is pretty classy championship play so I'll throw it in now. Might just set me up in 5 moves for a famous "Crouch Hill glide" into MC. Shoreditch High Street Unless of course some mean and uncharitable person sneaks in and plays..... Edgware Road ....lets see how well you can glide now! Incidentally the nastiest ever game of MC is accredited as being the ill advised attempt of Randolph Etherington-Smythe to introduce the game to Petrograd (St Petersburg) in the Tzarist Russia in late 1916. It resulted in the ruination of 23 players, certification of seven more and the death of three of the most tenacious participants. The winner, one Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was to die shortly after followed by the fall of his patrons the Romanovs. Shortly after these events the revolution began, and all because the Tzar missed a simple opportunity to play a Cross Hampton Break and claim victory on the second move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 Indeed so, and since we are having a quick historical break it is worth noting that Louis Lachenal played an almost identical sequence against CW, the result being that he left Wheatstone's employ and formed his own company. So for once this ill-omened sequence (the bête noire, as the players of Mornington Croissant would have it) had a good outcome in the end. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidcorner Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I'll move to Monument but if it's a Mornington Croissant you're after, you're too late - the bakers shop burnt down in 1666! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 (edited) I'll move to Monument but if it's a Mornington Croissant you're after, you're too late - the bakers shop burnt down in 1666! Good move - applying Watson's Elemental Metropolitan Manoeuvre I'll play Baker Street. Edited March 7, 2013 by SteveS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 Sorry I've not been paying attention to the game, too busy getting married. (No excuse, I know and my MCC accreditation is at risk as a result, but there it is). Baker Street, though a terminal decline movement of some delicacy, doesn't in itself preclude play (see page 153 para 2.2 of the Watson's EMM manual) so why has it all gone quiet? Cheers, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strigulino Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I've come in to the game halfway through, but if I remember rightly, if you are playing the DLR-inclusive rules then playing Baker Street involves a break for tiffin, followed by the mandatory play of a DLR station. Cutty Sark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidcorner Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I've come in to the game halfway through, but if I remember rightly, if you are playing the DLR-inclusive rules then playing Baker Street involves a break for tiffin, followed by the mandatory play of a DLR station. Cutty Sark. Cutty Sark - another Caledonian link - "Well done, Cutty Sark", as Burns wrote. I'll now do a bit of messing about on the river and end up at Putney Bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I've come in to the game halfway through, but if I remember rightly, if you are playing the DLR-inclusive rules then playing Baker Street involves a break for tiffin, followed by the mandatory play of a DLR station. Cutty Sark. Cutty Sark - another Caledonian link - "Well done, Cutty Sark", as Burns wrote. I'll now do a bit of messing about on the river and end up at Putney Bridge River taxi between Putney Bridge and Cutty Sark had me thinking - my next move is of course the apt Burnt Oak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Sorry I've not been paying attention to the game, too busy getting married. (No excuse, I know and my MCC accreditation is at risk as a result, but there it is). Baker Street, though a terminal decline movement of some delicacy, doesn't in itself preclude play (see page 153 para 2.2 of the Watson's EMM manual) so why has it all gone quiet? Well I was being quiet because I needed a lie down in a darkened room with a wet flannel over my face after the intensity of some of the recent play. Congratulations Chris. Just as well you're the judge in this game - getting married and playing MC at the same time could lead to some unfortunate mix-ups! How does the old song go.... Pull out the stopper! Let's have a whopper! But get me to Bow Church DLR station on time! ...that was a move by the way (see what I did there?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidcorner Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Well I was being quiet because I needed a lie down in a darkened room with a wet flannel over my face after the intensity of some of the recent play. Pull out the stopper! Let's have a whopper! But get me to Bow Church DLR station on time! ...that was a move by the way (see what I did there?) Yes, we are being very intense, with everyone circling around cautiously to see who will crack first. I'll attempt a major south-west lateral to move to Balham gateway to the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene S. Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 And onwards from Bal-ham, that well known way of gates,to another Hammy location ... go north ... to that wondrous place known as Clapham Common.Is it me good people, or is this a very long and meandering route to our desired goal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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