We will play standard rules on a map where the names have been replaced with random english words. (eg. Goodge Street is now Hedge). To make things easy we will use the example map on page 23 of the 1957 MC annual.
Inkspot - Invoking
past tense with
slept to initiate a reverse block.
Tuj -
North Gherkin,
blocking the
Slimm Line.
Valentin -
Tolpuddle straddle to
Gherkin Gardens partially reopening the
Slimm Line (south of Constipation)
Flix - Adding
Beef & Breadbap to force all Gherkins into
Burger.
Tuj -
(Hehehe, I'd really like to see this map, I never got a '57 annual... do have rare 1913 and 1922 ones thouhg...) Nipple Creep, gherkin to
Hedge.
Flix - I fear Nipple Creep will force me to go
Moist like Boolbar.
Flix - I fear Nipple Creep will force me to go
Moist like Boolbar.
Flix -
No idea what happened there... Gusset Login - I guess that leaves an opening to
Bush. [Tuj] I had no idea you were playing blind.
Boolbar - Vigourously
Toweling myself down.
JLE -
Match,
burning both Bush and Toweling.
Darren - A pre-emptive play to
Cress.
Tuj - Gusset Login] I saw one once, and can roughly remember the outline of it... the more moves, the more powerful I am MUAHAHA
Oh dear, excuse me!
Compass South, invoking
gherkin embago.
Boolbar -
Custom Pants (for ExDirectory) Robin - That allows me to whizz down the blue diagonal to
Scooby-Doo.
Darren - In that case,
Homer Simpson again. I get the feeling we're not actually going anywhere.
Flix - Well, not if we carry on like that. Honestly, you're playing like an amateur. Hopefully
Marge will set us up for a Butter Reversal.
penelope - [Flix] Butter-side down, I'm afraid.
Dripping, but I warn you, it's softening rapidly.
plump - Going round the back way to
Clench Inkspot - Avoiding any unpleasantness by going to
Bolt and closing all stable doors.
all - I think
Oats would be good here.
Tuj - Bifurcating shamelessly to
Oats / Chekhov, and wondering how many stations we've named so far, as I have no map...
Gusset Login - [Tuj] The problem is that we've spilled over into street names and I'm fairly certain "Marge" is in Reading.
Slept/Aaaaaaaargh! Boolbar -
Lard / Wet Wipes - could this be the start of the end?
Kim -
Boatswain/puppy - let all just hope its not the end of the start!
all -
Moist/Laser Display Board - I think I've lost the map, can anyone remember what Mornington Crescent was renamed to?
LotUS -
Sven / Samantha [all] I'm sorry, I haven't a clue.
Gusset Login -
Ronnie/Barker I think we need to reunify before we end this.
Darren -
Ronnie/Corbett No need. This game can go on forever.
Tuj - Reunifying at
The Two Ronnies.
Darren - A rather self-referential move to
Code Breakers' Crescent.
all - That leaves an opening to
Porridge on a diagonal.
Audience -
*shouts, screams, generally goes wild for all* all - I thought Porridge was Kentish Town, clearly I don't use the tube often enough. Which one
was Kentish Town?
Boolbar - [all] According to my copy of the map, it was
Dripping, easily confused with
Porridge. However it was still a valid (and worthy) winning move. Congrats!
Darren -
Exercise for the Reader
If you have a spare evening or two, why not try drawing the map we used to play this game? Fun for all the family! (I, the task-setter, would do this myself, but I can't be bothered.)
Gusset Login - [Darren] is it OK if I just copy it out of the 1957 annual? [all] Good win.
Darren - [Gusset Login] Yes, but you must post it here.
Tuj - Darren] Ye gods, I am that sad and lonely and twisted, I may just summon up my non-existent artistic talents to combine with my boundless enthusiasm to do that. Just as vengeance for someone winning while I was abroad, you understand.
This is the end of the line. There is no more.