Find yourself a station. One station per person. The penalty for any indiscretion will be the immediate confiscation of tokens (to be kept by the referee). Winning move is ‘Dr Qu+xum’
And so it begins...
Osterly -
Bob the dog at home at
nights will do nicely.
St John's Wood -
Chalky with home declared at
Nik. Blue tokens on
Raak.
Bank -
ImNotJohn. Home at
Projoy. Saving tokens and podumes for tactical use later...
Kew Gardens - Getting off the mark with
Tuj and declaring
Dujon as home.
Osterly - Opening gambit with two blue tokens
snorgle.
New Cross -
Dunx, home declaration deferred until I've got a drink in my hand.
Oakwood -
Botherer declaring
Chalky wild.
New Cross - moving to
Chalky, silver podume on
flerdle.
Bank - Circling to
Darren, and denying
Rosie.
St John's Wood - A straightforward move to
Inkspot but blocks all around
Dujon.
London Bridge - Demi-striling to
Chris, picking up two red podumes and this week's
Heat.
Ella -
Barking - Ella- Commencing with the assertion of
Botherer as home.
Barking -
Ella Previewing move before submission but still asserting
Botherer as home.
Barking - Getting coat having now examined previous game on MCiOS.
Goodge Street -
Kiwi Chris, cunningly putting London Bridge in
Outrage!.
Mudchute -
St Dogmael, declaring home at
Uncle Korky and cornering New Cross.
New Cross -
nights, resisting bifurcation at levels four and five.
Osterly - [Mudchute]That was a brave first play to put on New Cross. Moving quickly away from any lingering discharge to
Breadmaster.
Kew Gardens - Amazed that
Dunx is still playable, but then again, this game is riddled with sly surprise. Declaring
Parlour Verse for the next 7 moves.
Botherer -
Ealing Common - too many moves to
Botherer too soon in the game, so stridling to
Ella bifurcating at
penelope with an option to *
farkle* at
Kiwi Chris. Gosh, this game's picking up speed.
Dollis Hill - I think I'll start at
Software taking a red podume for later.
New Cross - I'm not afraid!
Botherer, eludicating
flerdle and
rab.
Goodge Street - Elastoplast. Or at least that was what the lawyers told me to say. I on the other hand prefer the offensive powers of
Dujon.
London Bridge - Escaping
Outrage! by shunting to
Dujon, losing LV and the inside story of Jen and Brad's split. Goodge Street] You started it!
Bank - [Goodge Street] I'd expect more common sense that to start a
Dujon loop this early into the game!
Kenton -
IJB - I've just returned to the place of my birth. It has a certain charm. If you're in my quadrant come and see.
Ongar -
Simons Mith.
I'll take that podume, if you don't mind.
New Cross - switching
Chalky, deactivating all North-American pilgs until Eastenders is repeated on Sunday.
Stonebridge Park -
IJB. I have emerged from my reverie in mischievous mood, intent on a cascade.
St John's Wood - Shuffling all stations to the north with
Bim, and marking all yellow podumes with a blue minipodume.
Ladbroke Grove - Well, that forces me to retreat to
Penelope and hope for a stroke of luck.
Bank - Ladbroke Grove's clearly an amateur! Bifurcating with
Thos / Projoy, which I believe places Stonebridge Park in
knip.
St John's Wood - Accompanying
Thos / Projoy with
JLE, declaring
Compulsory Flanders and Swann for two moves.
Willesden Junction -
IJB. A shunt to this interchange should free me of knip and give me time to renormalise. There's some dangerous play out there. So much for my plan.
Kew Gardens - Pray, what is this strange station 'IJB' which keeps getting tagged on to different players? Some sort of ruleset that hasn't been declared?
New Cross - I have no idea, honestly. strange things go on all the time here.
Stevie, with a bonus side
penelope.
Goodge Street - [London Bridge] You started it! A
Dunx on you, and your knid!
London Bridge - Well,
Yer Mom gets me out of
knid with a simple sideways twirl, allows me to pick up three magenta podumes, and gives me the inside scoop on how Angelina's coping with her affair being made public - quite a versatile station. Goodge Street] Huh?
Kew Gardens - [Goodge Street] S'not good enough - sorry old chum. Two
*flerdlings* within 10 moves is pushing your luck. Pay attention.
Tuj
Goodge Street - Well, you started it. If I amend my previous move to
Ella yours is still valid, I s'pose.
Bank -
Raak, with two silver tokens on
Merlyn.
Jaipur Central -
IJB Don't know how I ended up in this game. I suspect I've been the victim of a reverse transfer manoeuvre in another zone. You all look after yourselves now. Bye
Rayners Lane - I think an open understrile to
Lord Blue Glass is called for. This enables me to retrench at
ZK and shuffle my podumes.
St John's Wood - While the podumes are being shuffled, let's begin increasing LV with a
Dr Lock/MWP bifurcation.
Goodge Street - Verdorie, en nog eens verdorie.
Prof Plum/Martha Farquar, wildly.
Osterly - Edging with syncronised
boolbar/blamelewis.
Dollis Hill - I'll return us to normal play with
Gusset Login and a lot of top spin.
Bank - Invoking Crabbits with a move to
LotUS. LV now squared. Ghost players score double.
Strand -
Anonymouse, reticulating banches and scoring double.
London Bridge - No ghosts, banches or vampires for me - I'm sticking with the living.
Blob, snoods realigned ENE.
St John's Wood - In that case,
Simons Mith and double all blue tokens.
Ladbroke Grove - Making no apologies for my novice status and striling to
Chalky
Goodge Street - London's first traffic island was built in 1864. Oh, and
DrQu+xum, nullifying the earlier Dr Lock to deny a cognoscenti cascade.
New Cross -
Dunx, exiting
munce phase. Wasn't Dr Q the winning move?
[goodge street] wie ne'harem ganach til g'weren sar?
Bank - [New Cross] Only if punctuated correctly. Besides, the move is clearly illegitimate whilst the snoods are aligned the way they are.
Nina.
New Cross - [Bank] point. do we ever reveal which station is who?
Chalky,
strange and beautiful bonus employed (let's see who blushes)
Osterly - [New Cross] unmasking after the winning move. With the end game being played out, two red tokens on
Puckoon.
Bank - [Osterly] Indeed. I feel an unorthodox
Néa wouldn't go amiss here.
St John's Wood - Bank is placed in
hyperspoon due to poor HTML. I will play
Néa with blocks on
Dr Qu+xum. Get out of that.
Bank - [St John's Wood] Poor HTML?! This is an
outrage, sir! You may indulge your
hypercutlery collection all you like, but it will not gain you victory!
Goodge Street - SJW] I'll get out of that with a quick
strile to
ImNotJohn, and leave New Cross and Bank to their little scrap.
New Cross - [GS] leave me out of it!
Nina, ghosting
Suzy Creamcheese.
Oakwood - Suddenly realising I've lost the plot at three stations, retreating to my starting point of
Botherer and inverting
Dujon.
Kew Gardens - re-entering the fray with a cautious
Darren.
Big Hair Wild.
St John's Wood - Spinning red podumes with
Irouleguy and invoking
cataract.
Dollis Hill - I'll stradle
Chalky while I have a chance..
Bank - Whilst Chalky's straddled, I'll make a desperate lunge for
lib.
St John's Wood - Not quick enough -
Dr Qu+xum! Thanks to the wild big hair and cataract.
Kew Gardens - What's your hurry, Woody-boy?
I'm just chillin' with a frothy [yet curiously relaxing] bi-furcation of
CdM/Breadmaster. Watch and weep.
Tower Hill - Screeches into
Nina and challenging the inversion of
Dujon which, surely, is already in that state.
London Bridge - Seconding Tower Hill's challenge and opening a
Beaches and animals cascade with
sandycat.
Osterly - After two failed attempts at playing the winning line, I wonder if I made an error in the set up. Pressing on with
ISayPorter.
Verney Junction - There's nothing worse than making a move of
Sir Joseph Bazalgette
Goodge Street - [VJ] True, though considering I've already been to DrQ and back, I doubt much will come of it.
Boolbar,
reversing.
farkle - avoiding the option to shunt
Botherer.
Bank - [Osterly] Just to make sure that the default move isn't in place...
Mornington Crescent...
Bank - ...which it isn't! Not sure whether that's a relief or not... Anyway, plumping onwards with
plump.
Kew Gardens - I can only follow that up with an
I'mNotJohn denial.
Old Street - Starting at
gil halfway down the Amazon. Home at
matt
Goodge Street - Shock tactics (overcoming initial surprise at being told "A 'MARTHA' tag has been left open") to try and force a result:
Martha Farquar!
Tower Hill -
nfras to rest and recuperate after the trauma of the
Goodge Street move.
Old Street - Hold fast ! There's yet time for a quick
ZK !
Mudchute - There might even be time for
Googolplex, the Amazing Balancing Goat from Luxembourg
Goodge Street - I'll put my
Software into action then, obtaining a crimson podume from Old Street.
Bank - That means it's time for a dastardly
Anthrax Whirl!
London Bridge - Whipping up the LV rather dangerously, aren't we?
Bob the dog should stabilise that.
Audience -
*shouts, screams, generally goes wild for Dollis Hill*
Bank - Well I reckon that Kew Gardens was Chalky, St John's Wood was Inkspot, and Goodge Street was nights.
London Bridge - Goodge Street can't have been nights - he was away for a week. I think Goodge Street was Dunx, Dollis Hill was penelope and Oakwood may have been Botherer.
Inkspot - I was playing but not St. John's Wood.
Uncle Korky - Strange... I'd have expected more Cluedo-style action than this...
Darren - I was playing. But who was I?
Tuj - Darren]
*sticks pin in page* St John's Wood? Tough these.
Osterly - I suspect Tuj to be Dollis Hill.....gets list out ready
player | No of moves |
Osterly | 6 |
St. John’s Wood | 11 |
Bank | 11 |
Goodge Street | 12 |
Kew Gardens | 7 |
Rayners Lane | 1 |
New Cross | 10 |
London Bridge | 9 |
Oakwood | 2 |
Tower Hill | 3 |
Ella | 1 |
Mudchute | 1 |
Ealing Common | 1 |
Dollis Hill | 7 |
Ladbroke Grove | 2 |
Kenton | 1 |
Ongar | 1 |
Stonbridge Park | 1 |
Willsden Jubction | 1 |
Jaipur Central | 1 |
Rayners Lane | 3 |
Strand | 1 |
Verney Junction | 1 |
Old Street | 2 |
Old Street - I was just getting into this game ! I had a
Tuj up my sleep and everything. (Does this mean I'm on 3 moves now ?)
Osterly - Sounds like you've been having a very scarey nightmare. Hope it's not a recurring one.
Darren - [Tuj] Correct! I was, indeed, the very St John's Wood who tried so desperately to stop this game before it descended into someone else winning it.
Rayners Lane - Err..actually, I played 3 moves. Not that it matters....
Uncle Korky - In that case, results so far...
1.
St John's Wood =
Darren
Tuj - Wow, one-nil! And no, [Osterly], Dollih Hill wasn't me. Was it Chalky, I wonder...? And ditto Rosie and Bank?
Bank - I wasn't Rosie. I don't think he tends to play MC games.
Tuj - Should I be guessing in character?
Botherer - And I was indeed Oakwood, although I did drop a proverbial at one stage.
Uncle Korky - Tuj] Feel free to do either, or both (if you really wish to obfuscate!)
Scores on the doors:
1.
St John's Wood =
Darren2.
Oakwood =
Botherer
Darren - Actually, I'm more curious to know how people identified us, than who we all were!
Inkspot - [Darren] Finding out how the mind of an MC player works
*shudders* that is somewhere I'd prefer not to go. *heads for a lie down*
Could Chalky possibly have been Bank?
Old Street - As a clue to my identity, I'm a fairly rare contributor to MC
5, though I believe I actually suggested its name. I'm far more often spotted on Orange & MCiOS.
Bank - Not Chalky either - still waiting for her to deny being Kew Gardens.
Old Street] Could you be LotUS?
Uncle Korky - Might New Cross really turn out to be Inkspot?
London Bridge - Going out on a limb here, but I think that Botherer might also have played as Botherer and Strand (and possibly another station), and Ella as Ella and Barking.
Inkspot - Good guess but not New Cross
Tuj - Inkspot] What about Kew Gardens?
Old Street - Nope, not LotUS. More spherical than that.
New Cross - hello, I'm a young man named nights. boo!
Tuj - Well, if we're at that stage, I was a young man named Goodge Street.
Inkspot - No not Kew Gardens but Osterly not quite stting the game up propely.
Uncle Korky - Oh well... if masks are coming off...
1.
St John's Wood =
Darren2.
Oakwood =
Botherer3.
New Cross =
nights4.
Goodge Street =
Tuj5.
Osterly =
Inkspot6.
Bank =
Uncle Korky
Uncle Korky - Old Street] Blob?
London Bridge] Penelope?
London Irouleguy Bridge -
*definitely not penelope* So, of the stations who played more than once, that just leaves Tower Hill, Ladbroke Grove and Rayner's Lane to unmask.
Uncle Korky - The story so far (thanks, folks!):
1.
St John's Wood =
Darren2.
Oakwood =
Botherer3.
New Cross =
nights4.
Goodge Street =
Tuj5.
Osterly =
Inkspot6.
Bank =
Uncle Korky7.
Old Street =
Blob8.
Dollis Hill =
all9.
Kew Gardens =
Chalky10.
London Bridge =
Irouleguy
Tower Hill - I was rather nervous when entering this game as I'm jolly near a first timer. I do play non-MC games, though, and have done for some time. One of my moves was a faux pas, although I like to think of it as a cunning and devious ploy.
Rayner's Lane - One of my moves was a cunning and devious ploy, masquerading as a faux-pas.
Tower Hill - [Rayner's Lane] Touché! So, what's it to be good squire, butting goats or balancing ballerinas? . . .
I shall meet you at dawn!
Mudchute - I thought I posted twice, but I won't ask for a recount. You'll have worked out that I wasn't Chalky. An occasional poster here, but I have been spotted in
101 Uses...
Rayner's Lane - [Tower Hill] Handbags at thirty paces, I fancy. I don't suppose you're Anonymouse, are you?
Tower Hill - [Rayner's Lane] Nyet! May I ask you if you are in fact Googolplex the Balancing Goat from Luxemburg (or at least, Googolplex)? .....
Handbags? You tart! Underarm deoderant at 10 metres - that should fix one or other of us (you, if I don't use mine).
Tower Hill -
Perhaps deodorant might be more reasonable?
Uncle Korky - Come on, you last few - do the reasonable thing and whip those masks off! You know it makes sense!
Kim - Oh, all right. Rayner's Lane - c'est moi. [Tower Hill] Googleplex? GOOGLEPLEX? You're kidding, right? Anyway, I don't mean to be picky (though, somehow, I always manage it) but think you'll find that he is Googleplex the
Amazing Balancing Goat from Luxembourg.
Mudchute - It is I, Leclerc! Also known as Robin.
penelope - I don't think I played in this game - it wasn't me guv'nor.
Dujon - aka Tower Hill] As I said, one of my moves was a blunder! Hey, ho.
Uncle Korky - Thans, folks - I think that about wraps it up!
1.
St John's Wood =
Darren2.
Oakwood =
Botherer3.
New Cross =
nights4.
Goodge Street =
Tuj5.
Osterly =
Inkspot6.
Bank =
Uncle Korky7.
Old Street =
Blob8.
Dollis Hill =
all9.
Kew Gardens =
Chalky10.
London Bridge =
Irouleguy11.
Rayners Lane =
Kim12.
Mudchute =
Robin13.
Tower Hill =
Dujon
Irouleguy - Who was Ladbroke Grove (3 moves)?
This is the end of the line. There is no more.