To Mornington Crescent, and let the play be fair (if devious). Quadrant 5 is wild, no podumes and striles count double.
And so it begins...
Tuj -
Harrow-on-the-Hill, home withheld. Ruttsborough would have loved this ruleset, I always thought.
ImNotJohn - No podumes, Eh. In that case there's hardly any penalty from declaring home at
Strand. Opening at
Southwark of course.
Software - Home declared at
Turnham Green and opening with that old favourite,
Neasden.
Néa - I haven't played the Game for ages, not properly! Um, opening at
Baker Street, Home at
Turnpike Lane.
Tuj - Right then.
Bromley-by-Bow, shunting Software. It's nice to be able to play ruthlessly again!
Inkspot - Well at least I know who to avoid for during my Cartwright's opening gambit, starting at
Pimlico declaring Home at
Brent Cross .
Software - Tuj's shunt leaves me with no other option than
Epping.
Néa - Ah-HA!
Kennington, a green token dropped on Oval.
rab - If it's old, and it's a street, it must be
Old Street.
ImNotJohn - If it's new, it's a gate and it's not happy, it must be
New Cross Gate Tuj - If it's much sharper tactical play resulting in a silver podume gain, it must be
Alperton :P
Néa - If it's almost round, and there's a green podume there, it's
Oval.
ImNotJohn -
BZZZZTTT C'mon Humph, get a grip on those two - the rules say
NO podumes quite clearly.
Tuj - Oh pills, serves me right for not paying attention to the ruleset, very slack. I'll have to surrender my Zone 1 pass and restart from
South Acton.
Kim -
Seven Sisters, home at
Harrow & Wealdstone. This promises to be a fairly long game.....
Néa - Oh dear oh dear oh
dear. It was a token, actually, as seen in previous post. Very careless of me. My LV is now negative which propels me backwards... so
Kennington again.
Wymo -
Pinner the hard way. I'm in a rakish mood, so to heck with a home station.
Valentin -
Wood Green, roving home somewhere in
Quadrant 5 Software - Looking at the state of play and the confiscated podumes, I'll play cautiously with
Hatton Cross.
Néa -
Baker Street. Just you all wait. Especially you, INJ.
Tuj - [Néa] Not if I get there first!
Arnos Grove! rab - Stumped. Could try
Embankment I suppose.
Software - Easy.
Elephant and Castle making an opening for a possible strile, methinks.
Néa - Hm.
Leytonstone, I think.
*seethe* Tuj - [Néa] Leyton
stone, yes? So you won;t mind if I go to
Leyton and box you then?
Néa - [Tuj] By all means, go ahead.
Tuj - Alright then.
Leyton,
boxing Néa.
Wymo -
...disasterously mistakes a straddle for a strile and ends up tripping over the escalator at Canada Water... Tuj - Oh, I see...
Mornington Crescent, Mortensen's Parallax being wide open and all.
Audience -
*shouts, screams generally goes wild for Tuj*
This is the end of the line. There is no more.