So satisfying to catch JLE finally caught out. Not being mean, you must understand (curse his pro-playing hide!). Charing Cross begginning snood alignment.
Hmmmmm using my space-time conveter thus changing picadilly into London road circa 1928 and using the old link into Victoria for a swift halfmoon manouver!!
Well I think that went rather well all things considered. That double knip was a small price to pay. But thanks to the cascade I seem to be up one red and one blue token. Standing back at Gants Hill after placing a well worn Oak Podume on Epping , with what looks to me like E R srcatched into its surface.
It thus seems logical to play Uxbridge, particularly as there's no-one else around, and thus earning back two podumes from Angus that were confiscated a few weeks ago. But I forget - do I get to choose what type or do you, Angus?
[ZK] I do. You can have a yellow one and this peppermint one I found at the bottom of my coat pocket. Sorry about the fluff. Meantime I shall move to Turnham Green, leaving JLE, Little Jim and Googolplex only one possible move. Not that they needed warning.
[Angus] I assume you are using the Derwhent Game of 1950 as a precedent? Which means you would expect me to play Harrow-on-the-Hill, but if you remember, Hugh Paddick was lucky enough to have a Rainbow Token. I cash in all my tokens to gain this marvellous object, place JLE and Angus in knip and play Parson's Green, enabling me to control all lateral passes at my own discretion.
With the exception of the Minsky Lateral, as a halfmoon maneouvre has been played in the last 10 moves, of course. Therefore I can counter (and more!) with Walthamstow Central.
[GtABGfL] However, you must remember that Tuj has the option of using 4 red tokens to deny the Wrinski. For my own, I shall re-emerge from Clapham South by Alfonse's Manifestation.
This is where the plan unfolds. The two red tokens I had are therefore magnified thanks to Winski's, and I can trump on the Piccadilly line at Pimlico. HA! indeed.
Battersea Rise, getting me out of knip & putting Googolplex in it. Also availing myself of one of Googolplex' ochre podumes, cutting off all his lateral retreats, as well as the odd flying one, foreclosing all of the area NW3 and disqualifying anyone who attempts the Krasivy Contrivence or the Johannisthaller Device (1872 ammendment) in the next three goes.
[GtABGfL] Nah, it just looks like a lateral pass - it was in fact an X-straddle. And a rather nifty one at that! I shall go Kingsway - three of a kind thus lets me change my home station to Barbican, and collect two silver podumes from Jenny.
[LotUS] Thanks. I've noticed that everyon'e avoiding lateral passes at the moment, making for some rather static play, but Goldhawk Road will put a stop to that!