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Tottenham Court Road from the south. Underground naturally but tunnelling past [LotUS]
Shall go with Gram's Conjunction and slip through the shadows to Marble Arch
I'll play the Schizoid Tangent with... Highgate, which became Archway (Highate), then Highgate (Archway) to end up as Archway...
And, I note, implicitly invoking the Piccadilly Ruling. Just as well I'm not trying to shunt from Ealing Broadway or we could have another Moon Over Morden incident. As things stand, Essex Road, de-quanging.
Simplicity can be beautiful - Highbury & Islington. Now just look at what has happened.
It's... all... opened up. That's quite staggering. Never in my years have I seen such a wonderful reduction as that. All players are back in ground state, the diagonals are open, all barriers are up, power is back on...

So I might as well take advantage and set up anew at Great Portland Street.

Hold on Lotus, I think Boolbar is onto something and I'm just a tadge bit concerned, are you on the Circle or Hammersmith & City? I won't mention District. I thought we had agreed not to mention the "Moredon incident" , but the damage has been done now. As you know I'm not one to point fingers, but, if JLE could just delay the backwash from the de-quanging for a couple of turns. Stroking on a bounce at Gunnersbury
[Inkspot] In fact he's on the Metropolitan, since the District doesn't serve GPS. The logical ramifications of this should be obvious to you. Backwashes be damned, Swiss Cottage, with a semi-inversion.
Hmm. So, am I presuming that, from the Metropolitan I can make it to Edgware Road? That leaves all the diagonals clear!
I'll see your ER and raise you GR or Gloucester Road.
Holland Park staying clear JLE and the diagonals, he is up to something but not sure what, and perhaps in league with Tuj. Or am I just being paranoid?
I'm certainly not in league with Tuj. On the other hand, when am I *not* up to something? MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHHH!!!

Sorry, just had to get that evil laugh out of my system, it wasn't because any plan of mine has come to fruitition.

Yet.

Edgware, driving Tuj off-Road.

JLE] That was very naive of Inkspot, wasn't it? Mind you, I can snatch a podume by leaping off-road over to Bounds Green. Funny that.
[Tuj] Ever heard of the "Poisoned Podume Variation" of the Cripplehead Lateral Attack? If not, I believe you're about to...
[JLE] Nasty! Still it leaves me clear to sweep up a few tokens on the Central Line - Woodford with token extension rule through to Epping.
At last, someone with their head screwed on the right way round, and Boolbar straight away sees something in JLE's play. Very mysterious. I need to dig out my Fronskey Diagram again. Attack being the best form of defense Amersham.
JLE] True, I have now. But I believe that when Inkspot dredges up his diagram it will show the optional spike currently in play which delays the PPV of the CLA until 99 years have passed or all players have died, whichever comes first. And before I start to feel smug, I think I'll be at Dollis Hill for a long time anyway...
Avoiding all of these shenanigans at Shadwell.
At your peril LotUS. I have my rather well worn diagram now but no spike! Has Tuj hidden it in one of the folds? Very cunning you old fox. Moving to Bermondsey increasing my podume defences by factor of 0.01.
Inkers! I fear I am unmasked! Hiding my whiskers and sniffing the chicken coup at Leicester Square.
Well, I'm going to enter safely with a Plinge defensive at Chalfont & Latimer. Oh, and I believe that'll have some interesting repurcussions for those on the Circle line...
*wonders why all the green tokens on the Circle Line have disappeared*
*notices that Tuj is suddenly going very green indeed*
*laughs evilly*

Yes, where do you think I've been diverting them to. A severe case of Unwanted Token Loading, methinks - let's see how he gets rid of *that* lot. I'll carry on laughing from a safe distance, namely Loughton.

I can see an oppurtunity here... I invest my podumes in a number of suspect packages which I strew all over the Northern Line, and create an escape for Tuj with Alperton.
Googolplex] I owe you one, very muchly indeed. A relieved Pimlico, where I build a statue in honour of Luxembourg.
I have been following this game since the beginning and, after long and careful consideration (and deep regrets that I did not play after the obvious mistake at move 2795), it would seem that you have finally left the right flank open. Barons Court.
Well in regulation play it would be Mornington Crescent and home for dinner! But as it is a long game, I shall have to be content with a half-strile to Roding Valley.
London Road because I'm lost and living in a time warp and haven't played for a week or too..........boo hoo
I have a question! If you are placed in knid do you have to wear the green waders or the yellow calf cut wellies?
A predominant *farkle*, adjourning.
[widey] Personal preference depending on where you went into knid. You don't have to wear anything but it might hinder an escaping move through Westminster or Embankment if you don't.

I shall saunter along to Camden Town, adjourning to the World's End.

[Tuj] I didn't want one in that colour...

That farkle does allow me to play a rather sneaky Ruislip Gardens/Angel however.

[widey] the only rule re-footware is that it must cover the whole foot... which leaves me with a move to St James' Park nipping to the Buckingham Arms for a dose of Waggle Dance.
since this is the first time I've ventured in 'ere, better play it safe... salsa to Shoreditch where the choice of shoes is endless (matching handbags available for many styles)
I am new to this game, although having observed for some months and researched the rules in some detail, may I be so bold as to assume that my loafers will enable me to skip nimbly to Edgeware Road as an opening move?
Or even Edgeware Road (steep learning curve)
Having been out of it for a while, and seeing an easy opening, I trump you with a pair of circuses, Picadilly Circus and Oxford Circus Of course this does rather narrow the options available to everybody, but does open up some rather interesting loops!
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