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Code Breakers' Crescent
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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.
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A strile to Calculus, opening the way onto the Simply Line. Home at Phelgm (thanks to that Robin/Tuj episode).
(That's Phlegm of course. That's what it does to you.)
I'm in a bit of spot here, I guess I'll limp to Diary. [GL] Curse you and your podume!
[all] Oh dear ... I'm afraid we're all spiralling now. I'll try Laser Display Board and pray for a block.
Well I don't have the LV to avoid the Laser Display Board loop.
Breaking the look with scissors.
Polyester, putting the Police Line in Saboteur
In that case, black token on Saboteur (get out of that) and I'll shuffle along to Asymptotic (from the North, in case you think I'm still developing that spiral). I'm collecting a coefficient upgrade at this point, which we very rarely see in games on these sites, so that means that Circle Line moves are now cubic instead of quadratic, and the diagonals are now parabolics.
Cheesegrater, with a helium sponge on nipple creep.
Borstal, increasing LV on the Police Line and inverting snoods.
Thank you, the inverted snoods mean I can re-enter at Misanthrope, home at Aardvark.
Flange, home at Merkin.
... oh, and leaving my epithet on the train. Again.
Going Boardman's to avoid being spiked on the Piledriver Line, Moist Display Board
Plinth obviously.
Sesquipedalianism, by contrast.
Now you're not even trying. Antler.
Murmur
I'll re-double and shunt JLE to Hedge by playing Sky.
... which might over-complicate the art-house laterals in the Thoroughly Sated Line. OK - simplifying with Scart and declaring *chunkiness* for the next 3 moves.
Aardvark
Settling down, Basilica
Basilica, shunting Clamp to Clamp
Basilica, oh dear.
um... Basilica?
Basilica/Basilica (bibasilification)
And the standard Ossify denial.
consolidating with OK Magazine
*fondle*
[UK] That was clever to *fondle* on top of Chalky's consolidation. - Flange shunting Lib to Grapefruit.
Which leaves me with a clear shot on Constipation
Not if I Explode first.
I'll play two rubbers at Balloons.
Carrot
Cheesegrater raising LV by 2 3/4.
Leg Break, reversing.
Lid off a Daffodil for a dual reverse straddle.
*fondue*
Darn, that forces me into the Laser Display Board loop. Perhaps a Bi-Fur-Cat-Ion will help?
Laser Display Board/Basilica
Laser Display Board/Harmonica
I'm forced to aspirate
In that case I'll have to sub-bifurcate with Laser Display Board/(Asymptotic/Saboteur).
I think I can manage a simple loop breaking sub-bifurcation using section 35 of the Nash convention (Trap/Balloons)/(Cheesgrater/Hedge).
[GL] Neat! Now I can join the right hand side on the Kettle Line - (Moist/Socks)/Lard
... and I'll swing to the left scrotching with this reductification - Splendid/Lard.
LV rating is now at beast.
I'm not in a good place to complete the reunification, so I'll play a simple Stampede/Asymptotic
[all] Simple, yet effective, as it allows a reunification via Mascerate, using a lytotes advance.
That leaves me open to play Rothschild's Reverse and move to Krugerrand doubling LV on the Gold Line
Swerving wide (thanks to excessive LV) to Flashlight Batteries 1, 2, 3 with a blue token on Flashlight Battery 4.
Time for a swift counterattack with Halitosis.
I'll straddle to Compass North, not invoking anything.
Invoking plenty by straddling South Gherkin
Upping the ante with Squeamish
Compass South, Spin! invoked.
Compass West, using Tuj's Spin! to accelerate.
Careful study of the Spin! has allowed me to identify the status of Quark.
And I shall meander aimlessly to Compass Broken.
I will use this opening by slipping into Lard.
I'll put all in serious danger of being hobbled by playing Frying Pan
Frying Pan, shunting Valentin to Fire
I finish for now by playing Start.
Aligns me nicely for Broadband.
Damn! Time for a quick *fondle*!
Being ever more cryptic, move to ADSL.
I'm blocked in Constipation
Righty-ho. Time to upliven things. I shall execute a reverse shunt to The Trocadero and initiate a Preposition Cascade
Rats. That forces me to At.
*sigh* Betwixt
reversing antique preposition flows with Unbeknownst
oooh - a percentage of consonants almost high enough to qualify that word as Welsh!
Rhythm, reinforcing consonant curdle
Sequoia, attempting to release the vowels.
Aaaaaaaargh!
Darn! that's on Circle line. I'll have to play Move and hope to stay out of nip
I think Who's Harry? neatly puts you in nip. Whoopsy!
No more of this messing about. Let's open the board a bit with 14,384,443.23 Years, and a release of the gelatinous blob on Aaaaaaaargh!.
Moist
[Darren] nah - let's not.
Hector
Wibble invoking madness.
Hurdy-gurdy
Parsnip
*tinkle*
Also in Trap.
Hmmm, nothing for it then. Diamond blocking Mine.
Deckchair
splinging to toolbox hah!
Oddly enough, I can now play Bank.
In which case I can steeple to Plectrum.
And a quick straddle to Jet Set Willy leaves LotUS in stilk.
Then I shall move to Tea which leaves me only in silk - and that's a lot easier to get of.
...get out of.
Not if trumped by Clotted Cream...
Lotus, beginning a words that look like MC players cascade.
Cascading furiously with Seedy M [a.k.a. Si Diem] invoking anything that sounds a bit Latin-y.
A temporary bifurcation here to garner me a grey token - Gaol / Lea.
Giving up two blue tokens Zebedee / Toolbox
Prune, reunifying.
Guest, for now.
Dunks, with double absorbtion
Jelly, denying LotUS's grey token.
Fleur-de-lys
Baboon and picking up a cherry red Cerite podume.
Which, since the Players soundalikes cascade seems to have been broken, allows me to play Rubidium.
Guest, out staying my welcome
Tangerine
Granny Smith, declaring fruit loop
To which, of course, the only possible answer is Grapefruit.
Staying underground with Carrot oblig.
And forcing me into Bottom double oblig.
Which lets me return neatly to Constipation
How on earth did we manage to avoid a Carrot/Grapefruit/Bottom loop? That must be a first. Anyway, Traipse depositing a leather token.
Schism
Guest with a blue token on Suitcase. [UK] Splitter!
Bottom again, sorry.
I'm escaping your devious Bottom with Lubricant. And immediately wishing I hadn't read back what I've just typed.
Acre Street, and I wish I hadn't read back what Darren tyed either...
All hail Darren, and his ability to tye things! And what a 'gignatic' talent it is too... nnnnnnng!
Half-moon
Asymptotic again.
Pear
Still at Guest but they seem to want rid of me.
Shunt of Gusset Login to Overstayed. Main move to Homer Simpson.
Storm
Puddle closing all cupboards
which should allow me to capture Wet Wipes and declare fastidiousness
Erk! Blue-tit, claiming peanuts.
Security Blanket, wrestin Peanuts in my own direction.
Salted with green tokens on Peanuts.
Wages recieving Peanuts after much effort.
Moving peanuts to Lard - Frying invoked.
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