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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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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.
Watch it, this is getting dangerously close to Cress, and we all know what *that* means. So, a defensive Quasar.
Antimacassar
Saucepan, raising my LV by 0.002
Poll Tax inviting freemasonry
Wages again, but no peanuts.
Hedge complying with the Nash Convention
Back to Moist then. Increasing seventeen to cobweb.
Haeccity
In that case, I'm going back to Aaaaaaaargh! and shunting you all to 14,384,443.23 Years.
Invoking past tense with slept to initiate a reverse block.
North Gherkin, blocking the Slimm Line.
Tolpuddle straddle to Gherkin Gardens partially reopening the Slimm Line (south of Constipation)
Adding Beef & Breadbap to force all Gherkins into Burger.
(Hehehe, I'd really like to see this map, I never got a '57 annual... do have rare 1913 and 1922 ones thouhg...) Nipple Creep, gherkin to Hedge.
I fear Nipple Creep will force me to go Moist like Boolbar.
I fear Nipple Creep will force me to go Moist like Boolbar.
No idea what happened there...
I guess that leaves an opening to Bush. [Tuj] I had no idea you were playing blind.
Vigourously Toweling myself down.
Match, burning both Bush and Toweling.
A pre-emptive play to Cress.
Gusset Login] I saw one once, and can roughly remember the outline of it... the more moves, the more powerful I am MUAHAHA
Oh dear, excuse me! Compass South, invoking gherkin embago.
Custom Pants (for ExDirectory)
Wank (forced).
That allows me to whizz down the blue diagonal to Scooby-Doo.
In that case, Homer Simpson again. I get the feeling we're not actually going anywhere.
Well, not if we carry on like that. Honestly, you're playing like an amateur. Hopefully Marge will set us up for a Butter Reversal.
[Flix] Butter-side down, I'm afraid. Dripping, but I warn you, it's softening rapidly.
Nipple Creep obviously.
Going round the back way to Clench
Avoiding any unpleasantness by going to Bolt and closing all stable doors.
I think Oats would be good here.
Bifurcating shamelessly to Oats / Chekhov, and wondering how many stations we've named so far, as I have no map...
[Tuj] The problem is that we've spilled over into street names and I'm fairly certain "Marge" is in Reading. Slept/Aaaaaaaargh!
Lard / Wet Wipes - could this be the start of the end?
Boatswain/puppy - let all just hope its not the end of the start!
Moist/Laser Display Board - I think I've lost the map, can anyone remember what Mornington Crescent was renamed to?
Sven / Samantha [all] I'm sorry, I haven't a clue.
Ronnie/Barker I think we need to reunify before we end this.
Ronnie/Corbett No need. This game can go on forever.
Reunifying at The Two Ronnies.
A rather self-referential move to Code Breakers' Crescent.
That leaves an opening to Porridge on a diagonal.
*shouts, screams, generally goes wild for all*
I thought Porridge was Kentish Town, clearly I don't use the tube often enough. Which one was Kentish Town?
[all] According to my copy of the map, it was Dripping, easily confused with Porridge. However it was still a valid (and worthy) winning move. Congrats!

Exercise for the Reader
If you have a spare evening or two, why not try drawing the map we used to play this game? Fun for all the family! (I, the task-setter, would do this myself, but I can't be bothered.)

[Darren] is it OK if I just copy it out of the 1957 annual? [all] Good win.
[Gusset Login] Yes, but you must post it here.
Darren] Ye gods, I am that sad and lonely and twisted, I may just summon up my non-existent artistic talents to combine with my boundless enthusiasm to do that. Just as vengeance for someone winning while I was abroad, you understand.
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