Whatever happened to Mornington Crescent?

[Sussex Nomad]

It's been a while.

 

[Titanic]

Parked in the siding at Penge.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Parked in the siding at Penge.

No, that would have been a Phalange ruling. I think the Aswan perfunctory is still in play.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

No, that would have been a Phalange ruling. I think the Aswan perfunctory is still in play.

Does that automatically suspend him for three moves?

 

[Petunia]

Nooooooooo

 

[Hillian1]

Mornington Crescent

 

[happypig]

Mornington Crescent

Sorry, but under the Rees-Mogg amendment (1749), you can't play that on an even numbered turn before noon.

In which case, Oval

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Sorry, but under the Rees-Mogg amendment (1749), you can't play that on an even numbered turn before noon.

In which case, Oval

That sets me up nicely for the Clapham interchange variation .

Barons Court.

 

[Frutos]

Dollis Hill

 

[Is it PotG?]

The key to winning is now to devise a strategy which maximises your possible pay off F(n). If the pay off does not depend upon n, then your best strategy is to call "Mornington Crescent" on your first move. But this is far from the actual case. Instead F(n) increases as n increases, and this alters your strategy.

As an example, consider the case where F(n) doubles with each turn. (We will continue to use this example for the rest of this post.) Now let's suppose that we have a two-player game and it is your turn. You could say "Mornington Crescent" and you would win with a certain pay off. If, however, you DON'T say "Mornington Crescent", and (crucially) your opponent also doesn't say it on their turn, then your pay off has increased four-fold if you say it on your next turn. Thus you have signifcantly increased your winnings, with of course the risk that your opponent will say "Mornington Crescent" on their turn.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Barking

 

[narly101]

Excellent. Clapham North invoking Tipperton's Howler of '77.

 

[Titanic]

OK... avoiding the rather obvious Offside Trap... Stockwell

 

[Titanic]

As it is Monday, would a short burst of the 'lifts and stairs' variant be fun?

 

[happypig]

As it is Monday, would a short burst of the 'lifts and stairs' variant be fun?

When wouldn't it ?

Oh, and heading west, Osterley

 

[Giraffe]

Given the weather conditions I am heading straight for Green Park, but reserving the right to use my one legged dog token at a later date.

 

[Titanic]

Whoah... steady on... 'straight for Green Park' you say? I'm up for most things, but is this some strange 'Real Geography' variation?

I would feel much more comfortable with a gentle 'Acton Town' setting up the almost inevitable...

 

[Biscuit]

I'm pretty much forced into playing Northwick Park, come on - do your worst!

 

[Titanic]

Alperton

 

[happypig]

Alperton

Well if we're playing silly buggers, Theydon Bois