Chalk Farm 84, backwards, in a mere 24 numbered moves.
matt: Bloody hell, that was a bit ruthless. Well done for spotting the opening,
though. [Blob] Not that I recall, no.
Chalky: Yikes - well played, sir! That swift Quay's Cascade certainly caused an effective distraction.
JLE: But not enough to stop me reaching Mornington Crescent. You really shouldn't go off looking in completely the wrong direction, you know, just because I started a cascade there... *evil grin*
Zinnwald:Hack(n)ey Wick - desperate measures, I know...
Blob: Gadzooks ! (to quote an aging Prince) That was unexpected, Chalky - I thought you had it all sewn up, but I reckon you've given JLE a clear run at MC unless someone can stall him - I certainly can't, all I can manage is a fairly pathetic 22. Theydon Bois; feeble stuff I know. [matt] Didn't you play that same straddle/strile combination in the finals of the Hampshire Open a couple of years ago ?
Chalky:20. Watch your back, JLE. Mind the gap, Blob. At last I can exclaim Surrey Quays! and use the cascade to my advantage. Thanks for the leg up, Darren, but I think I'm OK from here on in.
ImNotJohn:19. [Matt] Thanks very much - I'm still stuck on the DLR so I've only got West India Quay left.
matt: Erm. Ugly. Let's see. It's clumsy, but a strile/straddle combo to 18.
Circular Quay might give someone else (INJ?) enough of a boost to block
JLE's nefarious schemes. I fear I'll be out of the running for a bit, though.
JLE:18. Heron Quays. Let's see if anybody can guess the plan...
JLE: Hm. Time, methinks, for a cascade of sorts. Parks & Greens would be the obvious choice but they're currently out of bounds until at least one cascade is completed. The obvious choice would be Streets & Roads, but I have no intention of handing victory on a plate to, well, you know who I mean, and anyway it could go on for a long time. Time for some Docks & Quays instead, methinks. So...
Ryan: Dropping a handful of puces to get out of the DH loop to 17. Baker Street. If my calculations are correct becks10 is now equal to 1 (perhaps a little higher), so it won't (can't) be long now...
Zinnwald:15 White City and an orange token - constrained by Ffinks' and poor reception.
ImNotJohn: Oh, and establishing a Ffinks blockade on all above-ground stations
ImNotJohn:14. [Chalky] - No, because of the reversed polarity. So I still am forced to play Dollis Hill, but I can release a strawberry-flavoured podume which should allow the next person to escape.
Blob: This is a right nuisance, hopefully it will be fairly short-lived. Anyone able to initiate a Ffinks by any chance ? I know it's a bit of a straight jacket, but it might help us to get out of this darned Dollis Hill loop. [Chalky] I don't think so.
Chalky:aaargh ...12. Dollis Hill. Call me old-fashioned but I can't help feeling that the crass introduction of a DH loop half way through a short game flies in the face of conventional play and certainly contravenes the spirit of Morton's Voluntary Code of Conduct (1876 revised Gentleman's Edition). Can someone advise me whether my Citrus-flavoured podumes have a scatter value?
matt: [JLE] I hate to do this, but you really leave me no choice: 10. Dollis
Hill. I know it's awkward, but perhaps wilfully
misnumbering the next few moves might help?
Tuj:9. Bethnal Green, for which I'm genuinely sorry, Chalky, but you did sort of bring it upon yourself.
Zinnwald:8. Tottenham Court Road - there's already a lot going on I don't fully understand. My fault for joining the game late, I suppose...
JLE:Oval, pressing the big red button. Enjoy your stay, matt...
Chalky:6. Turnpike Lane. Whichever way I play this I may be asking for trouble. Let's hope everyone else is busy ploughing their own furrow and won't notice ... tum te tum te tum
Blob: Ah ! A reverse game, and a short one at that ! I'll open with 5. Chigwell - Home declared at Regent's Park, well more of a bijou apartment than a home, really - I mean have you seen the price of property around there, apart from the fact that the Duke of Westminster owns most of it ....
Tuj:4. The standard riposte of Goldhawk Road seems to be in order. Oh, and home at Goodge Street.
Ryan: Peacefully 3. White City, safely detonating said suspect package from a safe distance. May I suggest that the next move or two also be outside the Circle line for safety's sake.
matt:2. Clapham North, declaring home at Maida Vale -- and
isn't that a suspect package at Green Park?. Blimey, this
looks set to be fast and furious.
Will: Well, I guess I'll start us out, since there's been only chatter. 1. Aldgate, getting things started on the Circle Line. I just hope we don't run into any suspect packages, or the whole system might be shut down for safety.
Chalky: I'll go along with that. oooh - methinks I can detect the distant grumble of the Initiation Machine ..
matt: How about we go for a "limited overs" Chalk Farm 84? No more than, let's say,
24 moves (probably best to number them to be on the safe side),
and maybe diagonals wild just to really keep things bowling along?
JLE: Okay, kudos to whoever won the last game, but now what do we do? Any ideas?
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