[eocavrWM]

A decent opening, but I'll fork-end your move by alighting at Richmond and place you in Nid. :rubshands:

(Sorry to be a perpetual irritant old chap, but I think you need to append the word 'Line' to the thread title. Speaking as one who has the Northern Line rumbling beneath my flat, just three stops from MC, I feel obliged to clarify this point.)

[aburva.org]

No, we're doing standard rules with the Frog variant, but only full jumps.

[FreeDownloadOEMsoftware]

Taking a cue from the 1960 world semi-finals, I'm going to throw it out wide to start off with Swanley.

[viagradiscounttt]

Does "only full jumps" mean anything to you? That's clearly a Shackleton switch, which has been banned for nearly a century as unsafe.

[chootsonege]

A twist is a distinctly separate action after the full jump has been completed. They can be split into two different parts quite simply.

[Usendyduexy]

Yeah, he dislocated both shoulders and had to forfeit the '67 quarter finals to have surgery.

[pE71J5Sw]

Yes, but together they are a Shackleton Switch. You do know what happened to Shackleton after he pulled his "full jump and double twist", don't you? They must clearly be banned, for the safety of the other players

Pansy. Just because you fogeys are scared of dislocating your shoulders doesn't mean you should foster your outdated notions upon the rest of us. That controversial rule doesn't apply to any Nouveau Generation tournaments nor the X League Championships, not to mention the Speed MC Tournament of Champions.

Behind the times

[Tazqoaap]

What, like charge them horrendous medical bills?

[Vodonaeva]

I've always thought of Uxbridge as the best launching pad for hyperspace full jumps

[Trikaduliana]

We're taking the Hammersmith and City line to Goldhawk Road, and one of us (me) is taking a bronze token and reversing the Churchill paradigm to allow all players out of Nid. I'm kind like that.

Climb aboard, but mind the gap.

[SeelaypeKet]

Taking a cue from the 1960 world semi-finals, I'm going to throw it out wide to start off with Swanley.

That was such a stupid move. There is a reason why Adrian Mole lost that semi three rubbers in a row.

[h0ldem]

Willesden Junction sets a knipp stretching between Rickmansworth and Westminster. Woe betide those who ignore the lesson of Sir Walter Fauxley and try to move north-east or south-west across this knipp north of the river.

[tiereenny]

I'm aghast at the standard of play so far. I haven't see such amateurish strategies since the ill-fated finals of '92, when the Earl of Chichester won in only three moves.

I feel compelled to skip along to Archway to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the previous three moves (taken in conjunction).

[ZanazaKar]

That was such a stupid move. There is a reason why Adrian Mole lost that semi three rubbers in a row.

Sure, but it has more to do with failing to secure his diagonal in the face of a westerly push than it does with going long to start off. Were I to adopt his tactics wholesale, I'd concede that you have a point, but there's nothing wrong with nipping the baby and dumping the bathwater. Now that the game has developed a bit, you'll no doubt observe that my Swanley opening allows me to easily move to Clapham Junction, putting Spike in Nid and securing two silver tokens.

[Jourgenz]

Amateurish, bah. There's nothing wrong with playing the field passively for a few moves before striking; Wallsdorf played that strategy to perfection in the 1982 Birkdale finals, for example.

I'll try the classic Wellsley gambit, and roll through to Willesden Junction, protecting the left side while avoiding Duke's block.

[MaraReenece]

My this game has gotten quite complex in a single day.
Duke's perfidious move prevents me from getting any good shot

I'll go toKennington then. I could say melodramatically that I don't have a choice, but that wouldn't really be true

[VomsVomaMew]

You have all so predictably fallen for my Smythe-Fothergill troll gambit. I alight at Charing Cross, escaping from Nid and securing two tokens of every colour.

[chuecfafresslds]

Euston

You must mean Euston Square. We're not playing double jumps here, sir, only full jumps. This isn't Welsh Rules

[jisee]

You must mean Euston Square. We're not playing double jumps here, sir, only full jumps. This isn't Welsh Rules

Oh, indeed you are right, though that means I am allowed to bump one station further to Kings Cross St. Pancras, placing Duke in NId along with Snoopy.

[Tauntenue]

I'm going to use the Samehan Drop and stay at Archway

Mind the gap!