Mornington Crescent, anyone?

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:15 pm

I'm heading to Warren Street, blocking Lantis Escudo and forcing him to head to St. Pancras Which as we all know is constantly under construction ... this rule established in 1982.

Enjoy your detour Lantis >:[

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:40 pm

CURSES! I haven't seen a Lord Henry's Gambit like that in years! Well played, FC, well played.

Of course, if you're going to play rough, I'll respond in kind. I'll use Rule 24k of the Overland Expansion to cut my forced detour short at Bank.

And that shunts FC onto the DLR at Gallions Reach, which according to the Convocation of 1988, puts you in prig, too. Enjoy your long delays!

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:11 pm

A vicious play, Lantis. However, I think I can top that. I'm invoking the Archbishop's Option to move to Blackfriars. Moreover, I'll use the Plague Pit rule to put us all in Spoon and force Lantis to move to Ongar.

Oh, and MC in four.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:15 pm

Uxbridge.

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:24 pm

Oh, that's just COLD, dokool. That pretty much shattered my plan. Okay, then, I'll pull out my copy of the Gygax Grimoire and try to salvage some of it with a Table 5-4 d23 roll to limit the overshot, which lands me at Golders Green with an optional triple next round, which I sacrifice under the Pratchett Exceptions (thanks, Kal, for reminding me) to bump FC over to Kilburn, laterally shunt dokool down to Pontoon Dock, and block Kal's route up the Victoria lines.

That pulls all four of us out of spoon and frees up all but the northernmost eliptical, but crosses my line and forces me to detour next round.

Still, MC in three.

aesling · Post by **aesling** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:35 pm

I shall convert FC's Shaun of the Dead rules into a Hot Fuzz gambit, allowing me to gun everyone back to their starting positions as I advance to Paddington Station. In addition, due to Kalium and Lantis's extremely suspiscious behavior, security has been tightened at all stations. Security checkpoint lines delay everyone for two turns, and Kalium and Lantis are detained for police questioning and strip search for an additional six.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:45 pm

I invoke the Diplomatic Immunity clause and Consult the Archives, which places me at British Museum but causes me to spend the next turn lost in said place.

EDIT: Also, it puts me back in spoon. Suck.

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:57 pm

That was very close, but Real Badge plus the Official Secrets Act let me dodge the jaws of that trap. That skips me to Green Park and locks the inner two elipticals, leaving a long bow at Paddington, a short bow at Wellesden Junction, and a crossbow at Ealing Broadway. (Remember, you need Green Clearance for that rulebook, you treasonous commie mutant.)

I'm prigged, but free to move next round.

inthesto · Post by **inthesto** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:38 pm

I'll go ahead and play Bond Street, which under the Hot Fuzz rules will give me an extra turn (bet you guys wish you hadn't played that sequence just now) and then I'll hop on over to Blackfriars.

Savia · Post by **Savia** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:54 pm

Well the above-ground crossover should put us neatly at Covent Garden, but of course the redirect from the Percy Omswell II knocks us down to Leicester Square which in turn takes my double-bounce into consideration for the roll. I have a modifier accumulated for being a Middleman in the Dollis hill loop which I'll elect to use here. The modifier lets me pick best two out of seven, less all incidences of the lowest prime rolled. This puts me with a result of...

/rolls

18 and 19. This gives me 37 which kicks me out of the loop and up a chart. Second chart rolls are overskipped by my modifier use all of which leaves me more or less stranded and spooned at Hackney Central.