The night is yet young and you shall not have a Monopoly on the wild card. Having barely missed being jailed and failing to pick up the customary 200 sovs for services rendered and ultimately just starting a Willie Rushton & Hornby PWM ............

Mary-le-Bone

(Please note - classic M. Croissant nomenclature. I was taught by an amatuer and misguided by a white faced mime.)

Very clever griffo.  A thinly disguised Fool's Mate opening with all that talk of Monopoly!  I go for another mainline Monopoly station and it's all over in two more moves!

But i saw it coming, so, without further ado, i shall divert us to Caledonian Road.

(I am self-taught as i am sure you can tell, but currently learning much from Pendy. She is sharp, so watch out for an innocent-looking manoeuvre).

Be careful everyone, a lot of the Mainline Station wildcards have already been used.

I'm pleased you went for Caledonian Road because I have been awaiting the opportunity to enter the 'Sweet FA' loop with

Arsenal

Whilst on the loop, if a player spots a foul move they must declare 'I've seen penalties given for worse' or 'that's a clear red card' as required. Similarly, if a player is accused of making a foul move they are entitled to say 'didn't see it' or 'it was a dive' as required. Please note that unlike the Wimbledon tangent, Hawk-Eye technology is not in use.

Too Easy: off the trains and onto an open top tour bus to celebrate Promotion at West Ham calling at Upton Park on the way...

(PS mr referee the brown envelope is in the usual place... )

"that's a clear Red card" Double moves on the Sweet FA loop are not permitted unless it is raining and you are cowering under an umbrella

So the West Ham move is relegated, so we move on to the upwardly mobile

All Saints

That leaves me no alternative but Archway.

Ray

Sooo close to MC... but the next train is on the wrong branch of the Northern Line so let's try Oval (bet that's stumped some on you...)

As the replies are slow try Necropolis station, assuming the 1941 rules are still applied, otherwise it is a dead move.

That's a clear red card!  Mr Beck would be spinning in his grave.

As such i am leaning towards one of the earlier stations on Mr Beck's original that also incorporates a famous graveyard ...

St Paul's

Hmm Haven't we already been to St Paul's? No-one told me they had a BBC token! Never mind you've used it now so the next three moves must also be repeats... I'll head back to St Pancras

Quote from: PLD on June 27, 2012, 01:14:36 PM
Hmm Haven't we already been to St Paul's? No-one told me they had a BBC token! Never mind you've used it now so the next three moves must also be repeats... I'll head back to St Pancras

and hop on Eurostar to . . .

Gare du Nord

(la règle 124.21 s'applique, les stations principales sont des jokers et le prochain mouvement doit être dans le métro parisien)

Zut alors. C'est une surprise, n'est pas. J'ai penser que le prochain mouvement doit etre Lille!

Alors, dans le metro parisienne... Chemin Vert

Which, meaning Green Train may give us a Southern Railway connection if anyone has the tunnel card.

Invalides

Playing the Escargot's Invalides invalidation card invalidates all French moves except where the poke holder has validated the move by invalidating the last valid move before the invalidation took place.

So I think the next move will get us back to Blighty . . .

In that case, I shall try the Vectis Deviation and suggest Ryde Pier (well it is served by former London Underground Stock...)

Aha. A ticket to Ryde. But as we already visited Abbey Rd and i used my only BBC token to Get Back to St Paul's, i shall Beatle us off to Liverpool St.