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Evidence emeges that Mornington Crescent was played long before current records began.

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LOL made me chuckle :D
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tubeguru wrote:Evidence emeges that Mornington Crescent was played long before current records began.
Are you sure it's Mornington Crescent they're playing, rather than the London Game ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_London_Game )?
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Quite certain, as the map on the floor there shows stations further out than those used on the London Game's gameboard.
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He's playing with the map the wrong way round!

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He certainly does. Rule, that is.
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Many people think the game of Mornington Crescent was based on the Underground map, when of course, the Underground system was built based on the game of Mornington Crescent.
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That does explain why the rules keep changing as more stations are added. I remember the furore when Wood Lane opened, and we all had to rebalance our Mile-End-weighted-diagonal algorithms to remain competitive.

To be truthful, it's a miracle that anyone understands the rules these days.
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