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Please see my article "Bus Stop Pontoon - The Game" for a variation which can be played on the Underground

PS How do I put a link in this text back to my article ?

'tis easier than you would have thought, simply typly cut and paste the URL of the page you want to link to. For example, to learn how to play "Bus Stop Pontoon" go to: http://www.h2g2.com/P128260

Of course, the most famous underground-based game is Mornington Crescent!
Although you don't actually need to be on the underground to play it, any lengthy journey via tube will induce the correct state of mind needed to win!
And, of course, it is vital that you have a good understanding of the rules


AndyF

So what are the rules for Mornington Crescent?

The first rule is you don't ask what the rules are

I believe that Yoz is something of an expert on Mornington Crescent. You're bound to find something if you search this site.

A fun game after all-day drinking is "Tube-Train Time Traveller".
You have to pass out in a train on the Circle line.
In order to win the game you have to wake up with a start, find yourself at your intended destination and leave the station in a bemused state wondering why it's all gone dark at 1 O'Clock in the afternoon.

A similar game, on SWT rather than The Tube, involves travelling from Waterloo to Richmond via Reading. Never played the game myself (I always made sure to catch the last train, which terminated at Strawberry Hill) but I have a colleague who has. Twice.

A plethora on Mornington Crescent links:

IMCS Approved Regular Crescent:

http://madeira.physiol.ucl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/crescent/mornington.pl (Mornington Crescent Not At York Anymore)
http://pantsmc.cream.org (PantsMC)
http://parslow.com/cgi-bin/mornington/main.pl (Mornington Crescent in Outer Space)

MC-Based Nomic Variant:

http://members.xoom.com/mornomic

MUCUS is the future.

http://www.h2g2.com/P122077

I've just stuck up something I originally posted five years ago:
http://www.h2g2.com/A132157
Should give a good introductory taste of the joys of Mornington Crescent.

-- Yoz

Hooray!!

Heres a fun game to play if you've just arrived at Heathrow with a few friends (ie the college rowing team). The picadilly line will be pretty empty at this point (apart from the odd traveller going 'Terminal 3...Terminal 4...er...').
Simply pile up your luggage in the doorways. * Its a good idea to make it look as if it has simply 'fallen over'. Passengers will be unable to board your carriage, leaving you with your own private compartment for your journey into London.**

Similarly, if you can hear a busker approaching in a neighbouring carriage, why not persuade fellow passengers to barricade the doors with their luggage, preventing the busker from boarding at the next stop. (And that includes the doors between cars - accordion players do not give up easily.)

* Those oars will really come in handy.

** Don't forget those platforms appear on both sides, so block both doors, or people will get on but be unable to get off.
Actually, this is also quite fun.

It may be a little risky to try this during rush hour, London commuters tend to be a rather determined bunch and you'd more than likely end up with broken oars and trampled luggage.

Any game involving travelling between Richmond/Reading and Waterloo
can be played on a handicap basis, depending on how many trains are
actually running. Bonus points are awarded on rugby days, when SWT cancel more trains than the extra ones they lay on!

Yeah, I can't say that I'm not happy to not be living in Richmond with this World Cup thingy going on. Or, to say that without all the double negatives... I'm quite glad that I don't still live in Richmond what with all this World Cup malarky going on.