The London Game
Paul
In "The London Game", what is the correct move to get to Aldwych?
I.e., if you arrive at Holborn on the Piccadilly line, do you still
need to change lines to get there?
Also, if you want to change direction and branch on, say, the Northern
Line at Camden Town or Kennington can you do it in one go (i.e. change
direction mid-move), or do you need to wait at CT/Kenn for your next
move? I assume that you do not need to take a Hazard card as you're
not changing line.
I've searched on Google, and can find nothing...
Ta,
Paul
Sharon Khan
> In "The London Game", what is the correct move to get to Aldwych?
> I.e., if you arrive at Holborn on the Piccadilly line, do you still
> need to change lines to get there?
Yes, at least, that's how we've always played it.
> Also, if you want to change direction and branch on, say, the Northern
> Line at Camden Town or Kennington can you do it in one go (i.e. change
> direction mid-move), or do you need to wait at CT/Kenn for your next
> move? I assume that you do not need to take a Hazard card as you're
> not changing line.
We've always played that you have to wait for your next move, but not draw
a hazard card.
Sharon K
Dweeb
news:Pine.SOL.4.44.03010...@orange.csi.cam.ac.uk:
>
>> In "The London Game", what is the correct move to get to Aldwych?
>> I.e., if you arrive at Holborn on the Piccadilly line, do you still
>> need to change lines to get there?
Having recently been in the city, stayed near Holborn and having taken the
Piccadilly line, I am curious about this game. What are the chances of
finding a copy in the US these days?
> We've always played that you have to wait for your next move, but not
> draw a hazard card.
What are the hazard cards for? I found my main hazards in London to be
along the lines of "Stupid Yank looks left, steps into the street and gets
run over by a bus coming from the right". :)
EYE of NiGHT
wrote:
Hi Paul,
Good question. On the old edition, Aldwych was on the Picadilly Line,
so if you arrived at Holborn on the Picadilly Line, you wouldn't need
to change to reach Aldwych. However, if you reached Holborn on the
Central Line, you would need to change.
However, the new edition has Aldwych as a closed station. It is still
on the Picadilly Line, but as a temporary line (showing as dashed),
similar to the District Line running up to Kensington (Olympia) from
Earl's Court. The point being that Olympia is an exhibition centre and
tube trains would only run there when the centre was open.
I would suggest it's a house decision. You might treat them as
different lines, requiring changing, or simple extensions of the same
line. Treating them as different would be appropriate in my opinion,
because the old edition had other links between stations. There is an
escalator link between Monument and Bank, and there is a connection
between Waterloo & Bank (since they are both on the Northern Line, you
can argue if it counts as a change!).
On your second question, changing is strictly between different lines,
so no, you cannot change at Camden Town or Kennington, since they are
only on the Northern Line. However, I understand why you ask, since
the old edition has CT/Kenn as changing stations, but the new edition
has them as ordinary stations. I think the old design recognised that
the underground tracks don't actually meet, so you have to get off and
walk through to the other train, but I stand by the rule on changing
lines.
Similarly, you can not change at adjoining stations if they are
changing stations, eg you cannot change between District & Circle
Lines at Sloane Square or Westminster, but you can at South Kensington
or Victoria. That would require a stop and Hazard card.
You searched on Google and found nothing??? What about my
websight???!!!
www.tragsnart.co.uk/gamehub/reviews/londongame.htm
If only more people linked to my sight, it would appear higher on
Google.
Enjoy!
Cheers,
Jon.
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EYE of NiGHT
>Sharon Khan <sa...@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote in
>news:Pine.SOL.4.44.03010...@orange.csi.cam.ac.uk:
>
>>
>>> In "The London Game", what is the correct move to get to Aldwych?
>>> I.e., if you arrive at Holborn on the Piccadilly line, do you still
>>> need to change lines to get there?
>
>Having recently been in the city, stayed near Holborn and having taken the
>Piccadilly line, I am curious about this game. What are the chances of
>finding a copy in the US these days?
There is a new edition out, but I doubt you'd find it in the US. Try
www.leisuregames.com instead.
>
>> We've always played that you have to wait for your next move, but not
>> draw a hazard card.
>
>What are the hazard cards for? I found my main hazards in London to be
>along the lines of "Stupid Yank looks left, steps into the street and gets
>run over by a bus coming from the right". :)
The Hazards are jokey stuff really. They make you jump to another
place on the board or move the others around. "You left your camera on
the train. Go to the lost property office in Baker Street"
www.tragsnart.co.uk/gamehub/reviews/londongame.htm
Iain Cheyne
@supernews.primex.co.uk:
> You searched on Google and found nothing??? What about my
> websight???!!!
>
> www.tragsnart.co.uk/gamehub/reviews/londongame.htm
>
> If only more people linked to my sight, it would appear higher on
> Google.
You hadn't submitted your review onto the Links section of the
Boardgamegeek's entry for the London Game. I've just added it, (it should
appear in a couple of hours) so hopefully your Google ranking will improve
slightly.
:o)
--
Iain Cheyne
Remove the numbers and change "invalid" to "net" to reply.
Paul Sauberer
"EYE of NiGHT" <eyeof...@tragsnart.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3e189c8b...@supernews.primex.co.uk...
> On 2 Jan 2003 21:58:33 GMT, Dweeb <dbohne...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Sharon Khan <sa...@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote in
> >news:Pine.SOL.4.44.03010...@orange.csi.cam.ac.uk:
> >
> >>
> >>> In "The London Game", what is the correct move to get to Aldwych?
> >>> I.e., if you arrive at Holborn on the Piccadilly line, do you still
> >>> need to change lines to get there?
> >
> >Having recently been in the city, stayed near Holborn and having taken
the
> >Piccadilly line, I am curious about this game. What are the chances of
> >finding a copy in the US these days?
>
> There is a new edition out, but I doubt you'd find it in the US. Try
> www.leisuregames.com instead.
> >
> >> We've always played that you have to wait for your next move, but not
> >> draw a hazard card.
> >
> >What are the hazard cards for? I found my main hazards in London to be
> >along the lines of "Stupid Yank looks left, steps into the street and
gets
> >run over by a bus coming from the right". :)
>
> The Hazards are jokey stuff really. They make you jump to another
> place on the board or move the others around. "You left your camera on
> the train. Go to the lost property office in Baker Street"
>
> www.tragsnart.co.uk/gamehub/reviews/londongame.htm
Looking through your site, it looks like "The London Game" is closely
related to "The Great Game of Britain." I got that game in an eBay lot with
Sid Sackson's excellent "Holiday." I played "The Great Game of Britain" once
at my gaming group and it just seemed too chaotic and luck filled. I thought
of some tweaks to try and improve it- there seems to be a good game in there
somewhere- but haven't tried it.
Paul Sauberer
EYE of NiGHT
<spamgr...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> www.tragsnart.co.uk/gamehub/reviews/londongame.htm
>
>Looking through your site, it looks like "The London Game" is closely
>related to "The Great Game of Britain." I got that game in an eBay lot with
>Sid Sackson's excellent "Holiday." I played "The Great Game of Britain" once
>at my gaming group and it just seemed too chaotic and luck filled. I thought
>of some tweaks to try and improve it- there seems to be a good game in there
>somewhere- but haven't tried it.
>
>Paul Sauberer
>
>
I think they are the same game by the same publisher, just on the rail
map rather than the tube. But I think the tube map works very well for
a game, especially with the variety of lines.