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  1. Arellcat
    Moderator

    I'm sure everyone is familiar with the 1978 Rule Book and subsequent revisions including the 1983 abridged version which was withdrawn a year later owing to a series of errors in the Chaucer Gambit (advanced style), but I was wondering if anyone has ever seen an actual copy of the Edinburgh Rules, rather than it being passed on only by word of mouth?

    Anyone like to join me in a lighthearted invoking of said Rules as pertaining to north, east, south and west Edinburgh? We can play Active Moves only, and remember, no circumventions using the M8 are allowed during Festival time.

    A nice easy move to start things off: Pinkhill.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. Min
    Member

    Hmm, since according to the Wester Hailes variation of 1952 (v2), one may not cross the path of the number 22 bus at the weekend I'm going to say...Gorgie Road.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. gembo
    Member

    Pinkhill - Gorgie Road - Hermand Crescent

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. kaputnik
    Moderator

    So long as one is still allowed to play the pre-1965 Caledonian Mainline ordinance, then;

    Pinkhill - Gorgie Road - Hermand Crescent - Merchiston Station

    Posted 13 years ago #

  5. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Hmm, that's a crafty lateral positioning, kaputnik. But it leaves the southeast quadrant for exploitation under the Suburban Deflection rule. If we're allowing for realignments, then:

    Pinkhill - Gorgie Road - Hermand Crescent - Merchiston Station - Mayfield Gardens

    Hah!

    Posted 13 years ago #

  6. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Oh come on, how can you all have forgotten the Connery Gambit? As I'm sure you're aware this allows for the bringing into play of former station sites on the suburban rail network, and I'm going to double this up with the Straddle Principle of Long Streets, and play...

    Pinkhill - Gorgie Road - Hermand Crescent - Merchiston Station - Mayfield Gardens - Ferry Road

    Posted 13 years ago #

  7. DaveC
    Member

    I miss this particular program now the series has finished but I can honestly say I do not understand how to play the game... :-(

    Posted 13 years ago #

  8. Min
    Member

    I think the Edinburgh rules are more straightforward, especially since volume 36 was revoked completely as a mark of respect towards its editor, Lord Hamish Featheringstonehaugh-Smythe after he choked to death on a marmite sandwich.

    With that in mind, I am going to call MacDonald's Hen Party Axiom and go..

    Pinkhill - Gorgie Road - Hermand Crescent - Merchiston Station - Mayfield Gardens - Ferry Road- Grassmarket

    Posted 13 years ago #

  9. Kim
    Member

    That was a cheeky move ;-)

    Posted 13 years ago #

  10. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Oh come on, how can you all have forgotten the Connery Gambit

    not at all, I think if you look under Appendix xvii you will see it allows for the following manoeuvre;

    Pinkhill - Gorgie Road - Hermand Crescent - Merchiston Station - Mayfield Gardens - Ferry Road- Grassmarket - Nassau

    Posted 13 years ago #

  11. chdot
    Admin

    Who is refereeing this?

    Isn't it supposed to be just Ed?

    If not surely Grassmarket - Nassau is disqualified for inappropriate confusion of Gm and Fb??

    Posted 13 years ago #

  12. kaputnik
    Moderator

    If not surely Grassmarket - Nassau is disqualified for inappropriate confusion of Gm and Fb??

    Yes one might think that, but it clearly states - as mentioned above - in Appx. xvii. of the Connery Gambit that one can make a single move jump to any location within the Bahamas so long as the following destination is within the delivery radius of St. Cuthberts dairy and one avoids paying UK taxes.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  13. Kim
    Member

    Nassau should be permitted, but only if followed by Regents Terrace, however first you have to over come the Tory blocking move...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  14. Arellcat
    Moderator

    I think you'll find that Appx. xvii subsection (b) of the Connery Gambit makes provision for blocking move exemptions if the date is odd. Since that produces a 23 for today, I'm at liberty to not play Regent Terrace. I would have gone for Balgreen for mainline possibilities, but that's now out of bounds due to tram works, so I must defer and instead play:

    Pinkhill - Gorgie Road - Hermand Crescent - Merchiston Station - Mayfield Gardens - Ferry Road- Grassmarket - Nassau - Haymarket Depot.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  15. Rabid Hamster
    Member

    Haymarket Depot - Morningside Station! by the South Suburban loop then! 8]>(Canned applause off set).

    Oh dash! the platform gate is locked! Broken windae - thaut's handy? In we go! Ye'll've haud yer tea then?

    I'll hauve tae wait till the Gascoine Flange move comes up then...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  16. RJ
    Member

    <deadpan>
    Brunswick Street

    Posted 13 years ago #

  17. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Peter's Yard

    Posted 13 years ago #

  18. ruggtomcat
    Member

    dick place

    Posted 13 years ago #

  19. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Beaverbank Place

    Posted 13 years ago #

  20. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Oh come along, chaps, play fair! Even in Lord Hamish's revoked copy the reader was directed to 'Fundamentals of Play: Gallantry and Decorum for Gentlemen'. I hope you didn't tear out those pages from your copies of the rules. My 1978 copy is a bit tattered, I'll grant you, and has that awful red and black tartan fabric cover, but the sections are much the same. I prefer the earlier editions, myself; can't be doing with that sloppy 'Basic rules: Be a Sport' heading.

    So, I could play Hardwell Close, but won't. :-p

    Instead, I think you'll find that by playing Eyre and Bellvue you're rather neatly blocked from northwards progression.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  21. chdot
    Admin

    "
    playing Eyre and Bellvue you're rather neatly blocked from northwards progression
    "

    Bollards

    (I have a photo somewhere)

    Posted 13 years ago #

  22. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Rodney Street Tunnel

    Posted 13 years ago #

  23. Smudge
    Member

    Are bollards permissible in a chukka which has already included rail halts? I thought that sort of thing had been disallowed after that infamous '57 incident, if I remember rightly it concerned a rather unsporting play on Clapham Junction.
    Perhaps one of the more experienced players could adjudicate?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  24. Arellcat
    Moderator

    You're right, Smudge. We don't like to talk about The Clapham Incident, after the way it nearly destroyed the Battersea and Wandsworth Depots League. Bollards are only allowed if the nearest east-west bus route is held available for play.

    Kaputnik, that was a bold move, but I'll allow it.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  25. ruggtomcat
    Member

    Im invoking rule V of the extended intertubes edition (brought in with the advent of iPlayer but not as widely adopted) and playing

    observatory road

    Posted 13 years ago #

  26. Its_Me_Knees
    Member

    Interesting. Being born and raised south of the border, I've never played the sixteen-man code before. Of course, because the Thames is much narrower than the Forth, the whole concept of using headport parameters and gulley switching is really off my radar - we always tended to stick to Northern Line protocols instead. However, if I may be permitted to join in, can I offer : Dumbiedykes Road.

    I appreciate that may not be entirely acceptable under local rules, but hopefully I haven't offended anyone with the move.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  27. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Dumbiedykes, of course! How did I miss such an elementary move?

    I've no option but to play Brown Street now.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  28. ruggtomcat
    Member

    assuming its been gritted

    the wisp

    Posted 13 years ago #

  29. gembo
    Member

    Braid Hills Road

    This move is officially known as a Belter

    Posted 13 years ago #

  30. steveo
    Member

    Working on the premise its good to do all the climbs at the start of your turn I've rolled an assist and gone Kaimes road the hard eay. I two more turns and a banana should put me on Clermiston. Now just hope I can roll a banana.

    Posted 13 years ago #

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