Trainblock

[The Orange One]

B: Wembley Central (blocked with the District - impossible to cross it)

[tractakid]

Hmm. Map inaccuracy alert. Wembley Central is stopped at by London Midland (admittedly infequently)!

Not blocked in the game though...

[GuyBarry]

A: South Acton and a win - as far as I can see.

[greatkingrat]

I guess that depends on if Southern services are considered to pass through Willesden Junction or not.

[tractakid]

I guess that depends on if Southern services are considered to pass through Willesden Junction or not.

I would say definitely not!

[GuyBarry]

Yeah OK then - it's not a win. Team B can continue.

[The Orange One]

B: Westminster

[GuyBarry]

A: Euston. And I think that is a win this time.

[The Orange One]

OK!

A: Southfields.

[GuyBarry]

I'm a bit concerned about whether you and I should be monopolizing this game - I'm sure there are plenty of other people who'd like to have a look-in. It does seem to work best when it's just one-on-one as opposed to teams, though. Maybe we could have parallel threads going so that different people can play against each other.

B: Imperial Wharf

[The Orange One]

I thought we're running multiplayer rules?

That was a win by the way. With West Brompton blocked and Southern services apparently running through Balham, Mitcham Junction, Sutton Common to Wimbledon there's nowhere to go.

[tubeguru]

I'm sure there are plenty of other people who'd like to have a look-in.

I'm sure they're queueing around the block ... how many people have ever made a move in either of these games?

I told you these games work better as single-player games ...

[GuyBarry]

I'm sure there are plenty of other people who'd like to have a look-in.

I'm sure they're queueing around the block ... how many people have ever made a move in either of these games?

Well, they're playing it somewhere. Somewhat to my surprise I was sent a PM of a game of Tubeblock that someone else was involved in (twelve moves per side - must be a record!). I suspect that if people see two people engaged in a game they're reluctant to interfere, although it certainly hasn't stopped people from commenting on the game in progress.

I told you these games work better as single-player games ...

I'd tend to agree. I like to plan my next move in advance and it could be a bit frustrating if someone else stepped in and set the game off in a different direction. (Although I suppose you could allow conferring between team-mates.)

[GuyBarry]

I thought we're running multiplayer rules?

Well we were in theory, but in practice it looks as though all games are being treated as two-player games.

That was a win by the way. With West Brompton blocked and Southern services apparently running through Balham, Mitcham Junction, Sutton Common to Wimbledon there's nowhere to go.

Ah, I think I was looking at the old version of the map, which only has First Capital Connect running from Sutton to Wimbledon (so Wimbledon isn't blocked). Looking at the current version, there's a green line running alongside it, but is that meant to be Southern (green-and-white) or not?

I'm tempted to say that Wimbledon isn't blocked and let you play on, but it's up to you. Otherwise feel free to start a new game.

[GuyBarry]

Seems as though Southern runs a peak-hours-only service around the Sutton Loop:

http://www.southernrailway.com/images/n ... p_full.jpg

Which means that I did win the last game, albeit unwittingly. Strange!

As no one's started a new game yet I'll begin again with:

A: Loughborough Junction