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Following on from the disaster that was Sugar Loaf, and a modification of the rules thanks to Trainfanben and PMs from Paul Sidorczuk, I present to you...

The next station is...!

Aim of the game: To get as many points as possible by accumulating stops on a journey and reaching the end of a line.

1. How to play

At the start of a game, the OP(at the very beginning or if necessary) or the player who previously ended a leg of the journey, will choose a starting station (unless the player has called an open floor, in which any player can choose a starting station) that adheres to the following criteria:

It is on NR rails (or Merseyrail)
It is not just a terminal station.
It is not the same station as the one which ended the previous leg.

Once a starting station has been selected, players can take turns at moving to following stations. The next station on a passenger line that serves the starting station is entirely valid, as is travelling in any direction if there are one or more junctions nearby. If the station is served by a faster service along any passenger line, it is valid provided that you quote the operator and route. A route name should not be specified, but the nearest passenger stations to the start and end of the route should be specified in brackets (These do not need to be submissions to the quiz).

Attention: These routes and services must be valid (i.e on the timetable) at the time of posting.

Temporary disruptions, such as landslips or flooding, should be ignored unless the scheduled service becomes indefinitely suspended (until further notice).

When submitting a station, you must use the full station name.

2. You cannot use any freight lines, but you can use any line that has a passenger service at least weekly (not every 3rd Monday etc). Fast services are allowed, subject to rule 4.

3. Connections can only be made at the same station, no walking or other transport connections are permitted.

(N.B No ferry service to enable travel to and from the Isle of Wight that will link stations on the Island Line to an ongoing onwards journey either to or from the mainland is allowed, as per the above!)

4. You cannot double-back, that is if you use a station that has already been used.

5a. When a player reaches the station at the end of a line, or if there are no more valid routes out of the station because of rule 4, the amount of stations called at on the journey will be added to their name in a table to be produced monthly. These are points. The player at the station then chooses the next starting station, although they cannot play until 3 other correct submissions have been received or 15 minutes have elapsed, whichever is sooner.

5b. A "leg" is the journey from a starting station to when an end station is reached.

6a. End of the Line: When at the 3rd station from an end point, if the 2nd station is not posted within 3 hours, then 20 points are taken from the leg total.
If no posts are received over 6 hours, another 20 points are taken from the leg total. This ruling will not apply in the time period of 0001 and 0900 inclusive.

e.g. We are at Bayford. We have already used Stevenage and so the end point is Watton-at-Stone. If Hertford North is not posted within 3 hours, 20 points are deducted from the leg total.

b. It is not possible to have negative points, so if this occurs the value will default to zero.

7. BONUS POINTS:

Parliamentary Plus: An extra 5 points per parliamentary service. These are awarded to the winner of the leg.

A long wait... An extra 2 points for using a route where there are less than 3 trains a day. These are awarded to the winner of the leg.


8. IN THE EVENT OF A WRONG ANSWER:

If a submission to the quiz is incorrect, but there have been no further posts, the author may edit their post, so long as the original is shown as crossed out. After striking through an incorect entry, you mustuse reply rather than edit to post your new entry. This aims to prevent confusion to allow for smooth proceedings.

If there have been further posts, either of two circumstances should occur;
i) The author states their position, thus making any posts after the original superfluous. The original incorrect answer should be crossed out. The game is then continued by a different individual, starting from the station before the incorrect submission.
ii) Another individual states their suspicion, which is then confirmed by another player. Anyone is then welcome to continue the game, again starting from the station before the incorrect submission. Again, the incorrect answer should be crossed out.

If you are unable to cross the answer out, due to reasons beyond your control, you should only edit to a statement giving an acceptable reason. You should not make another posting until another person has posted.

If the post is edited, then it will be assumed that the entry has been changed, unless a clear reason is posted in the reason box.

9. Any entry that has been edited or deleted without good reason will lose 10 points from that leg.

Duplicate posts (Castle Cary...and Castle Cary) are not affected by this rule.

If a submission has been posted by an author, which was seen as incorrect and crossed out having been superseded by an earlier post, but was then discovered to be correct, will make all submissions following it superfluous. The game shall restart from the submission which superseded the submission.

This game is all about skill, routeing, and stopping other players from reaching the end of any lines!

[transportphoto]

Can we have the rules as part of the post rather than attachment, I am rather weary of downloading stuff at the moment.


Cheers TP

[Yew]

EDIT: The rules where originally contained in a file, to avoid the need for people to download it copied them into this post. However since there have been revisions to the rules I have deleted them to avoid confusion.

Regards,
Yew

[Class172]

I shall start at Droitwich Spa (plenty of options).

[district]

London Midland to Bromsgrove.

[transportphoto]

Cross Country / London Midland to University Birmingham

[Track Basher]

Could I just have slight clarification on the double back rule.

It is no double backs at all or no passing through the same station again that you arrive through. at the end of a line e.g. Penzance there is no issue. Consider these scanarios.

Two different examples:

Example 1:

If you select Neath then Swansea can you then select Gowerton even though there is a slight double back between Landore and Swansea and back.

Example 2:

Rugby is selected then the next choice is Milton Keynes then can you select Northampton as you double back through Wolverton?

Thoughts.....

[Temple Meads]

I'll play safe, London Midland to Five Ways, this game could be fun!

[Class172]

Birmingham New Street (LM 323).

[Temple Meads]

Virgin WC to Stafford

[Class172]

Originally Posted by Temple Meads

Virgin WC to Stafford

You have omitted the next true stop from Birmingham New St, which is Wolverhampton.

This is right isn't it?

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Some answers...

Originally Posted by Track Basher

Example 1:

If you select Neath then Swansea can you then select Gowerton even though there is a slight double back between Landore and Swansea and back.

I would consider this to be valid, so long as you do not return to the same station. It is more the stations used that I am concerned with, for that is how the points are awarded!

Originally Posted by Track Basher

Example 2:

Rugby is selected then the next choice is Milton Keynes then can you select Northampton as you double back through Wolverton?

Thoughts.....

Yes, because the service from Rugby to MK did not stop at Wolverton.


@transportphoto

Sorry about that, I just didn't want to make a long winded post!

@ Class172

Yes, you are correct, we are therefore now at Wolverhampton.

[Class172]

Now lets continue to Stafford on a VT 390.

[MK Tom]

Rugeley Trent Valley on LM 350... that ok?

[Tomonthetrain]

Rugeley Town on a LM 170