Scotland Yard 3 - Game Thread

[Crumb]

Welcome to Scotland Yard. If you haven't read the instructions yet, you should start there: Freethought Forum - View Single Post - Scotland Yard - Peanut Gallery

Each turn has two parts: (1) Mr X sends his move to me in private, and I post here which method of transport he took. (2) The Detectives post their moves in this thread in any order. Then I will post a map and the game will continue to the next turn.

Our Mr X for this game is Kael.

Here are the starting positions.

Turn	X	J	Co	B	G	Ce
Start	XXX	26	94	155	138	112
1

Here are you starting tokens:

Player	Taxi (T)	Bus (B)	Underground (U)	Black (Bl)	2x (2)
Jerome (J)	0	2	2	xxx	xxx
Contrapposto (Co)	1	2	0	xxx	xxx
beyelzu (B)	1	0	0	xxx	xxx
godfry (G)	1	0	0	xxx	xxx
ceptimus (Ce)	0	2	0	xxx	xxx
Kael (X)				5	2

The tokens allow you to take the corresponding transport from one stop to another. You can only take a transport that stops at your space, to another space where it stops. Mr X is only limited in black and 2x tickets, which only he can use.

There is a link to a large map in my signature, the turn based map will be a bit smaller.

Here is the map of your starting positions, click to embiggen.
SY3-0.jpg

I will PM Kael his starting position and he can kick things off by making his first move.

[Crumb]

Mr X has taken a Taxi.

Turn	X	J	Co	B	G	Ce
Start	XXX	26	94	155	138	112
1	Taxi

Please post your moves in thread. You can post in any order.

ETA: Mr X's position will be revealed in turn 3.

[Crumb]

[Jerome]

Opps, sorry, I haven't been on-line much recently.

Are the starting tokens correct, I have no Taxi tokens?

[ceptimus]

Yeah the game instructions say us detectives get 10/8/4 tickets for taxi/bus/underground. I think Crumb probably cut-and-pasted a table from a previous game and forgot to edit the numbers.

[beyelzu]

Indeed, I only have one token?

[beyelzu]

whats the color coding?

[Jerome]

Originally Posted by beyelzu

Indeed, I only have one token?

Looks like the fix is in for Kael...

[ceptimus]

Originally Posted by beyelzu

whats the color coding?

It's in the post Crumb linked to:

Taxi (yellow), Bus (green), Underground (red) and ferry (black in the Thames).

[Crumb]

Sorry I messed up the token count. That was from the previous game. Here are the actual token counts:

Player	Taxi (T)	Bus (B)	Underground (U)	Black (Bl)	2x (2)
Jerome (J)	10	8	4	xxx	xxx
Contrapposto (Co)	10	8	4	xxx	xxx
beyelzu (B)	10	8	4	xxx	xxx
godfry (G)	10	8	4	xxx	xxx
ceptimus (Ce)	10	8	4	xxx	xxx
Kael (X)				5	2

[godfry n. glad]

*whew*

I wuz worriet.

THX.

[godfry n. glad]

The first reveal of the fugitive's position is when? Turn 3? Is that before, or after, the detective's move?

[Crumb]

Turn 3 before the detective's move, so you have two moves without that information.

[Kael]

Is it before my turn three move?

[Crumb]

After your turn three move.

So turn three goes:

Kael Moves
Kael's position is made public
Detectives move

[godfry n. glad]

Taxi to 124, please.

[ceptimus]

I'll take a Taxi on move 1 to 111 please.

[Crumb]

Turn	X	J	Co	B	G	Ce
Start	XXX	26	94	155	138	112
1	Taxi				124 (T)	111 (T)

[Jerome]

Taxi from 26 to 15 please.

[Contrapposto]

Taxi from 94 to 93...and step on it, driver!

[Crumb]

Turn	X	J	Co	B	G	Ce
Start	XXX	26	94	155	138	112
1	Taxi	15 (T)	93 (T)		124 (T)	111 (T)

Just waiting on bey, have you guys heard from him?

[Contrapposto]

vote bey for taking his sweet-ass time in utilizing public transportation.

[Contrapposto]

He's just pissed that you didn't give him a car, Crumb.

[Kael]

Originally Posted by Contrapposto

vote bey for taking his sweet-ass time in utilizing public transportation.

My first thought when I read this was: "Wow, taxis are public transportation in Britain? They nationalize everything across the pond there, don't they!"

[beyelzu]

taxi to 168