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	== Cultural references ==		== Cultural references ==
	~~{{more citations needed\|section\|date=January 2018}}~~
	* ''[[The Steep Approach to Garbadale]]'', by [[Iain Banks]], mentions Mornington Crescent as a game created by the fictional company Wopuld Ltd., described as being "based on the map of the [[London underground]] with a complicated double-level board".		* ''[[The Steep Approach to Garbadale]]'', by [[Iain Banks]], mentions Mornington Crescent as a game created by the fictional company Wopuld Ltd., described as being "based on the map of the [[London underground]] with a complicated double-level board".
	* A version of the game was featured in an [[XKCD]] comic on [[April Fools' Day]] (1 April) 2018.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Right Click\|url=https://xkcd.com/1975/\|website=XKCD\|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>		* A version of the game was featured in an [[XKCD]] comic on [[April Fools' Day]] (1 April) 2018.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Right Click\|url=https://xkcd.com/1975/\|website=XKCD\|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>

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	The objective of Mornington Crescent is to give the appearance of a game of skill and strategy, with complex and long-winded rules and strategies, to parody games in which similarly circuitous systems have evolved. The apparent rules are fictional, and its appeal to audiences lies in the ability of players to create an entertaining illusion of competitive gameplay.<ref name="Bateman">{{cite book \|last1=Bateman \|first1=Chris \|title=Imaginary Games \|date=2011 \|publisher=John Hunt Publishing \|isbn=9781846949425 \|pages=72–73 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDvtBAAAQBAJ&dq=Mornington%20Crescent%20(game)%20closed%20station&pg=PA72 \|access-date=4 October 2018 \|language=en}}</ref>		The objective of Mornington Crescent is to give the appearance of a game of skill and strategy, with complex and long-winded rules and strategies, to parody games in which similarly circuitous systems have evolved. The apparent rules are fictional, and its appeal to audiences lies in the ability of players to create an entertaining illusion of competitive gameplay.<ref name="Bateman">{{cite book \|last1=Bateman \|first1=Chris \|title=Imaginary Games \|date=2011 \|publisher=John Hunt Publishing \|isbn=9781846949425 \|pages=72–73 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDvtBAAAQBAJ&dq=Mornington%20Crescent%20(game)%20closed%20station&pg=PA72 \|access-date=4 October 2018 \|language=en}}</ref>

	Humorous variations to the rules have been introduced to games. Humphrey Lyttelton would describe special rules to apply to that session, such as "Trumpington's Variations" or "Tudor Court Rules", so that almost every episode featuring Mornington Crescent introduced a variant. In one of them, first introduced in North Yorkshire, a player whose movement is blocked is considered to be "[[River Nidd\|in Nidd]]" and is forced to remain in place for the next three moves. This tends to block the other players, putting them into Nidd as well and causing a roadblock. In one episode, every player ended up in Nidd and the rule had to be suspended so that the round could continue.~~{{citation needed\|date=October 2018}}~~		Humorous variations to the rules have been introduced to games. Humphrey Lyttelton would describe special rules to apply to that session, such as "Trumpington's Variations" or "Tudor Court Rules", so that almost every episode featuring Mornington Crescent introduced a variant. In one of them, first introduced in North Yorkshire, a player whose movement is blocked is considered to be "[[River Nidd\|in Nidd]]" and is forced to remain in place for the next three moves. This tends to block the other players, putting them into Nidd as well and causing a roadblock. In one episode, every player ended up in Nidd and the rule had to be suspended so that the round could continue.

	Over time, the destinations named by the panellists expanded beyond the Underground, in accordance with various regional expansions of the game. ''ISIHAC'' is recorded around the United Kingdom, and the game is occasionally modified accordingly. There have been versions in [[Slough]] and [[Leeds]], as well as one in Scotland, played during the [[Edinburgh Fringe]] arts festival and a 2016 recording in Glasgow (where the name was changed to "[[Morningside, Edinburgh\|Morningside]] Crescent")<ref>''I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'', BBC Radio Collection #2, Volume 6. {{ISBN\|978-0-563-49484-3}}</ref> and another variation played at recordings in Wales (called "[[Morganstown]] Crescent"). In one episode, recorded in [[Luton]], panellists named locations as far afield as the [[Charles de Gaulle – Étoile\|Place de l'Étoile]] in Paris, [[Nevsky Prospekt (Saint Petersburg Metro)\|Nevsky Prospekt]] in [[St. Petersburg]], and [[Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)#Washington Metro\|Pennsylvania Avenue]] in [[Washington, DC]]. However, a move to Luton High Street was ruled invalid for being too remote. In other episodes, an attempt was supposedly made to expand the territory to [[Manhattan]] (via Heathrow and JFK) but there was some disagreement as to whether or not the [[New York City Subway]] system was suited to the game. References have been made in various episodes of ''ISIHAC'' to international versions of the game, including "Mornington Croissant", supposedly based on the [[Paris Métro]], and "[[Mornington Peninsula]]", the [[Australia]]n variant. At least one full game of Mornington Croissant was played on air.~~{{citation needed\|date=October 2018}}~~		Over time, the destinations named by the panellists expanded beyond the Underground, in accordance with various regional expansions of the game. ''ISIHAC'' is recorded around the United Kingdom, and the game is occasionally modified accordingly. There have been versions in [[Slough]] and [[Leeds]], as well as one in Scotland, played during the [[Edinburgh Fringe]] arts festival and a 2016 recording in Glasgow (where the name was changed to "[[Morningside, Edinburgh\|Morningside]] Crescent")<ref>''I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'', BBC Radio Collection #2, Volume 6. {{ISBN\|978-0-563-49484-3}}</ref> and another variation played at recordings in Wales (called "[[Morganstown]] Crescent"). In one episode, recorded in [[Luton]], panellists named locations as far afield as the [[Charles de Gaulle – Étoile\|Place de l'Étoile]] in Paris, [[Nevsky Prospekt (Saint Petersburg Metro)\|Nevsky Prospekt]] in [[St. Petersburg]], and [[Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)#Washington Metro\|Pennsylvania Avenue]] in [[Washington, DC]]. However, a move to Luton High Street was ruled invalid for being too remote. In other episodes, an attempt was supposedly made to expand the territory to [[Manhattan]] (via Heathrow and JFK) but there was some disagreement as to whether or not the [[New York City Subway]] system was suited to the game. References have been made in various episodes of ''ISIHAC'' to international versions of the game, including "Mornington Croissant", supposedly based on the [[Paris Métro]], and "[[Mornington Peninsula]]", the [[Australia]]n variant. At least one full game of Mornington Croissant was played on air.

	A regular feature that introduces Mornington Crescent is a letters section which begins with the chairman's comments ("I notice from the sheer weight of this week's postbag, we've received a little over no letters" and "I see from the number of letters raining down on us this week that the Scrabble factory has exploded again"). The selected letter each week is invariably from "A Mrs. Trellis of North Wales", whose incoherent letters usually mistake the chairman for another Radio 4 presenter or media personality. "Dear [[Libby Purves\|Libby]]," (she writes), "why oh why ... very nearly spells YOYO", or "Dear [[Alan Titchmarsh\|Mr. Titchmarsh]], never let them tell you that [[Sizing\|size]] isn't important. My aunt told me that, but then all my new wallpaper fell off."~~{{citation needed\|date=October 2018}}~~		A regular feature that introduces Mornington Crescent is a letters section which begins with the chairman's comments ("I notice from the sheer weight of this week's postbag, we've received a little over no letters" and "I see from the number of letters raining down on us this week that the Scrabble factory has exploded again"). The selected letter each week is invariably from "A Mrs. Trellis of North Wales", whose incoherent letters usually mistake the chairman for another Radio 4 presenter or media personality. "Dear [[Libby Purves\|Libby]]," (she writes), "why oh why ... very nearly spells YOYO", or "Dear [[Alan Titchmarsh\|Mr. Titchmarsh]], never let them tell you that [[Sizing\|size]] isn't important. My aunt told me that, but then all my new wallpaper fell off."

	== Further popularity ==		== Further popularity ==

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	~~{{About\|the game as featured on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue\|\|Mornington Crescent (disambiguation)\|}}{{more citations needed\|date=October 2018}}~~
	'''Mornington Crescent''' is an improvisational comedy game featured in the [[BBC Radio 4]] comedy panel show ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' (ISIHAC), a series that satirises [[panel game]]s.<ref name="DPF">{{cite book\|chapter=Mornington Crescent\|editor=Elizabeth Knowles\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|year=2006\|title=A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable}}</ref>		'''Mornington Crescent''' is an improvisational comedy game featured in the [[BBC Radio 4]] comedy panel show ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' (ISIHAC), a series that satirises [[panel game]]s.<ref name="DPF">{{cite book\|chapter=Mornington Crescent\|editor=Elizabeth Knowles\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|year=2006\|title=A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable}}</ref>

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[[File:MorningtonCrescent roundel.jpg|thumb|300px|right|An enamel sign at [[Mornington Crescent tube station|Mornington Crescent station]], the game's namesake]]

{{About|the game as featured on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue||Mornington Crescent (disambiguation)|}}{{more citations needed|date=October 2018}}
'''Mornington Crescent''' is an improvisational comedy game featured in the [[BBC Radio 4]] comedy panel show ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' (ISIHAC), a series that satirises [[panel game]]s.<ref name="DPF">{{cite book|chapter=Mornington Crescent|editor=Elizabeth Knowles|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2006|title=A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable}}</ref>

The game consists of each panellist in turn announcing a landmark or street, most often a [[tube station]] on the [[London Underground]] system. The ostensible aim is to be the first to announce "[[Mornington Crescent tube station|Mornington Crescent]]", a station on the [[Northern line]].<ref name="DPF"/> Interspersed with the turns is humorous discussion amongst the panellists and host regarding the rules and legality of each move, as well as the strategy the panellists are using. The ''actual'' aim of the game is to entertain the other participants and listeners with amusing discussion of the fictional rules and strategies.<ref name="Bateman"/>

== Origins ==
Mornington Crescent first appeared in the opening episode of the [[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue#Broadcast list|sixth series]] of ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'', broadcast on 22 August 1978. Although five episodes transmitted in 1974–1975 are lost, Mornington Crescent seems to have made no appearance before 1978. It was played in every surviving episode of the sixth series.

The origins of the game are not clear. One claim is that it was invented by [[Geoffrey Perkins]],<ref>''The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts'', Pan Publishing. {{ISBN|0-330-41957-9}}</ref> who stated in an interview that Mornington Crescent was created as a non-game.<ref>''[[Loose Ends (radio)|Loose Ends]]'', BBC Radio 4, Saturday 22 March 2008</ref> [[Barry Cryer]], a panellist on the programme since 1972, has said that Geoffrey Perkins did not invent the game, and that it had been around since the sixties.<ref>Radio 4 ''[[Today programme]]'' interview.</ref> According to Chairman [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], the game was invented to vex a series producer who was unpopular with the panellists. One day, the team members were drinking, when they heard him coming. "Quick," said one, "let's invent a game with rules he'll never understand."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/may/03/3 | title=Simon Hoggart's Week | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=3 May 2008 | access-date=2008-05-18 | first=Simon | last=Hoggart}}</ref>

A similar game called "[[Finchley Central (game)|Finchley Central]]" was described in the Spring 1969 issue of the mathematical magazine ''[[Manifold (magazine)|Manifold]]'', edited by [[Ian Stewart (mathematician)|Ian Stewart]] and John Jaworski at the [[University of Warwick]]. [[Douglas Hofstadter]] referred to the article in his book ''[[Metamagical Themas]]''. The game is referred to as an "English game" in an article on "non-games" as follows:
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Two players alternate naming the stations of the London Underground. The first to say "[[Finchley Central tube station|Finchley Central]]" wins. It is clear that the "best" time to say "Finchley Central" is exactly before your opponent does. Failing that, it is good that he should be considering it. You could, of course, say "Finchley Central" on your second turn. In that case, your opponent puffs on his cigarette and says, "Well,..." Shame on you.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Beck|first=Anatole|author-link=Anatole Beck|author2=David Fowler|author2-link=David Fowler (mathematician)|date=Spring 1969|title=A Pandora's Box of non-games|journal=[[Manifold (magazine)|Manifold]]|location=Warwick Mathematics Institute|issue=3|pages=31–34|url=http://www.jaworski.co.uk/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227154441/http://www.jaworski.co.uk/index.html|archive-date=27 February 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
</blockquote>

==Gameplay on ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''==
[[File:I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.jpg|thumb|Panellists taking part at a BBC Radio recording of ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'']]
[[File:London Underground Zone 2.svg|thumb|Mornington Crescent gameplay involves announcing random place names in London, usually a station on the Underground system, for humorous effect]]
The objective of Mornington Crescent is to give the appearance of a game of skill and strategy, with complex and long-winded rules and strategies, to parody games in which similarly circuitous systems have evolved. The apparent rules are fictional, and its appeal to audiences lies in the ability of players to create an entertaining illusion of competitive gameplay.<ref name="Bateman">{{cite book |last1=Bateman |first1=Chris |title=Imaginary Games |date=2011 |publisher=John Hunt Publishing |isbn=9781846949425 |pages=72–73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDvtBAAAQBAJ&dq=Mornington%20Crescent%20(game)%20closed%20station&pg=PA72 |access-date=4 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

Humorous variations to the rules have been introduced to games. Humphrey Lyttelton would describe special rules to apply to that session, such as "Trumpington's Variations" or "Tudor Court Rules", so that almost every episode featuring Mornington Crescent introduced a variant. In one of them, first introduced in North Yorkshire, a player whose movement is blocked is considered to be "[[River Nidd|in Nidd]]" and is forced to remain in place for the next three moves. This tends to block the other players, putting them into Nidd as well and causing a roadblock. In one episode, every player ended up in Nidd and the rule had to be suspended so that the round could continue.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

Over time, the destinations named by the panellists expanded beyond the Underground, in accordance with various regional expansions of the game. ''ISIHAC'' is recorded around the United Kingdom, and the game is occasionally modified accordingly. There have been versions in [[Slough]] and [[Leeds]], as well as one in Scotland, played during the [[Edinburgh Fringe]] arts festival and a 2016 recording in Glasgow (where the name was changed to "[[Morningside, Edinburgh|Morningside]] Crescent")<ref>''I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'', BBC Radio Collection #2, Volume 6. {{ISBN|978-0-563-49484-3}}</ref> and another variation played at recordings in Wales (called "[[Morganstown]] Crescent"). In one episode, recorded in [[Luton]], panellists named locations as far afield as the [[Charles de Gaulle – Étoile|Place de l'Étoile]] in Paris, [[Nevsky Prospekt (Saint Petersburg Metro)|Nevsky Prospekt]] in [[St. Petersburg]], and [[Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)#Washington Metro|Pennsylvania Avenue]] in [[Washington, DC]]. However, a move to Luton High Street was ruled invalid for being too remote. In other episodes, an attempt was supposedly made to expand the territory to [[Manhattan]] (via Heathrow and JFK) but there was some disagreement as to whether or not the [[New York City Subway]] system was suited to the game. References have been made in various episodes of ''ISIHAC'' to international versions of the game, including "Mornington Croissant", supposedly based on the [[Paris Métro]], and "[[Mornington Peninsula]]", the [[Australia]]n variant. At least one full game of Mornington Croissant was played on air.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

A regular feature that introduces Mornington Crescent is a letters section which begins with the chairman's comments ("I notice from the sheer weight of this week's postbag, we've received a little over no letters" and "I see from the number of letters raining down on us this week that the Scrabble factory has exploded again"). The selected letter each week is invariably from "A Mrs. Trellis of North Wales", whose incoherent letters usually mistake the chairman for another Radio 4 presenter or media personality. "Dear [[Libby Purves|Libby]]," (she writes), "why oh why ... very nearly spells YOYO", or "Dear [[Alan Titchmarsh|Mr. Titchmarsh]], never let them tell you that [[Sizing|size]] isn't important. My aunt told me that, but then all my new wallpaper fell off."{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

== Further popularity ==
[[File:MORNINGTON CRESCENT-03 230612 CPS (7567936326).jpg|thumb|A [[blue plaque]] commemorating [[Willie Rushton]] in Mornington Crescent station]]
Finchley Central and Mornington Crescent have been played as a play-by-mail pastime, and in the 1980s were played by post in a number of [[play-by-mail]] magazines. One format involved a series of elimination rounds, with everyone except the winner of the current round going forward onto the next. A "type-in" computer version of the game for the [[BBC Micro]] was included in the April 1985 edition of ''[[The Micro User]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Mike Cook |title=Take the Northern Line to MORNINGTON CRESCENT |magazine=[[The Micro User]] |location=Stockport, Greater Manchester |publisher= Database Publications |date= April 1985 |access-date=2018-11-27 |url=http://8bs.com/tmucovers.htm }}</ref> Mornington Crescent can now be played online, in the spirit of the radio series. Games are played by fans on [[Usenet]], in diverse web forums,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dunx.org/cgi-bin/orange-mc| title=Orange MC }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://enquirer.improbableisland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=18204| title=Improbable Island Enquirer }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14345.0.html| title=The Steampunk Forum at Brass Goggles: Mornington Crescent }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://mc.pathetech.com/| title=Mornington Crescent In Outer Space }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://fawm.org/forums/search/?q=mornington+crescent|title=February Album Writing Month: Mornington Crescent }}</ref> and on the [[London Underground]] itself. A [[Facebook]] application has also been produced.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?api_key=fd7aeae0bc900217f6599b1868d6aa01| title=Facebook Mornington Crescent| website=[[Facebook]]| access-date=2008-01-18}}</ref>

When [[Mornington Crescent tube station|Mornington Crescent Underground station]] was reopened in 1998 after six years of closure for lift repairs, London Transport invited the ''Clue'' team to perform an opening ceremony.<ref name="bbc-1998">{{cite news |title=Mornington Crescent - the legend is reborn |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/79273.stm |access-date=4 October 2018 |work=BBC News |date=27 April 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004141656/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/79273.stm |archive-date=4 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> A memorial plaque to the late [[Willie Rushton]], one of the show's longest-serving panelists, was installed at the station in 2002.<ref name="bbc-2002">{{cite news |title=Mornington Crescent honours Rushton |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1885736.stm |access-date=4 October 2018 |work=BBC News |date=21 March 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004141938/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1885736.stm |archive-date=4 October 2018}}</ref>

== Spin-offs and publications ==
At Christmas 1984, Radio 4 broadcast a special programme, ''Everyman's Guide to Mornington Crescent'', a "two-part documentary" on the history of the game and its rules, presented by [[Raymond Baxter]]. At the end of part one (concentrating on the history), it was announced that part two (about the rules) had been postponed due to "scheduling difficulties".

Another documentary was broadcast on [[Christmas Eve]] 2005. It was named ''In Search of Mornington Crescent'', and narrated by [[Andrew Marr]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/pip/mwasz/| title=BBC – Radio 4 – Comedy and Quizzes – In Search of Mornington Crescent|access-date=2006-11-12}}</ref> This has since also been released on a BBC Audiobook CD.

Two books of rules and history have been published, ''The Little Book of Mornington Crescent'' (2001; {{ISBN|0-7528-1864-3}}), by [[Graeme Garden]], [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]], [[Barry Cryer]] and [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], and ''Stovold's Mornington Crescent Almanac'' (2001; {{ISBN|0-7528-4815-1}}), by Graeme Garden.

A [[board game]] (of sorts) variant has been developed by [[web developer]] [[Kevan Davis]] and its rules are available on his website.<ref>{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Kevan|title=kevan.org|url=http://kevan.org/games/chancery|access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref>

A version of Mornington Crescent is played semi-regularly between [[Max Rushden]] and [[Barry Glendenning]] on sports radio station [[Talksport]]. This version of the game, 'Culverhouse', sees the two presenters name footballers back and forth, with the winner being the first to name [[Ian Culverhouse]].

== Cultural references ==
{{more citations needed|section|date=January 2018}}
* ''[[The Steep Approach to Garbadale]]'', by [[Iain Banks]], mentions Mornington Crescent as a game created by the fictional company Wopuld Ltd., described as being "based on the map of the [[London underground]] with a complicated double-level board".
* A version of the game was featured in an [[XKCD]] comic on [[April Fools' Day]] (1 April) 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Right Click|url=https://xkcd.com/1975/|website=XKCD|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>
* ''Mornington Crescent'' is the title of a 1995 album by the band [[My Life Story]].
* The code for the first ever Mornington Crescent computer game, on a BBC Micro, was presented on p154 of the April 1985 edition of ''The Micro User'', an early computer magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=8-bit Software|url=http://8bs.com/othrdnld/tmu/scans/tmu026.zip|website=8BS|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref> Due to space restrictions, the rules for the game were not published but were promised for the next month's edition, along with an explanation by a member of the Society for the Support of Mornington Crescent, Dr. Richard Taylor-Fischel. Unfortunately, in that edition on the Letters page, p121, he took umbrage at the modifications to the game that had been necessary to produce a computer program and consequently withdrew his collaboration, using the name Dr. R. T. Fischel PhD and bar. <ref>{{cite web|title=8-bit Software|url=http://8bs.com/othrdnld/tmu/scans/tmu027.zip|website=8BS|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref>
* The chapter titles of ''[[Whispers Under Ground]]'' by [[Ben Aaronovitch]] form a game of Mornington Crescent.

==See also==
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes#Calvinball|Calvinball]]''
* ''[[Guyball]]'' from the sitcom ''[[Green Wing]]''
* [[List of games with concealed rules]]
* ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look#Recurring sketches|Numberwang]]'' from the television show ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]''
* ''[[Zendo (game)|Zendo]]''

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbradio4/F2766775 The BBC Radio 4 Mornington Crescent message board]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A769395 H2G2 Mornington Crescent Appreciation Society]
*[http://www.isihac.co.uk/games/mcvariations/index.html A list of variations mentioned in ''ISIHAC'' games]
*[http://metta.org.uk/light/crescent/ Automated version of the game, against a server, following the short rules and rule 7b.]
*Encyclopaedia Morningtonia [http://kevan.org/morningtonia Wiki] and [http://www.dunx.org/white-rose/mc_em.html the original]
*[https://github.com/pete-rai/mornington-crescent-game-archive Mornington Crescent Game Archive] dataset.

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	* The code for the first ever Mornington Crescent computer game, on a BBC Micro, was presented on p154 of the April 1985 edition of ''The Micro User'', an early computer magazine.<ref>{{cite web\|title=8-bit Software\|url=http://8bs.com/othrdnld/tmu/scans/tmu026.zip\|website=8BS\|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref> Due to space restrictions, the rules for the game were not published but were promised for the next month's edition, along with an explanation by a member of the Society for the Support of Mornington Crescent, Dr. Richard Taylor-Fischel. Unfortunately, in that edition on the Letters page, p121, he took umbrage at the modifications to the game that had been necessary to produce a computer program and consequently withdrew his collaboration, using the name Dr. R. T. Fischel PhD and bar. <ref>{{cite web\|title=8-bit Software\|url=http://8bs.com/othrdnld/tmu/scans/tmu027.zip\|website=8BS\|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref>		* The code for the first ever Mornington Crescent computer game, on a BBC Micro, was presented on p154 of the April 1985 edition of ''The Micro User'', an early computer magazine.<ref>{{cite web\|title=8-bit Software\|url=http://8bs.com/othrdnld/tmu/scans/tmu026.zip\|website=8BS\|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref> Due to space restrictions, the rules for the game were not published but were promised for the next month's edition, along with an explanation by a member of the Society for the Support of Mornington Crescent, Dr. Richard Taylor-Fischel. Unfortunately, in that edition on the Letters page, p121, he took umbrage at the modifications to the game that had been necessary to produce a computer program and consequently withdrew his collaboration, using the name Dr. R. T. Fischel PhD and bar. <ref>{{cite web\|title=8-bit Software\|url=http://8bs.com/othrdnld/tmu/scans/tmu027.zip\|website=8BS\|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref>
	* The chapter titles of ''[[Whispers Under Ground]]'' by [[Ben Aaronovitch]] form a game of Mornington Crescent.		* The chapter titles of ''[[Whispers Under Ground]]'' by [[Ben Aaronovitch]] form a game of Mornington Crescent.

	~~==See also==~~
	* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes#Calvinball\|Calvinball]]''
	* ''[[Guyball]]'' from the sitcom ''[[Green Wing]]''
	* [[List of games with concealed rules]]
	* ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look#Recurring sketches\|Numberwang]]'' from the television show ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]''
	* ''[[Zendo (game)\|Zendo]]''

	== References ==		== References ==