Obviously not my turn, but a good opportunity to point out some of the hidden pitfalls. First tip for newbies, avoid playing the Picadilly line altogether until you are more comfortable with the basic rules of play.
Abandoned stations, for example!
Northern line between Old Street and Angel is a pretty long stretch because
City Road station is closed.
Piccadilly line gap between King’s Cross St Pancras and Caledonian Road, watch out for
York Road.
Piccadilly line between Knightsbridge and South Kensington. (Another long gap, you’ll notice.)
Brompton Road
Piccadilly line between Green Park and Hyde Park Corner;
Down Street which Winston Churchill used to refer to as The Barn. (God help us if any newbie evokes WWII rules. Let’s not go there!)
Aldwych on the Piccadilly line has to be my favourite, since in only closed on 30 September 1994.
Anyone changing from the Central to Piccadilly lines near Holborn, watch out for
British Museum.
Charing Cross ( obviously not technically abandoned, as such). because it’s very much still there, but part of the station was closed on November 19th, 1999.* So please avoid both platforms that formed the
terminus of the Jubilee line , which closed their gates to passengers after the extension through to Westminster, Canary Wharf, and Stratford was opened.
Hint: If you have a 007 card, you can play it here, but only on those two platforms. Far more likely is that you get fined by the British Transport Police (BTP), should they catch you down there.
Another on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line – is
South Kentish Town station
In and around Cannon Street, Monument, and Aldgate East, be careful not to get off at
Mark Street.
Not included in the last rewrite, presumably because the Law makers feel everybody knows these by heart. Here’s the link to the
last “official” version