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Issue Ninety-Nine

7th July 2021

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HELLO, good evening and welcome to Octopus's Garden, the subzeen with its very own Railway Rivals game. It is a subzeen to Douglas Kent's Eternal Sunshine. It's produced by Peter Sullivan peter@burdonvale.co.uk. It's also available on the web at: http://www.burdonvale.co.uk/octopus/.

Round 5 & 6 (RR 2473 B) — "Garrett Hobart" — Railway Rivals Map "B" (Lon&Lpl)

Round 5:

JGL black (John David Galt)

5a) (Liverpool) - Birkenhead via tunnel ;
5b) (D53) - D52 - E52 - E48 [-1 A];
5c) (E48) - Doncaster - D45 - A44 [-1 A] ;
=82-1[A]-1[A]+1[A]+1[A]+1[A]+4[H]=87

AYUP yellow (Mark Firth)

5a) (A45) - N4 - Huddersfield [+6] ; (J66) - I67 - I69 ;
5b) (I69) - J69 - J70 - K71 [-1 J] ; (F48) - H47 ; (D8) - D7 [-1 J] ;
5c) (M20) - A61 [-1 J] ; (H47) - I47 - J47.
=58+6+1[J]+1[J]-1[J]-1{J}-1[J]+3[B]=66

HJA red (Hank Alme)

5a) (K6) - Huddersfield - M4 ;
5b) (M4) - Bradford - N2 - Leeds - D41 ;
5c) (D41) - York - E44 - D44 - D46 [-4 J].
=63-4[J]=59

BASH sky-blue (Bob Blanchett)

5a) (E10) - Liverpool [-3 A];
5b) (D71) - F71 ;
5c) (F71) - G72 - H71 - J72.
=17-3{A}=14

Rolls for Round 6: 6, 5, 4. Orders to me, Peter Sullivan, at peter@burdonvale.co.uk by WEDNESDAY, 7th JULY 2021.

Round 6:

JGL black (John David Galt)

6a) (L21) - L24 - K25 - K26 - J26 ;
6b) (J26) - G28 [-1 B] ;
6c) (G28) - C30 [-1 B].
=87-2[B]+3[A]+15[B]=103

AYUP yellow (Mark Firth)

6a) (M16) - I14 [-1 J] ; (K47) - L47 - Grimsby [+6] ;
6b) (K61) - N62 - Cambridge ;
6c) (D7) - D6 [-1 J] ; (K15) - H16 [-1 J].
=66+6-3[J]+2[B]=71

HJA red (Hank Alme)

6a) (D57) - C57 - C55 - Nottingham [-3 B] ; (C57) - A56 [-1 B];
6b) (A56) - Derby [-2 B] - A53 - B52 - B51 ;
6c) (B51) - A51 - Sheffield - B48.
=59-6[B]+3[B]=56

BASH sky-blue (Bob Blanchett)

6a) (J72) - K73 - London - N71 - N69 ;
6b) (Liverpool) - Bolton [-15 J] [-1 A] - G7 [-3 J] [-3 H] [-1 A] ;
6c) (E13) - G12 - Stoke.
=14-18[J]-3[H]-2[A]+2[J]+6[H]-1[int]=-2

As per postal rule X12, BASH pays out the full 18 to JGL, but JGL only receives 15. For Round 7, you may enter 4 of the following 7 races, then build up to 14 points of physical track. (This means payments - known or unknown - to rivals do not count against the limit; although, of course, you still pay them.) Orders to me, Peter Sullivan, at peter@burdonvale.co.uk by WEDNESDAY, 11th AUGUST 2021.

Races for Round Seven:

• 1) (46-21) Peterborough - Huddersfield
• 2) (@5-52) Wales - Birmingham
• 3) (31-43) Preston - Lincoln
• 4) (51-32) Birmingham - Stoke
• 5) (16-63) Sheffield - London
• 6) (61-@3) London - The North
• 7) (26-11) Manchester - Grimsby

That was Octopus's Garden #99, Startling Press production number 395.