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Flipswitch posted:Anyone here got the Discworld board game? or is there a thread floating about it? I've been having a look but can't see much. I'm interested in picking it up but am a bit unsure how it plays, I wouldn't mind some opinions from you guys/gals. It's a lot of fun, and rewards being a devious bugger. The multiple win conditions are very thematic and make the game a balancing act between obfuscating your identity and progressing towards your goal. Plus all the little in-jokes (like the Fools Guild related cards being useless hand-fillers that you get to pass off on someone else, or the firefighters allowing you to burn someone's property down unless they pay you) make the game great to play with other fans.
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Flipswitch posted:Anyone here got the Discworld board game? or is there a thread floating about it? I've been having a look but can't see much. I'm interested in picking it up but am a bit unsure how it plays, I wouldn't mind some opinions from you guys/gals. I did a big post about it on page 108 of this thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2589635&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=108#post411173439 There's some discussion afterwards, and I was tired enough when I wrote it that I didn't explain certain things quite right, but that's corrected by others almost immediately. Short version: It's a fun 2-4 player game that you should play.
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Cheers dudes, it sounds pretty great so I'll be picking it up eventually for sure. 
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Mister Roboto posted:Why, yes, I do. Maybe we can work something out? What have you got there? You can email me at my username @ gmail dot com and we can work out the fine details but I have the four major books for the Witches cycle - Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies and Carpe Jugulum. All in paperback so they are cheap to ship around.
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CuddleChunks posted:You can email me at my username @ gmail dot com and we can work out the fine details but I have the four major books for the Witches cycle - Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies and Carpe Jugulum. All in paperback so they are cheap to ship around. Media mail!
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Jan 22, 2013 17:59
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CuddleChunks posted:Do you have the Last Hero? That's the only one in the main series I haven't read yet. Oh geez, you just made me wonder what'll happen to Moist now. No-one thought he could make a bad Vimes book before Snuff, either.
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I like to think that maybe, just maybe if he holds on a little longer we'll find something to help him.
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Just finished Snuff. Book was ok, better than UA but not by much. I really think pterry needs to stop writing Discworld soon because he's somehow achieving negative characterisation ("Willikins")
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AXE COP posted:Just finished Snuff. Book was ok, better than UA but not by much. I really think pterry needs to stop writing Discworld soon because he's somehow achieving negative characterisation ("Willikins") I wouldn't have minded having Willikins' characterization this novel if it was on someone like that clerk from The 5th Elephant.
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Ursine Asylum posted:I wouldn't have minded having Willikins' characterization this novel if it was on someone like that clerk from The 5th Elephant.
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FactsAreUseless posted:Oh, that's who it reminded me of. Inigo Skimmer. I think that was his name. Inigo Skimmer was at least a bit reticent. Mhm, mmm. Snuff-model Willikins never shut the gently caress up, much like every other character in Snuff.
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Jan 26, 2013 02:48
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I think Inigo Skimmer was one of my favourite characters in the Discworld books. Along with all the others.
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Jan 26, 2013 02:50
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I'm reading The Last Continent and it's pretty funny. Lot of wizards time which is always good, an awesome Mad Max scene, time travel. And I'm not even Australian!
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Jan 26, 2013 13:00
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CuddleChunks posted:You can email me at my username @ gmail dot com and we can work out the fine details but I have the four major books for the Witches cycle - Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies and Carpe Jugulum. All in paperback so they are cheap to ship around. Did you get my email? Maybe in spam? I'll resend from a different email in a moment if that's no good.
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Senso posted:I'm reading The Last Continent and it's pretty funny. Lot of wizards time which is always good, an awesome Mad Max scene, time travel. And I'm not even Australian! I always enjoy Rincewind accidentally inventing Vegimite.
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Senso posted:I'm reading The Last Continent and it's pretty funny. Lot of wizards time which is always good, an awesome Mad Max scene, time travel. And I'm not even Australian! The Last Continent is the only Discworld book I've been unable to re-read. It's so unfunny I'm half convinced it's intentional.
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Mister Roboto posted:Did you get my email? Maybe in spam? No, haven't gotten any emails unfortunately. cuddlechunks @ gmail.com is the address. Give it another go. I re-read Lords and Ladies a couple days ago and Feet of Clay before that. Of the two arcs, I really love the Sam Vimes stuff the most but I like how Terry builds up Granny Weatherwax as a stern, no-nonsense badass in her own right. I wonder if he had/has any plans for writing another book in that arc.
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I finished The Long Earth a few days ago, and what the gently caress was that? It didn't even end, it just stopped.
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Justin_Brett posted:I finished The Long Earth a few days ago, and what the gently caress was that? It didn't even end, it just stopped.
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Jan 29, 2013 20:45
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I actually just finished The Long Earth as well. Loved it, even if is openended.
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Pthag posted:there's going to be at least another one They actually just announced a few hours on Facebook that the sequel, The Long War, is coming out (in the UK, at least) on June 20. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-War-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0857520113/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360073089&sr=1-1
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Lugubrious posted:They actually just announced a few hours on Facebook that the sequel, The Long War, is coming out (in the UK, at least) on June 20. This placeholder entry on the US site suggests a July 23rd release in the States. Given, it's Amazon's best guess on an as yet unfinished foreign book so take its accuracy with some skepticism. I don't know if this is the entry that will eventually allow for pre-sales or not, but it might be worth looking into later for updates.
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Looks like the next full length adult Discworld book is going to be called Raising Steam? He's doing a skype thing with the Australian Discworld convention and announced that. If that's the title then it'll probably be about the undertaking that Vetinari is having done under Ankh Morpork, steam trains and such.
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thebardyspoon posted:Looks like the next full length adult Discworld book is going to be called Raising Steam? He's doing a skype thing with the Australian Discworld convention and announced that. If that's the title then it'll probably be about the undertaking that Vetinari is having done under Ankh Morpork, steam trains and such. That also implies it'll be another Moist book, given the title formula for those.
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thebardyspoon posted:Looks like the next full length adult Discworld book is going to be called Raising Steam? He's doing a skype thing with the Australian Discworld convention and announced that. If that's the title then it'll probably be about the undertaking that Vetinari is having done under Ankh Morpork, steam trains and such. Yay for the
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Yep! It seems like this might be a good time to close out Moist's character arc, although I thought Raising Taxes was going to be the next Moist one.
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It is on his facebook too.
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Autumncomet posted:although I thought Raising Taxes was going to be the next Moist one. I don't think that was ever confirmed, he'd just thrown it out and was mulling it over. Probably figured it'd be too similar to the other Moist stories or this story excited him more and he wanted to do it quicker. I suspect Moist will still be the main character in this though since he's the perfect observer for Vetinari shenanigans, hasn't Terry Pratchett said he'd never do a story with Vetinari as the main character?
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In a way it's sort of a shame because a satire of resistance to taxation (which is almost certainly what it would have ended up being about, given the Ankh-Morpork character) would have been extremely timely. This book will still be welcome though.
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Maybe it might survive as a sub plot or running background theme? Good luck to any American fans trying to get Terry's stamp at this con!
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JerryLee posted:In a way it's sort of a shame because a satire of resistance to taxation (which is almost certainly what it would have ended up being about, given the Ankh-Morpork character) would have been extremely timely. Resistance to taxation is always timely. It was timely when he did it in Jingo. I'm guessing Pterry couldn't think of a way for Moist to get people to pay, so he had to drop the idea.
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Well, how do you make the tax-man seem like the good guy? Give him a legitimate reason for going around collecting taxes; the Undertaking.
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That and taxes don't make for thrilling story themes?
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The_Doctor posted:That and taxes don't make for thrilling story themes? Unlike the mail service?
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I suspect, given the similarity of "Raising Taxes" and "Raising Steam", that it started as a book about tax-collecting and ended up being more about the Undertaking, so the title was changed. I wouldn't be at all surprised if "how the gently caress do we pay for this" is a major theme of the book. Edit: Maybe Vetinari will start with a general revenue fund or something, rather than the way things are done now where each government-owned thing (except the Watch) seems to need to keep itself financially viable. If that's the case, we'll probably get more A.E. Pessimal (and maybe some Dark Clerks), and that can't possibly be bad. Elector_Nerdlingen fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Mar 8, 2013 |
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AlphaDog posted:If that's the case, we'll probably get more A.E. Pessimal (and maybe some Dark Clerks), and that can't possibly be bad. Until A.E Pessimal inexplicably turns into yet another Sergeant Jackrum ripoff, and the Dark Clerks start going on three-page monologues about social constructs.
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jfjnpxmy posted:Until A.E Pessimal inexplicably turns into yet another Sergeant Jackrum ripoff, and the Dark Clerks start going on three-page monologues about social constructs. I just want to see him give someone a kicking with his neat little shoes.
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Terry's facebook says the The Long War will be published on June 20th.
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jfjnpxmy posted:Until A.E Pessimal inexplicably turns into yet another Sergeant Jackrum ripoff, and the Dark Clerks start going on three-page monologues about social constructs.
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withak posted:Terry's facebook says the The Long War will be published on June 20th. Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day is due April 11th and the non-fiction collection A Slip Of The Keyboard is in July.
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Flipswitch posted:Another? who was the first? Vimes butler is what they're referring to I assume, though he wasn't really a Jackrum ripoff. Jackrum wasn't a cockney possibly overly familiar butler, he was a take on the classic embittered old soldier who knows how to get poo poo done and carries a bunch of rookies through a terrible war. thebardyspoon fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Mar 20, 2013 |
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