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Post by Cybermortis on May 14, 2015 14:46:30 GMT
Just wondering if Terry holds a record for the most number of books set in the same world and timeline?
I know that there are plenty of authors who have published more books that Terry did, but I can't think of any who set the majority of them in the same setting and within the same timeframe (Small Gods aside, although the ending of the book seems to be within the 'current' timeline of the rest of the books at that point).
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Post by mrfatso on May 14, 2015 17:15:54 GMT
I will have to keep an eye on that and see if it is worth adding to the Boardgame collection that I have. ( at the moment we have just got the Firefly boardgame, and having fun flying Serenity around the 'verse past Reapers) On another note, Paul Kidby has made a tribute to Sir Terry. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-32717745
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Post by the light works on May 15, 2015 15:07:23 GMT
I don't know how many discworld books Pratchett published, but Piers Anthony did a hypertrilogy of Xanth books. (33)
I'm not sure how many books are in the M.Y.T.H series by Asprin.
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Post by mrfatso on May 16, 2015 3:43:18 GMT
Just had a look at the reviews for Clacks at Boardgamegeek, the gamer ipart of me is not too impressed at the moment, unfortunately for the Sir Terry Fan in me. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/140279/clacks-discworld-board-gameStill I am going to Games Expo UK soon, and Backspindle games are there so I will see if a play test is going on , and see for myself.
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on May 16, 2015 13:57:57 GMT
If you get a chance to have a look at the game let us know what you think of it.
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Post by mrfatso on May 16, 2015 16:42:30 GMT
I will do that I might even take some photos ( once I figure out how to post them).
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Post by mrfatso on May 31, 2015 13:08:21 GMT
Just got back from Games Expo, where I was able to try Clacks, was not my cup,of tea, will give a better report once Imhave had a sleep after 3 days of hard gaming, several beers, burger and hotdogs. Must eat some veggies tonight not much in the way of that in Con food.
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on May 31, 2015 14:03:32 GMT
Just got back from Games Expo, where I was able to try Clacks, was not my cup,of tea, will give a better report once Imhave had a sleep after 3 days of hard gaming, several beers, burger and hotdogs. Must eat some veggies tonight not much in the way of that in Con food. Thanks for that mrfatso get back to us when your up to it no rush. BTW I forgot to ask I have heard that there is also a game version of THUD. Did you by any chance see/get a chance to play it it at the expo?
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Post by Cybermortis on May 31, 2015 15:04:39 GMT
I can confirm that there is a game version of Thud. I saw it on sale when the book came out, or shortly afterwards.
Never played it, although I'd guess that it would be as explained in the novel.
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Post by mrfatso on May 31, 2015 16:59:09 GMT
As Cybermortis says there is a game called Thudd, there is also a game called Guards! Guards! made by the same people that are doing Clacks. Although talking to them at their stand you would need to buy that soon as they are losing the licence to that name soon as there will be a BBC TV series soon. I had heard rumour of Vimes finest doing a TV show but that seems to confirm it.
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Post by mrfatso on Jun 1, 2015 8:54:42 GMT
Now that I have had a rest, and am having today off work to recover, I will write a better report on Clacks. If you look at my profile picture you will see the board has a 4x4 grid with token on that that are either black or white representing a Clacks message system will lights on or off. The player has a 5 letter word, normally a Discworld place name or Character name which they have to form the letters of by switching the tokens to the correct pattern. They do this by drawing tokens from a bag that tells them what sequence of lights they can switch off or on in their round. At the same time other players are trying to make their words and so will be switching lights to favour their patterns. People may all sometime draw a token that allows them to take a card that they can play on other players that cause them to miss turns, turn all the lights on or off etc. That is a very basic review of the game play. To be honest there is not much there for Discworld fans other than the words that have to be coded like Skiund or Vimes etc. there is no sense of the humour and it could really be a normal puzzle game without the setting. In my opinion Guards!Guards! Looks more interesting from the point of view of an ordinary person looking for a Terry Prachett inspired Boardgame. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/92776/guards-guards-discworld-boardgameIf you want to ask anything else go ahead.
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Jun 1, 2015 9:26:08 GMT
Thanks for the review mrfatso, It sounds like a game that on paper had a lot of potential, but fell short of the block when brought into reality. Based on your description of the game I don't think I'll be ordering it.
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Post by Cybermortis on Jun 1, 2015 10:36:58 GMT
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Post by mrfatso on Jun 2, 2015 4:45:46 GMT
The price reflects two things. 1) Thud is now out of print, and any set you buy now is now used. Some things in that situation reduce in price and others become sought after by collectors, Thud is one of those that Discworld fans want to own so the price is slightly higher than normal. 2) The price is slightly higher than you might like to play but for a non mass market boardgame unlike Monopoly or Cludeo with the economies in scale the large companies have in producing them, it does not seem to be too bad. I would expect to pay £40 or so on average for many more niche board game.
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Post by Cybermortis on Jun 2, 2015 11:27:16 GMT
Diskworld merchandise has never seemed that badly overpriced to me. Sure there are plenty of stuff that only die-hard fans would be interested in, such as the street map of Ankh-Morpork or the diaries. But the quality of these items was high. (I have one of each...one of which is signed). Even the GURPS* Diskworld book was worth the slightly higher than average price due to the overall quality and detail of the product - which was well written and almost as much fun to read as the books themselves.
THUD however does seem a little over-priced for what it is. Diskworld or not its a board game, and it doesn't seem to be all of that good a game to start with or of unusual quality. (Signed I could understand, maybe)
(*For those who don't know GURPS is a role playing system created by Steve Jackson, GURPS standing for Generic, Universal Role Playing System. This system was developed to allow players to use the same system for any setting**, from Hard Sci-Fi*** to cartoons and even use sourcebooks from other RPG's with minimal tinkering. A lot of sourcebooks were/have been written for this system and most of those I've run across are interesting to read. Either because they contain a remarkable amount of 'real world' facts and information or a developed setting that is explained in enough detail to get the tone without going into so much detail you are limited as to how much you can modify for games)
(**The system was even going to be used for the Fallout series of computer games. They couldn't come to an agreement for some reason, so Fallout ended up using a system that was based on GURPS)
(***They ended up taking over the Traveler Universe, which is as hard sci-fi as you can get RPG wise. I'm not sure if they still have the rights.)
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Post by mrfatso on Jun 2, 2015 16:38:42 GMT
Like I say it is a little overpriced but not too,much compared to the price of many board games these days in the same category, I would suggest going to Leisure games website and looking at the prices there. They range from £25 to as high as £80 depending on the quality of the game, the number of components etc. For instance Fanatsy Flight games www.leisuregames.com/acatalog/Fantasy_Flight_Games_bg.htmlOr Days of Wonder. www.leisuregames.com/acatalog/Days_of_Wonder.htmlI believe SJG no longer has the licence to produce Traveller, but you can still buy the PDFs. Traveller is a good RPG, I have always enjoyed playing it myself, the BITS*stand is always worth a visit at games conventions. * British Isles Traveller Society.
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Post by silverdragon on Jun 3, 2015 6:40:38 GMT
I dont think I will be buying any soon. I have no interest from my Kids, and the Missus is always too busy.
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Jun 4, 2015 7:27:23 GMT
Diskworld merchandise has never seemed that badly overpriced to me. Sure there are plenty of stuff that only die-hard fans would be interested in, such as the street map of Ankh-Morpork or the diaries. But the quality of these items was high. (I have one of each...one of which is signed). Even the GURPS* Diskworld book was worth the slightly higher than average price due to the overall quality and detail of the product - which was well written and almost as much fun to read as the books themselves. THUD however does seem a little over-priced for what it is. Diskworld or not its a board game, and it doesn't seem to be all of that good a game to start with or of unusual quality. (Signed I could understand, maybe) (*For those who don't know GURPS is a role playing system created by Steve Jackson, GURPS standing for Generic, Universal Role Playing System. This system was developed to allow players to use the same system for any setting**, from Hard Sci-Fi*** to cartoons and even use sourcebooks from other RPG's with minimal tinkering. A lot of sourcebooks were/have been written for this system and most of those I've run across are interesting to read. Either because they contain a remarkable amount of 'real world' facts and information or a developed setting that is explained in enough detail to get the tone without going into so much detail you are limited as to how much you can modify for games) (**The system was even going to be used for the Fallout series of computer games. They couldn't come to an agreement for some reason, so Fallout ended up using a system that was based on GURPS) (***They ended up taking over the Traveler Universe, which is as hard sci-fi as you can get RPG wise. I'm not sure if they still have the rights.) I'd have to agree with you that only die hard fans will buy some of that stuff, that being said I did get the Nanny Ogg Discworld Cookbook (found it at a discount book shop for $10 normally $40) but I only got it after I had a good look through it & found that the recipes within were things I'd actually like to cook/eat.
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Post by mrfatso on Jun 4, 2015 15:40:50 GMT
Diskworld merchandise has never seemed that badly overpriced to me. Sure there are plenty of stuff that only die-hard fans would be interested in, such as the street map of Ankh-Morpork or the diaries. But the quality of these items was high. (I have one of each...one of which is signed). Even the GURPS* Diskworld book was worth the slightly higher than average price due to the overall quality and detail of the product - which was well written and almost as much fun to read as the books themselves. THUD however does seem a little over-priced for what it is. Diskworld or not its a board game, and it doesn't seem to be all of that good a game to start with or of unusual quality. (Signed I could understand, maybe) (*For those who don't know GURPS is a role playing system created by Steve Jackson, GURPS standing for Generic, Universal Role Playing System. This system was developed to allow players to use the same system for any setting**, from Hard Sci-Fi*** to cartoons and even use sourcebooks from other RPG's with minimal tinkering. A lot of sourcebooks were/have been written for this system and most of those I've run across are interesting to read. Either because they contain a remarkable amount of 'real world' facts and information or a developed setting that is explained in enough detail to get the tone without going into so much detail you are limited as to how much you can modify for games) (**The system was even going to be used for the Fallout series of computer games. They couldn't come to an agreement for some reason, so Fallout ended up using a system that was based on GURPS) (***They ended up taking over the Traveler Universe, which is as hard sci-fi as you can get RPG wise. I'm not sure if they still have the rights.) I'd have to agree with you that only die hard fans will buy some of that stuff, that being said I did get the Nanny Ogg Discworld Cookbook (found it at a discount book shop for $10 normally $40) but I only got it after I had a good look through it & found that the recipes within were things I'd actually like to cook/eat. I have tried some of them, still have to get round to making my own Wow Wow sauce
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Jun 5, 2015 7:50:54 GMT
I'd have to agree with you that only die hard fans will buy some of that stuff, that being said I did get the Nanny Ogg Discworld Cookbook (found it at a discount book shop for $10 normally $40) but I only got it after I had a good look through it & found that the recipes within were things I'd actually like to cook/eat. I have tried some of them, still have to get round to making my own Wow Wow sauce Let us know when you do so we can issue you one of these as well.
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