Games

As you are probably aware, there are now several different games based on the Discworld or Discworld games. We have sections on:

• The Discworld Game Pages
  The popular Discworld CD-ROM adventure games for various computer platforms. The Discworld Game Pages are maintained by Chris McMullen.

• The Diplomat
  This section is dedicated to the AFPDip Diplomacy mailing lists, where play-by-email campaigns of that classic game (in various variants, including a Discworld-specific one) are organised. The Diplomat pages are maintained by Piers Forrest.

• The Unseen University Challenge
  The Discworld trivia game that was played during the Discworld Convention 96. The questions used in those sessions have now been made available on the Web.

• The Colour of Magic
  The very first Discworld adventure game for the ZX Spectrum computer.

  • You can download the game from the Pratchett Archives.
  • There is also a Spectrum emulator for the PC to play it with.
  • Or you can read a Walkthrough for the game.

• Discband
  Joel Kleitman maintains a Discworld modification to the popular ASCII adventure game Zangband. In Discband you can wield dwarf battle bread, wear octiron boots, cast spells from the The Octavo (Readers Digest Edition), eat banged grains, etcetera.

• Discworld Gaming goes mobile
  Blue Sphere Games press announcement concerning the license to produce games based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.

External Links
Following these links will take you to external web sites that are not part of the L-Space Web itself.

• Seamstresses Guild
  part of th Discworld MUD.

• Weirdness Central
  an unofficial conversion of The Discworld Role-Play game to the DnD d20 system.

• Discworld in miniature
  Featuring a Warhammer variant for Discworld.

• Thud
  For the very first time there is a Board Game that is unique to DISCWORLD.

• Thud Guide
  A feature on h2g2, part of the BBC website, of Thud.

• Cripple Mr Onion
  The Discworld's most complicated card game. These are the rules as reconstructed by Andrew Millard and Terry Tao.

• GURPS Discworld and GURPS Discworld Also
  Steve Jackson Games have released a complete roleplaying game based on the Discworld and its leading characters.

• GURPS Discworld Bye Nighte
  Kristofer and Sebastian Lundström maintain a site for GURPS Discworld resources, including new rules for martial arts, playing a Noir version, Genua and werewolves.

• The Discworld MUD
  Large Discworld MUD.

• Enter the Discworld
  Site dedicated to the Discworld MUD.

• Stephan's Discworld Page
  Lots of Discworld MUD related info.

• Discworld Quizzes
  Who Wants To Be A Millionaire-type Trivia Quizzes.

• The Dis-organizer Demon
  Interactive simulation (in HTML and for the Psion 5) of Vimes' organiser.

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