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Katie Wickens

Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork is rip-roaring chaos I suspect Sir Pratchett would have approved of

The armored Watch stand with weapons drawn in the red-light district of Ankh-Morpork.

Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork is a tabletop RPG that leans heavily into the tomfoolery of the Discworld novels. Built around Modiphius' Narrativium system, the game is, at its core, a chaos engine. It's a rules-lite romp that leaves players somewhat adrift to design wonderfully strange stories together, but for the creatively inclined, there's a smashing framework that'll see adventurers reaping exactly what they sow, usually spectacularly, and usually resulting in a near-death experience.

Expecting heaps of on-the-fly creativity from both player and Game Master, Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork favors the bold, and anyone willing to torture the English language to within an inch of its life. Backed by a delightfully Pratchett-y tone, the core book brims with lore and legendary characters ready to enact whatever Pratchett fanfic your little heart desires. That alone will make it one of the best tabletop RPGs for fans of Sir Terry's work.

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