Discworld Roleplaying Game

I really love playing with this book. It takes the great advantage of GURPS - making characters that are not only combat-focused, and puts it into a more manageable format. Because the only traits here are suitable for the setting, I've found that it's much faster to prepare a game and characters.I also like is how well they've captured Sir Terry's humour into the game's mechanics. A quick example is inclusion of things like Hyper-Specialization (+5 in an extremely obscure and narrow area of knowledge). One of my players went with Acoustics of Farting Elephants and actually got some use out of it.One thing I found handy and wish I knew earlier is that the character sheet page is included in the demo PDF at warehouse23

It's well written with lots of great content about the world of the Discworld.The game rules are simple, elegant, and feel reality checked. The character creation is involved and very flexible, there is literally no concept you couldn't create. However, those not looking for a detailed character creation experience can be up and running quickly using the numerous templates provided. Regardless of the method chosen to create characters, the end result is well defined and feels like a fully realised person. I personally like this a lot and see it as one of the games key strong points.Overall, this is a great book and captures life on the disc very well. It does not disappoint and will be the source for many years of play and enjoyment. Terry Pratchett would be proud.

Since said teenager barely speaks, review writing is difficult. But I can say this, he didn't complain about it and in my experience that's as good as a glowing review. So there.

I grew up with the original AD&D* hardcovers open, often a few at a time. This book brought that back a little bit, except for all the fancy color illustrations done by someone who might even draw professionally, which slightly ruined the "old school RPG" feeling, but greatly enhanced the "Discworld" feeling -- which if we're honest will probably be more important to most people thinking about purchasing this RPG.If you like Discworld & RPGs buy this, at least some part of you will always be glad you did.* some might say I'm "old-school ADD"

Man, a LOT of effort went into this book. The author wrote the earlier edition many years ago, so he was familiar with All Things Discworld, but this update is essentially a whole new book. He added everything that's happened in the Discworld series since the previous edition, he's updated all of the rules for the 4th edition of GURPS --- and he figured out how to present the 4th edition rules in exactly the right number of pages. This isn't GURPS 4e in a compact, 30-odd page format. The presentation has room to breathe; it's easy to read and full of b&w illustrations. But only the core of the rules are here. Only what you need.Not only is this one of the best surveys of Discworld, it might be the best introduction you'll find to GURPS.

Frankly the only downside to this product is my unfamiliarity with the system, the rest is gravy. Terry Pratchett's wonderful world of fantasy and fantasy self-parody is wonderfully brought to life in this book.

An awesome, self-contained, game set in Terry Pratchett's titular Discworld, this book is many things. It's an awesome implementation of the GURPS rules, a great introduction to Discworld, and a must have book for completionist Discworld collectors.

Excelente el producto, lo compré nuevo, y tanto el envío como el empaquetado fueron notables, en tiempo y forma. El libro en sí es una autentica maravilla, para amantes o no de la gran obra de Terry Pratchett. Una delicia impecablemente editada que lleva el sello de calidad de Steve Jackson Games, y que cualquier jugador de rol no debería perderse. Diez puntos.

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Das Discworld Roleplaying Game besteht zu einem großen Teil aus einem hervorragenden Überblick über Terry Pratchett's Scheibenwelt. Und dann ist da der Rollenspielteil.GURPS gilt als ein eher kompliziertes System. Das liegt sicherlich an den vielen Optionen, die man nutzen kann, aber nicht muss. Es liegt auch daran, dass die Charaktererstellung nicht unbedingt einsteigerfreundlich ist. In diesem Buch liegt es definitv am Aufbau zur Charakaterstellung.Die auswählbaren Optionen erscheinen dabei durchaus stimmig. Aber die Menge an Optionen, durch die man sich durcharbeiten muss, hätten einen tabelarischen Überblick verdient. Diesen verliert man nämlich sehr schnell. Und so artet die Erstellung dann doch etwas aus. Dankenswerterweise gibt es eine ganze Reihe an Vorschlägen (Templates), die mindestens für den Einsteiger eine Entlastung darstellen.Für den Spielleiter gibt es auch wenig Hilfestellungen, wie er denn aus den vorhandenen Informationen nun ein Abenteuer für seine Gruppe bauen soll. Über die Erstellung von Nichtspielercharakteren verliert das Buch fast kein Wort. Auch hier mögen die o.g. Vorschläge durchaus unterstützen. Ansonsten wendet man sich an das Internet und findet heraus, dass man sich gar nicht so viel Arbeit machen muss. Kann das nicht schon in den Regeln erwähnt werden?Trotzdem ist Discworld Roleplaying Game ein gelungenes Buch. Man braucht eben ein bisschen länger, wenn man noch nie mit GURPS in Kontakt gekommen ist. Die Illustrationen im Buch sind vom gleichen Künstler, wie die alten Pratchettcover. Das Buch ist für seine Größe nicht übermäßig schwer.

Mi piacciono i GdR, adoro Pratchett, quindi questo volume non può non entrare nella mia collezione.Ricco di dettagli (e spoiler) il manuale si presta benissimo ad ambientare in chiave ruolistica personaggi, luoghi e vicendi che hanno avuto vita nelle pagine scritte da Sir Pratchett.E' necessario però conoscere i libri di questo autore per apprezzare al massimo il gioco... consiglio quantomeno la serie dedicata alle Guardie di Ankh Morpork. Se poi volete espanderlo al massimo GURPS MAGIC e GURPS FAntasy.

So far the book is full of rich illustrations and little tidbits from the disk world books. A great RPG setting for fans of the disk world and for fans of classic self aware narrative driven fantasy adventures

Great book, bigger than expected. I bought this as a standalone. Note that you need to do a bit of gurps research if you're looking to GM. I recommend downloading/printing out GURPS lite to help with understanding some of the mechanics.