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There were also a number of articles and scenarios for the game in ''Pyramid'' magazine, one of which -- [[http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=2177 "A Fist Full of Tunes You can Whistle"]] -- was originally published in the short-lived UK roleplaying magazine ''Visions'' as "A Fistful of Dwarfs". (This material was subsequently made freely available on Steve Jackson Games' Web site.) Then, at the end of 2016, a new edition of the sourcebook/game appeared, updating the setting information up to ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'' and integrating a set of customised rules based on ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' 4th edition. This included revised and sometimes abbreviated versions of much of the setting and scenario material that first appeared in ''Discworld Also''.

!!Besides the tropes in the novels, the setting contains examples of:

* Main/TheIgor: After the setting acquired a whole ''caste'' of Igors, with unique abilities, ''Discworld Also'' added rules mechanics for them.

* NoOneSeesTheBoss: In "A Fist Full of Tunes You can Whistle", no-one sees Don Varzog. It's generally believed by the villagers that he's dead, and the barking mad Varzog family use "The Don orders it!" as a catchall excuse. It's suggested an adventure could climax with the [=PCs=] encountering him; live or stuffed.

The ''Discworld Role-Playing Game'' is a ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' sourcebook by Creator/PhilMasters based on the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels of Creator/TerryPratchett. It was originally published as ''GURPS Discworld'' in 1998 and repackaged as ''Discworld Role-Playing Game'' in 2002 to make it clearer you didn't ''have'' to have ''GURPS Basic Set'' in order to play, because the book included a copy of the minimal "GURPS Lite" rule set. A supplement, ''GURPS Discworld Also'', was published in 2001; this updated the background information up to ''Discworld/TheTruth'', included character templates, and gave four possible campaign settings not entirely taken from the novels -- the Klatchian town of Al-Ybi, the New Town of Smarlhanger on the Sto Plains, the pirate haunts of the Brown Islands, and the cart-warrior regions of Ecksian outback -- along with some scenarios, the longest of which were "Lost and Found" and "Sektoberfest in [=NoThingfjord=]".

There were also a number of articles and scenarios for the game in ''Pyramid'' magazine, one of which -- [[http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=2177 "A Fistful of Tunes You can Whistle"]] -- was originally published in the short-lived UK roleplaying magazine ''Visions'' as "A Fistful of Dwarfs". (This material was subsequently made freely available on Steve Jackson Games' Web site.) Then, at the end of 2016, a new edition appeared, updating the setting information up to ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'' and integrating a set of customised rules based on ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' 4th edition. This included revised and sometimes abbreviated versions of much of the settings and scenario material that first appeared in ''Discworld Also''.

* AFistfulOfRehashes: "A Fistful of Tunes You can Whistle" (in ''Visions'' magazine and ''Discworld Also'').

* NoOneSeesTheBoss: In "A Fistful of Tunes You can Whistle", no-one sees Don Varzog. It's generally believed by the villagers that he's dead, and the barking mad Varzog family use "The Don orders it!" as a catchall excuse. It's suggested an adventure could climax with the [=PCs=] encountering him; live or stuffed.

* ScoundrelCode: Parodied in the Brown Islands material, where the pirates' democratic principles are complicated enough that they've been known to press-gang contract lawyers, and sometimes start arguing about a point of order in the middle of a fight.

** "A Fistful of Tunes You can Whistle" introduces a Western-film area of the Disc, which includes [[Creator/SergioLeone The Dwarf with No Name]] and a [[Franchise/{{Zorro}} masked fop who thinks he's a dashing hero]].

-->"A character who tries casting himself as the [[FarmBoy Brave Peasant Lad]] Who [[GuileHero Outwits The Troll]] may find that he is actually one of the [[SacrificialLamb Twenty Poor Peasants Eaten]] Before [[KnightErrant The Knight Comes Along]]. Or even the [[{{Trickster}} Devious Little Human]] Squashed By [[BrainsEvilBrawnGood The Troll Hero]]. (Troll [[FairyTale fairy-stories]] are [[ThudAndBlunder not very subtle]].)"

* ZorroMark: The Zorro-like character in "A Fistful of Tunes You can Whistle" has the name Don Gaveroz de Varozag de la Lala, "El Aguilo del Cubo". He keeps attempting to carve all his intitals on his opponents, but since his Code of Honor prevents him from continuing to attack someone who is clearly about to collapse from bloodloss, he seldom gets very far with it.

There were also a number of articles and scenarios for the game in ''Pyramid'' magazine, one of which -- "A Fistful of Tunes You can Whistle" -- was originally published in the short-lived UK roleplaying magazine ''Visions'' as "A Fistful of Dwarfs". Then, at the end of 2016, a new edition appeared, updating the setting information up to ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'' and integrating a set of customised rules based on ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' 4th edition. This included revised and sometimes abbreviated versions of much of the settings and scenario material that first appeared in ''Discworld Also''.

* AFistfulOfRehashes: "A Fistful of Dwarfs" (in ''Visions'' magazine and ''Discworld Also'').

* NoOneSeesTheBoss: In "A Fistful of Dwarfs", no-one sees Don Varzog. It's generally believed by the villagers that he's dead, and the barking mad Varzog family use "The Don orders it!" as a catchall excuse. It's suggested an adventure could climax with the [=PCs=] encountering him; live or stuffed.

* PerpetualTourist: The "Quest for Fruit" adventure in ''Also'' states that, in accordance with the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality, the Hwondaland trading post ''must'' contain at least one [[Film/{{Casablanca}} white-suited Ankh-Morporkian expat]], who can never return for some unspecified reason.

* ScoundrelCode: Parodied in the Brown Islands section of ''Also'', where the Pirate's Code is complicated enough that they've been known to press-gang contract lawyers, and sometimes start arguing about a point of order in the middle of a raid.
* SewerGator: A scenario about mapping Ankh-Morpork's forgotten sewers includes "the Albino Aligators, who have arrived from [[OutsideGenreFoe a different set of narrative assumptions]]".

** "A Fistful of Dwarfs" introduces a Western-film area of the Disc, which includes [[Creator/SergioLeone The Dwarf with No Name]] and a [[Franchise/{{Zorro}} masked fop who thinks he's a dashing hero]].
** The ''Pyramid'' article "Call No Man Happy Until He is Dread", describing the role of Discworld's Dark Lords, warns that underground lairs will bring in a certain kind of adventurer "[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons in small mixed parties of thugs, kleptomaniacs, god-botherers and UU rejects]]".

* ZorroMark: The Zorro-like character in "A Fistful of Dwarfs" has the name Don Gaveroz de Varozag de la Lala, "El Aguilo del Cubo". He keeps attempting to carve all his intitals on his opponents, but since his Code of Honor prevents him from continuing to attack someone who is clearly about to collapse from bloodloss, he seldom gets very far with it.

The ''Discworld Role-Playing Game'' is a ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' sourcebook by Creator/PhilMasters based on the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels of Creator/TerryPratchett. It was originally published as ''GURPS Discworld'' in 1998 and repackaged as ''Discworld Role-Playing Game'' in 2002 to make it clearer you don't need ''GURPS Basic Set'' in order to play. A supplement, ''GURPS Discworld Also'', was published in 2001; this updated the background information up to ''Discworld/TheTruth'', included character templates, and gave four possible campaign settings not entirely taken from the novels -- the Klatchian town of Al-Ybi, the New Town of Smarlhanger on the Sto Plains, the pirate haunts of the Brown Islands, and the cart-warrior regions of Ecksian outback.

There have also been a number of articles in ''Pyramid'' magazine, one of which -- "A Fistful of Tunes You can Whistle" -- was originally published in the short-lived UK roleplaying magazine ''Visions'' as "A Fistful of Dwarfs".

The setting describes itself as "officially unofficial", meaning that while it is a licenced product written in consultation with Sir Terry, he reserved the right to contradict it in the novels if he had a better idea. As such, the text can be considered WordOfStPaul.

A new edition, updating the setting information up to ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'' and the rules to correspond to ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' 4th edition, is due for release in late 2016.

* AutomaticCrossbows: Popular in the seaports of the Brown Islands. The favoured version makes a distinctive "ka-chunk!" sound that some users regard as an essential feature.
* AFistfulOfRehashes: "A Fistful of Dwarfs" in ''Visions'' magazine.

* HumongousMecha: The adventure "A Little Job For The Patrician" in ''Pyramid'' magazine features a Discworld mecha, based on a design by Leonard of Quirm, adapted by a brilliant Agatean nobleman whose narrative causality tends towards anime tropes, and powered by five trolls. The trolls even go through an Invocation as the thing assembles ("Other leg troll, put it together!"), although since they're trolls in a warm climate, it's possible they'd forget which one went where otherwise.

* [[InscrutableOriental Inscrutable Auriental]]: Lacquered Tablet, the Agatean representative in Port Duck, has heard that foreigners think Agateans are inscrutable and decided it's a good idea.

** In the same book, the adventure "The Quest for Fruit" features a mad wizard who has recreated prehistoric creatures, including an ancestor of the swamp dragon which [[Film/JurassicPark looks very similar to a velociraptor]].
** In the Brown Islands setting, Port Duck includes a tavern called [[Film/{{Casablanca}} Brick's Cafe Ankh-Morporkian]]. Brick is the troll doorman; the actual owner is revealed in the ''Pyramid'' adventure "A Little Job for the Patrician" to be Dooley the Arranger (a CompositeCharacter of Rick and Sam).

A new edition, updating the setting information up to ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'' and the rules to correspond to ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' 4th edition, is due for release in November 2016.

The '''''Discworld Role-Playing Game''''' is a ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' sourcebook by Creator/PhilMasters based on the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels of Creator/TerryPratchett. It was originally published as ''GURPS Discworld'' in 1998 and repackaged as ''Discworld Role-Playing Game'' in 2002 to make it clearer you don't need ''GURPS Basic Set'' in order to play. A supplement, ''GURPS Discworld Also'', was published in 2001; this updated the background information up to ''Discworld/TheTruth'', included character templates, and gave four possible campaign settings not entirely taken from the novels -- the Klatchian town of Al-Ybi, the New Town of Smarlhanger on the Sto Plains, the pirate haunts of the Brown Islands, and the cart-warrior regions of Ecksian outback.

A new edition, updating the setting information to reflect the more recent novels and the rules to correspond to ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' 4th edition, is due for release in November 2016.

assumptions]]".

* SewerGator: A scenario about mapping Ankh-Morpork's forgotten sewers includes "the Albino Aligators, who have arrived from [[OutsideGenreFoe a different set of narrative

* SewerGator: A scenario about mapping Ankh-Morpork's forgotten sewers includes "the Albino Aligators, who have arrived from [[OutsideGenreFoe a different set of narrative assumptions]]".
* ScoundrelCode: Parodied in the Brown Islands section of ''Also'', where the Pirate's Code is complicated enough that they've been known to press-gang contract lawyers, and sometimes start arguing about a point of order in the middle of a raid.

A new edition, updating the setting information to reflect the more recent novels and the rules to correspond to ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' 4th edition, is currently in production as of late 2015.

* SewerGator: A scenario about mapping Ankh-Morpork's forgotten sewers includes "the Albino Aligators, who have arrived from [[OutsideContextVillain a different set of narrative assumptions]]".

The '''''Discworld Role-Playing Game''''' is a ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' sourcebook by Creator/PhilMasters based on the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels of Creator/TerryPratchett. It was originally published as ''GURPS Discworld'' in 1998 and repackaged as ''Discworld Role-Playing Game'' in 2002 to make it clearer you don't need ''GURPS Basic Set'' in order to play. A supplement, ''GURPS Discworld Also'', was published in 2001; this updated the background information up to ''Discworld/TheTruth'', included character templates, and gave four possible campaign settings not entirely taken from the novels -- the Klatchian town of Al-Ybi, the New Town of Smarlhanger on the Sto Plains the pirate haunts of the Brown Islands, and the cart-warrior regions of Ecksian outback.

There have also been a number of articles in ''Pyramid'' magazine, one of which - "A Fistful of Tunes You can Whistle" - was originally published in the short-lived UK roleplaying magazine ''Visions'' as "A Fistful of Dwarfs".

The setting describes itself as "officially unofficial", meaning that while it is a licenced product written in consultation with Sir Terry, he reserved the right to contradict it in the novels if he had a better idea. As such, the setting can be considered WordOfStPaul.

A new edition, updating the setting information to reflect the more recent novels and the rules to correspond to ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' 4th edition, is currently in production.

* ((Parody}}: The original novels certainly include their share of parodies; the game may actually lean on this even harder, as it gives a clear and comprehensible basis for a lot of game ideas and jokes.

'''''Discworld Role-Playing Game''''' is a ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' sourcebook by Creator/PhilMasters based on the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels of Creator/TerryPratchett. It was originally published as ''GURPS Discworld'' in 1998 and repackaged as ''Discworld Role-Playing Game'' in 2002 to make it clearer you don't need ''GURPS Basic Set'' in order to play. A supplement, ''GURPS Discworld Also'', was published in 2001; this updated the background information up to ''Discworld/TheTruth'', included character templates, and gave four possible campaign locations (the Klatchian town of Al-Ybi, the New Town of Smarlhanger on the Sto Plains; the pirate haunts of the Brown Islands; and the cart-warrior regions of Ecksian outback).

An updated 4th edition version is currently in production.

* HumongousMecha: The adventure "A Little Job For The Patrician" in ''Pyramid'' magazine features a Discworld Mecha. Based on a design by Leonard of Quirm, adapted by a brilliant Agatean nobleman whose narrative causality tends towards anime tropes, and powered by five trolls. The trolls even go through an Invocation as the thing assembles ("Other leg troll, put it together!"), although since they're trolls in a warm climate, it's possible they'd forget which one went where otherwise.
* InvokedTrope: The setting actually has rules for invoking a trope, based on the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality. It also has rules for when it goes wrong; see WrongGenreSavvy.

* SewerGator: A scenario about mapping Ankh-Morpork's forgotten sewers includes "the Albino Aligators, who have arrived from a different set of narrative assumptions".

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In "A Little Job For The Patrician", the heavily anime-based villain insists his trolls all grow different coloured moss on their heads, so he can tell them apart, and his Igor has implanted blue hair, just because.

[[caption-width-right:245:It's a game set in a world where ''[[Discworld/SoulMusic this]]'' happens. Any questions?]]

[[caption-width-right:350:It's a game set in a world where ''[[Discworld/SoulMusic this]]'' happens. Any questions?]]

-->''"A character who tries casting himself as the [[FarmBoy Brave Peasant Lad]] Who [[GuileHero Outwits The Troll]] may find that he is actually one of the [[SacrificialLamb Twenty Poor Peasants Eaten]] Before [[KnightErrant The Knight Comes Along]]. Or even the [[{{Trickster}} Devious Little Human]] Squashed By [[BrainsEvilBrawnGood The Troll Hero]]. (Troll [[FairyTale fairy-stories]] are [[ThudAndBlunder not very subtle]].)"''
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In "A Little Job For The Patrician", the heavily anime-based villain insists his trolls all grow different coloured moss on their heads, so he can tell them apart, and his Igor has implanted blue hair, just because.

** In the Brown Islands setting, Port Duck includes a tavern called [[Film/{{Casablanca Brick's Cafe Ankh-Morporkian]]. Brick is the troll doorman; the actual owner is revealed in the ''Pyramid'' adventure "A Little Job for the Patrician" to be Dooley the Arranger (a CompositeCharacter of Rick and Sam).

* PerpetualTourist: The "Quest for Fruit" adventure in ''Also'' states that, in accordance with the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality, the Hwondaland trading post must contain at least one [[Film/{{Casablanca white-suited Ankh-Morporkian expat]], who can never return for some unspecified reason.

'''''Discworld Role-Playing Game''''' is a ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' supplement by Phil Masters based on the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels of Creator/TerryPratchett. It was originally published as ''GURPS Discworld'' in 1998 and repackaged as ''Discworld Role-Playing Game'' in to make it clearer you don't need ''GURPS Basic Set'' in order to play. A supplement ''GURPS Discworld Also'' was published in ; this updated the background information up to , included character templates, and gave three possible campaign locations (the New Town of Smarlhanger on the Sto Plains; the pirate haunts of the Brown Islands; and the cart-warrior regions of Ecksian outback).

The setting describes itself as "officially unofficial", meaning that while it is a licenced product and does it best to fit in with the books as written, Sir Terry reserved the right to contradict it in the novels if he had a better idea. As such, the setting can be considered WordOfStPaul.

* PerpetualTourist: The "Quest for Fruit" adventure in ''Also'' states that, in accordance with the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality, the Hwondaland trading post must contain at least one [[Film/{{Casablanca}} white-suited Ankh-Morporkian expat]], who can never return for some unspecified reason.

** In the Brown Islands setting, Port Duck includes a tavern called [[Film/{{Casablanca}} Brick's Cafe Ankh-Morporkian]]. Brick is the troll doorman; the actual owner is revealed in the ''Pyramid'' adventure "A Little Job for the Patrician" to be Dooley the Arranger (a CompositeCharacter of Rick and Sam).

-->"A character who tries casting himself as the [[FarmBoy Brave Peasant Lad]] Who [[GuileHero Outwits The Troll]] may find that he is actually one of the [[SacrificialLamb Twenty Poor Peasants Eaten]] Before [[KnightErrant The Knight Comes Along]]. Or even the [[{{Trickster}} Devious Little Human]] Squashed By [[BrainsEvilBrawnGood The Troll Hero]]. (Troll [[FairyTale fairy-stories]] are [[ThudAndBlunder not very subtle]].)"

->''"A character who tries casting himself as the [[FarmBoy Brave Peasant Lad]] Who [[GuileHero Outwits The Troll]] may find that he is actually one of the [[SacrificialLamb Twenty Poor Peasants Eaten]] Before [[KnightErrant The Knight Comes Along]]. Or even the [[{{Trickster}} Devious Little Human]] Squashed By [[BrainsEvilBrawnGood The Troll Hero]]. (Troll [[FairyTale fairy-stories]] are [[ThudAndBlunder not very subtle]].)"''

** In the Brown Islands setting, Port Duck includes a tavern called [[Film/{{Casablanca Brick's Cafe Ankh-Morporkian]]. Brick is the troll doorman; the actual owner is revealed in the ''Pyramid'' adventure "A Little Job for the Patrician" to be Dooley the Arranger (a CompositeCharacter of Rick and Sam).

* PerpetualTourist: The "Quest for Fruit" adventure in ''Also'' states that, in accordance with the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality, the Hwondaland trading post must contain at least one [[Film/{{Casablanca white-suited Ankh-Morporkian expat]], who can never return for some unspecified reason.

* HumungousMecha: The adventure "A Little Job For The Patrician" in ''Pyramid'' magazine features a Discworld Mecha. Based on a design by Leonard of Quirm, adapted by a brilliant Agatean nobleman whose narrative causality tends towards anime tropes, and powered by five trolls. The trolls even go through an Invocation as the thing assembles ("Other leg troll, put it together!"), although since they're trolls in a warm climate, it's possible they'd forget which one went where otherwise.