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Thud The Discworld Board Game

Thud The Discworld Board Game
From Mongoose Publishing

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #39917 in Toys & Games
  • Brand: Mongoose Publishing

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Box Contents

  • 42 Playing pieces
  • 32 Dwarves
  • 8 Trolls
  • 2 Thudstones
  • The unique 45cm square Thud gameboard
  • Rulebook and Strategy Guide

    For 2 players aged 8 to adult.

    • Customer Reviews

    A brilliant and original board game.5
    THUD has got to be the game of the century. It is truly original and very well thought out. Other games tend to be linked to older variants and then re-packaged and re-badged. THUD is not like that at all. Spatial awareness is essential and you need to forget all other games like chess and draughts etc. It is a game of skill and strategy with no two games being a like. It is also, uniquely, a game of two halves (play as the Dwarfs first time round and then the Trolls) and points, so if you make a hash of the first game, you can always make amends in the second.

    Brilliant.

    A piece of pure genius5
    This is a definate must have. It takes the standard rules of chess, rips them apart with a big axe (or a club if you're a troll) and creates one of the best (if not the best) board games i have ever played.

    The rules are a little confusing at first but once you get used to the original style of gameplay you will be hooked for a very long time. The game teaches you the art of logic and tactics to a fine degree and because you have to play both sides(trolls and dwarfs) in a game you get to learn how both teams work to make your game better.

    A modern day classic.

    Forget the Dwarves and Trolls Bit....5
    and just open your mind. A little wider. That's enough.

    OK, so what we've got here is an incredibly original and clever game that (yes) is based upon a fantasy novel series (or rather, a game from within it) but is not just for fans of the genre.

    It's Looks at first like a meeting of Chess and Draughts, but with a dash of originality all it's own, which makes it simple to play quickly, but hard to play well.

    2 sides, one strong, slow, low number of high value pieces, the other fast, weaker and worth less per unit. The game will etach you to use both a hammer and a feather to win, as a full game consists of playing one round as each side.

    There's even leagues avialable to this game, that's how die-hard the discworld followers are, in many ways, it's more real than this world (and better, as you don't pay taxes to the government!)

    try it, you won't be dissapointed.

    (Oh, and PS, the kings game, which I assume was from Diamond And Bhrain, was a one move win on either side! :)