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James Fung
United States
Berkeley
California
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With Discworld: Ankh-Morpork and Guards! Guards! A Discworld Boardgame coming out later this year, the other day I had an idea for another Discworld retheme: turn Scotland Yard into Pseudopolis Yard. The idea was staring us in the face all along, really.
The Watch series is my current favorite in the Discworld. The players play as Watch officers as they carry out a city-wide manhunt. A map already exists of the Ankh-Morpork:
The players could start at various watch houses or gates. To add a bit of color, each officer can have a different ability:
Vimes Vetinari's terrier: Vimes writes down his move and reveals it after Mr. X has moved. If Mr. X is in the space Vimes entered or left, he is captured. (Okay, this is a rather clumsy mechanic, but the idea is that Mr. X should be scared when Vimes is nearby.)
Carrot Charisma: Everyone likes Captain Carrot and will give him a lift, knowing full well they'll be compensated later. Carrot's movement isn't limited by tickets.
Colon & Nobby Maybe something about gaining information through contacts?
Angua On the trail: If Angua enters a space Mr. X has been through, she can tell the next space he moved into. As this is a very powerful ability, Mr. X will probably need to be given peppermint bombs to counter it.
Detritus If Mr. X has the ability to obstruct followers, Detritus can bash them out of the way?
Cheery Not really a field officer. Maybe something forensic, which would be an investigative ability similar to Colon/Nobby.
Visit
Dorfl See Detritus.
Reg Shoe
Sally Batty: Limited ability to jump around using her vampire bat form.
The turns where the Watch pinpoints Mr. X's location are, of course, when Buggy Swires spots him. To further distinguish the retheme from the original, Mr. X can try to disrupt the clacks system the Watch uses to coordinate.
One thing I haven't figured out is what would the 3 modes of transportation be in Ankh-Morpork. There's walking/rooftops and taxis/carriages, but what's the third? Details about the subway haven't been unveiled yet, and mail coaches are probably arranged for centralized pick-up and delivery rather than for general movement around the city.
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