For the last few months renowned Discworld illustrator Stephen Player has been frantically been working on the images for Guards! Guards! A Discworld boardgame.   He has recently completed them and they are superb.  They are further enhanced as each character image is accompanied by a quote about that character from one of the Discworld books.

This is not a review. It's also not not a review. It's also not just random ramblings. But it's about the new Civilization board game from FFG - a game I do not not like, but don't like very much either.  

This summer, in conjunction with Z-Man Games, we will be releasing a Discworld board game based on the books of Sir Terry Pratchett.  Stephen Player is currently working feverishly on the box cover and the character cards.  The game was Designed by Backspindle Games, Leonard Boyd & David Brashaw, long time Discworld fans, and as you would expect has loads of fun & strategy stuff going on.



The character illustrations have just been approved by Sir Terry Pratchett and they look superb.

I doubt anyone actually expected me to be a contributing member to the community in this period.  Heee. Only reason I'm posting is 'cause I'm sick of packing boxes.  But some quick observatoins about XMas: