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SpelCheque: /* Other Games */ cap, italics

2017-08-28T22:41:42Z

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			* The forerunner for the evolution of the werewolf game on the Discworld might well have first appeared in Terry Pratchett's non-Disc novel, ''[[Strata]]'', in which the [[Shand]] people play a variant of the sport that involves hunting each other and ritually killing and eating the loser.

	* ~~The forerunner for the evolution of the werewolf game on the Discworld might well have first appeared~~ in ~~Terry Pratchett~~'~~s non-Disc novel, [[Strata]], in which the [[Shand]] people play a variant of the sport that involves hunting each other and ritually killing and eating the loser.~~		* And in ''[[Book:The Long War\|The Long War]]'', [[Joshua Valienté]] is forced to run for his life and escape capture from pursuing [[beagles]]. The deal is, if he wins he gets peace between humans and Beagles, If he dies he becomes a trophy head on the wall. Effectively he is playing The Game as it is known in [[Überwald]]. ''And'' against creatures who have many of the attributes of [[werewolves]].

	* And in [[Book:The Long War\|The Long War]], [[Joshua Valienté]] is forced to run for his life and escape capture from pursuing [[~~Beagles~~]]. The deal is, if he wins he gets peace between humans and Beagles, If he dies he becomes a trophy head on the wall. Effectively he is playing The Game as it is known in [[Überwald]]. ''And'' against creatures who have many of the attributes of [[~~Werewolves~~]].

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AgProv: /* Other Games */ tidying

2014-08-16T21:27:36Z

Other Games: tidying

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	The forerunner for the evolution of the werewolf game on the Discworld might well have first appeared in Terry Pratchett's non-Disc novel, [[Strata]], in which the [[Shand]] people play a variant of the sport that involves hunting each other and ritually killing and eating the loser.		* The forerunner for the evolution of the werewolf game on the Discworld might well have first appeared in Terry Pratchett's non-Disc novel, [[Strata]], in which the [[Shand]] people play a variant of the sport that involves hunting each other and ritually killing and eating the loser.

	~~and~~ in [[Book~~;TheLongWar~~\|The Long War]], Joshua Valienté is forced to run for his life and escape capture from pursuing Beagles. The deal is, if he wins he gets peace between humans and Beagles, If he dies he becomes a trophy head on the wall. Effectively he is playing The Game as it is known in [[Überwald]]. ''And'' against creatures who have many of the attributes of [[Werewolves]].		* And in [[Book:The Long War\|The Long War]], [[Joshua Valienté]] is forced to run for his life and escape capture from pursuing [[Beagles]]. The deal is, if he wins he gets peace between humans and Beagles, If he dies he becomes a trophy head on the wall. Effectively he is playing The Game as it is known in [[Überwald]]. ''And'' against creatures who have many of the attributes of [[Werewolves]].

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	[[de:Das Große Spiel]]		[[de:Das Große Spiel]]

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2014-08-16T21:26:25Z

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	The forerunner for the evolution of the werewolf game on the Discworld might well have first appeared in Terry Pratchett's non-Disc novel, [[Strata]], in which the [[Shand]] people play a variant of the sport that involves hunting each other and ritually killing and eating the loser.		The forerunner for the evolution of the werewolf game on the Discworld might well have first appeared in Terry Pratchett's non-Disc novel, [[Strata]], in which the [[Shand]] people play a variant of the sport that involves hunting each other and ritually killing and eating the loser.

			and in [[Book;TheLongWar\|The Long War]], Joshua Valienté is forced to run for his life and escape capture from pursuing Beagles. The deal is, if he wins he gets peace between humans and Beagles, If he dies he becomes a trophy head on the wall. Effectively he is playing The Game as it is known in [[Überwald]]. ''And'' against creatures who have many of the attributes of [[Werewolves]].

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	[[Category:Discworld culture\|Game,The]]		[[Category:Discworld culture\|Game,The]]
	[[de:Das Große Spiel]]		[[de:Das Große Spiel]]

Mare-Silverus: /* The Game in Überwald */

2014-02-13T14:57:44Z

The Game in Überwald

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	In Überwald, for instance, the local interpretation involves a pack of [[werewolves]] hunting a human runner. Traditionally, it had rules that were strictly followed, and a quick and clever runner stood a decent chance of evading pursuit long enough to reach civilization or run out the clock, at which point he would be rewarded with a sum of money, a dinner at the werewolves' castle, and presumably a certain amount of notoriety. Should he fail to do so, of course, the aforementionned dinner would be still held, only this time he would be the main course.		In Überwald, for instance, the local interpretation involves a pack of [[werewolves]] hunting a human runner. Traditionally, it had rules that were strictly followed, and a quick and clever runner stood a decent chance of evading pursuit long enough to reach civilization or run out the clock, at which point he would be rewarded with a sum of money, a dinner at the werewolves' castle, and presumably a certain amount of notoriety. Should he fail to do so, of course, the aforementionned dinner would be still held, only this time he would be the main course.

	In this sense, Game is what you hang on a hook in the larder for a few days to allow the meat to flavour and then possibly stuffed to make a pleasing wall ornament [[Samuel Vimes]], a man who won the Game, noticed several hooks in the werewolves' castle where something had been huriedly removed.		In this sense, Game is what you hang on a hook in the larder for a few days to allow the meat to flavour and then possibly stuffed to make a pleasing wall ornament. [[Samuel Vimes]], a man who won the Game, noticed several hooks in the werewolves' castle where something had been huriedly removed.

	In [[Book:The Fifth Elephant\|recent times]], [[Wolfgang von Überwald\|some of the werewolves]] changed the nature of the Game dramatically. It became merely an entertaining way of killing, especially those they wanted dead, with no prior agreement with the prospective runner and no rules that a werewolf need obey. With the demise of Wolfgang and the downfall of his faction, the future of the Game is unclear.		In [[Book:The Fifth Elephant\|recent times]], [[Wolfgang von Überwald\|some of the werewolves]] changed the nature of the Game dramatically. It became merely an entertaining way of killing, especially those they wanted dead, with no prior agreement with the prospective runner and no rules that a werewolf need obey. With the demise of Wolfgang and the downfall of his faction, the future of the Game is unclear.

Osiris: 1 revision: Discworld import 2

2012-09-24T00:14:00Z

1 revision: Discworld import 2

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'''The Game''' covers a multitude of related concepts on the Disc. Key to their understanding is an appreciation of the truism, usually spoken about [[foot-the-ball]], that '''''the Game isn't merely a matter of life and death - it's more important than that.'''''

== The Game in Überwald ==

In Überwald, for instance, the local interpretation involves a pack of [[werewolves]] hunting a human runner. Traditionally, it had rules that were strictly followed, and a quick and clever runner stood a decent chance of evading pursuit long enough to reach civilization or run out the clock, at which point he would be rewarded with a sum of money, a dinner at the werewolves' castle, and presumably a certain amount of notoriety. Should he fail to do so, of course, the aforementionned dinner would be still held, only this time he would be the main course.

In this sense, Game is what you hang on a hook in the larder for a few days to allow the meat to flavour and then possibly stuffed to make a pleasing wall ornament [[Samuel Vimes]], a man who won the Game, noticed several hooks in the werewolves' castle where something had been huriedly removed.

In [[Book:The Fifth Elephant|recent times]], [[Wolfgang von Überwald|some of the werewolves]] changed the nature of the Game dramatically. It became merely an entertaining way of killing, especially those they wanted dead, with no prior agreement with the prospective runner and no rules that a werewolf need obey. With the demise of Wolfgang and the downfall of his faction, the future of the Game is unclear.

== Vetinari's Game ==

In one of those multi-layer associations that TP delights in generating, it should be noted that here on Roundworld, '''''The Game''''', or '''''the Great Game''''', was a Victorian euphemism for the business of spying and espionage, especially in the Possessions, such as India and Afghanistan (cf. novels by Rudyard Kipling, especially ''Kim'', and George McDonald Fraser's ''Flashman'' series.). In the wider contest of {{T5E}}, this is also a very fitting term, as [[Ankh-Morpork]]'s spies in [[Überwald]], when discovered, were forced to participate in the Werewolf version of the Game...

== The Game of the Gods ==

Elsewhere on the disc, '''The Game''' is also the complex boardgame played out by [[The gods|the Gods]], on a board representing the mortal world, using mere mortal sentient creatures as the pawns. This is where [[the Lady]] habitually throws sevens, and Gods gamble with the fate of mortals. However, Gods have short memories and are always surprised to learn what happens when a pawn makes it to the other end of the board...

== Other Games ==

The forerunner for the evolution of the werewolf game on the Discworld might well have first appeared in Terry Pratchett's non-Disc novel, [[Strata]], in which the [[Shand]] people play a variant of the sport that involves hunting each other and ritually killing and eating the loser.

[[Category:Discworld concepts|Game,The]]
[[Category:Discworld culture|Game,The]]
[[de:Das Große Spiel]]