Discworld#Games

Very few of the Discworld novels have chapter divisions. Instead, they feature interweaving storylines. Pratchett was quoted as saying that he "just never got into the habit of chapters",{{cite newsgroup |title= Chapters |author= Terry Pratchett |author-link= Terry Pratchett |date= 30 July 1992 |newsgroup= alt.fan.pratchett |message-id= memo.550062@cix.compulink.co.uk |url= https://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.pratchett/msg/458d0849777faf48?dmode=source |access-date= 9 June 2007 |archive-date= 19 January 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120119095241/http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.pratchett/msg/458d0849777faf48?dmode=source |url-status= live }} later adding that "I have to shove them in the putative YA books because my editor screams until I do".{{cite newsgroup |title= Re: Posting to TP |author= Terry Pratchett |author-link= Terry Pratchett |date= 26 September 1993 |newsgroup= alt.fan.pratchett |message-id= 749073107snz@unseen.demon.co.uk |url= https://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.pratchett/msg/3b119fcb1984cb53?dmode=source |access-date= 9 June 2007 |archive-date= 19 January 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120119122254/http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.pratchett/msg/3b119fcb1984cb53?dmode=source |url-status= live }} However, the first Discworld novel The Colour of Magic was divided into "books", as is Pyramids. Additionally, Going Postal and Making Money both have chapters, a prologue, an epilogue, and brief teasers of what is to come in each chapter, in the style of A. A. Milne, Jules Verne, and Jerome K. Jerome.

The Discworld novels contain common themes and motifs that run through the series. Many of the novels parody fantasy tropes and various subgenres of fantasy, like fairy tales (notably Witches Abroad) or vampire tales (Carpe Jugulum). Analogies of real-world issues, such as religion (Small Gods), fundamentalism and inner city tension (Thud), business and politics (Making Money), racial prejudice and exploitation (Snuff) recur, as do aspects of culture and entertainment such as opera (Maskerade), rock music (Soul Music), cinema (Moving Pictures), and football (Unseen Academicals). Parodies of non-Discworld fiction also occur frequently, including Shakespeare, Beatrix Potter, and several movies. Major historical events, especially battles, are sometimes the basis for both trivial and key events (Jingo, Eric, and Pyramids), as are trends in science, technology, pop culture and modern art (Moving Pictures, Men at Arms, Thud). There are also humanist themes in many Discworld novels, and a focus on critical thinking skills in the Witches and Tiffany Aching series.

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The Discworld novels and stories are, in principle, stand-alone works. However, a number of novels and stories form novel sequences with distinct story arcs:

{{Main|Rincewind}}

Rincewind was the first protagonist of Discworld. He is a wizard with no skill, no wizardly qualifications, and no interest in heroics. He is extremely cowardly but is constantly thrust into dangerous adventures. He saves Discworld on several occasions, and has an instrumental role in the emergence of life on Roundworld (Science of Discworld).

Other characters in the Rincewind story arc include Cohen the Barbarian, an aging hero of the old fantasy tradition, out of touch with the modern world and still fighting despite his advanced age; Twoflower, a naive tourist from the Agatean Empire (inspired by cultures of East Asia, particularly Japan and China); and The Luggage, a magical, semi-sentient and aggressive multi-legged travelling accessory. Rincewind appears in eight Discworld novels as well as the four Science of Discworld supplementary books.

{{Main|Death (Discworld)|Susan Sto Helit}}

Death, a seven-foot skeleton in a black robe who rides a pale horse named Binky, appears in every novel except The Wee Free Men and Snuff, although sometimes with only a few lines. His dialogue is always depicted in SMALL CAPS without quotation marks. Several characters have said that his voice seemed to reach their minds without making a sound.

Death guides souls from this world to the next. Over millennia he has developed a fascination with humanity to a point and feels protective of it. He adopted a human daughter and took on a human apprenticeMort Eventually the daughter and apprentice had a daughter, Susan Sto Helit, a primary character in Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time.

Characters that often appear with Death include his butler Albert, his granddaughter Susan Sto Helit, the Death of Rats in charge of gathering the souls of rodents, Quoth the raven, and the Auditors of Reality, the closest thing Death has to a nemesis.

Five Discworld novels feature prominently either Death or Susan with Death appearing. He also appears in the short stories

• Death and What Comes Next
• Theatre of Cruelty
• Turntables of the Night.

{{Main|Witches (Discworld)}}

Witches in Pratchett's universe act as herbalists, nurses, adjudicators and wise women who can use magic but generally prefer not to, finding simple but cunningly applied psychology (called "headology") far more effective.

The principal witch, Granny Weatherwax, a taciturn, bitter old crone from the small mountain country of Lancre, largely despises people but acts as their healer and protector because no one else can do this as well as she can. Her closest friend is Nanny Ogg, a jolly, personable witch with the "common touch" who enjoys a smoke and a pint of beer, and often sings bawdy folk songs like the notorious "Hedgehog Song". The two take on apprentice witches: first Magrat Garlick, then Agnes Nitt, then Tiffany Aching, who become accomplished witches.

Other characters in the Witches series include:

• King Verence II of Lancre, a onetime Fool
• Jason Ogg, Nanny Ogg's eldest son, the local blacksmith
• Shawn Ogg, Nanny's youngest son who serves as his country's entire army and civil service
• Nanny's murderous cat Greebo.

The witches appear in many Discworld books, and are protagonists in seven. They also appeared in the short story "The Sea and Little Fishes". Their stories frequently draw on ancient European folklore and fairy tales, and parody famous works of literature, particularly by Shakespeare.

{{Main|Ankh-Morpork City Watch}}

The stories featuring the Ankh-Morpork City Watch are urban fantasy, and frequently depict a traditional, magically-run fantasy world coming into contact with modern technology. They revolve around the growth of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from a hopeless gang of three to a fully-equipped and efficient police force. The stories are largely police procedurals, featuring crimes with heavy political or societal overtones.

The main character Sam Vimes is a haggard, cynical, working-class street copper. When introduced in Guards! Guards!, he is the alcoholic captain of the three-person Night Watch, which also includes the lazy, cowardly, and none-too-bright sergeant Fred Colon and Corporal Nobby Nobbs, a petty thief in his own right. Then Carrot Ironfoundersson, a 6-foot-6-inch-tall (1.98 m) dwarf-by-adoption, joins the Watch.

Other main characters include

• Angua, a werewolf,
• Detritus, a troll,
• Reg Shoe, a zombie and Dead Rights campaigner,
• Cuddy, a Dwarf in Men at Arms,
• Golem Constable Dorfl.

Cheery Littlebottom, the Watch's forensics expert and one of the first openly female dwarves, tried to rename herself "Cheri" without success. Constable Visit-the-infidel-with-explanatory-pamphlets appears in some novels, and Sam's wife, Lady Sybil Vimes (née Ramkin) is integral to certain storylines. Inspector A E Pessimal was recruited by Vimes as his adjutant after Havelock Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, sent him as an auditor.

The City Watch feature in eight Discworld stories, and cameoed in a number of others, including Making Money, the children's book Where's My Cow?, and the short story "Theatre of Cruelty".

Pratchett stated on numerous occasions that the presence of the City Watch makes Ankh-Morpork stories "problematic", as stories set in the city that do not directly involve Vimes and the Watch often require a Watch presence to maintain the story—at which point, it becomes a Watch story by default.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

{{Main|Unseen University}}

The Wizards of Unseen University (UU) appear prominently throughout many Discworld novels; the books that centre around them exclusively are The Science of the Discworld series and the novels Unseen Academicals and The Last Continent. In the early books, the faculty of UU changed frequently; promotion usually involved assassination. However, after the ascension of the bombastic Mustrum Ridcully to the position of Archchancellor, the hierarchy settled down and characters had the chance to develop. Earlier books featured the wizards in possible invasions of Discworld by creatures from the Dungeon Dimensions, Lovecraftian monsters that hungered for magic.

The wizards of UU employ the traditional "whizz-bang" type of magic seen in Dungeons & Dragons games, but also investigate the rules and structure of magic in terms highly reminiscent of particle physics. Prominent members include

• Ponder Stibbons, a geeky young wizard
• Hex, the Disc's first computer/semi-sentient thinking engine
• the Librarian, turned into an orangutan by magical accident, who refuses to be turned back
• the Dean
• the mentally unstable Bursar
• the Chair of Indefinite Studies
• the Lecturer in Recent Runes
• the Senior Wrangler.

In later novels, Rincewind joins their group, while the Dean leaves to become the Archchancellor of Brazeneck College in the nearby city of Pseudopolis.

The Wizards feature prominently in nine Discworld books and star in The Science of Discworld series and the short story "A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices".

{{Main|Tiffany Aching}}

Tiffany Aching is a young apprentice witch in a series of Discworld books aimed at young adults. Her stories often parallel mythic heroes' quests, but also deal with Tiffany's difficulties as a young girl maturing into a responsible woman. She is aided in her task by the Nac Mac Feegle, a gang of blue-tattooed, 6-inch tall, hard-drinking, loud-mouthed picts, also called "The Wee Free Men", who serve as her guardians. She is the protagonist of five novels, The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, I Shall Wear Midnight, and The Shepherd's Crown. Major characters in this series include Miss Tick, a travelling witch who discovers Tiffany; Nac Mac Feegle chieftain Rob Anybody; and the other young witches Annagramma Hawkin and Petulia Gristle. Both Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg also appear in her stories.

{{Main|Moist von Lipwig}}

Moist von Lipwig is a professional criminal and con man to whom Havelock Vetinari gives a "second chance" after staging his execution, recognising the advantages his jack-of-all-trades abilities will give to the development of the city. After putting him in charge of the Ankh-Morpork Post Office in Going Postal, with good results, Vetinari orders him to clear up the city's corrupt financial sector in Making Money. In a third book, Raising Steam, Vetinari directs Lipwig to oversee the development of a railway network for Dick Simnel's newly invented steam locomotive. Other characters in this series include Adora Belle Dearheart, Lipwig's acerbic, chain-smoking love interest; Gladys, a golem who develops a strange crush on Lipwig; Stanley Howler, an obsessive young man who was raised by peas and becomes the Discworld's first stamp collector; and the very old Junior Postman Groat, who never got promoted to Senior Postman because there was never a Postmaster alive long enough to promote him.

Several other books can be grouped together as "Other cultures of Discworld" books. They may contain characters or locations from other arcs, typically not as protagonist or antagonist but as a supporting character or even a throwaway reference. These include Pyramids (Djelibeybi), Small Gods (Omnia), and Monstrous Regiment (Zlobenia and Borogravia).

Short descriptions of many of the notable characters:

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• Ankh-Morpork City Watch members
• Assassins
• Death-associated characters
• Dwarfs
• Nac Mac Feegle (Pictsies) and Gnomes
• History Monks
• Rincewind-associated characters
• Witches
• Wizards
• Other Discworld characters

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Short stories by Pratchett based in the Discworld, including published miscellanea such as the fictional game origins of Thud, were reprinted in Pratchett's collection A Blink of the Screen (2012), and elsewhere.

• "Troll Bridge" – in After The King: Stories in honour of J. R. R. Tolkien (1992); reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy edited by Mike Ashley (1998); available online{{cite web|url=http://members.fortunecity.com/bookdepository/stories/pratchett/trollbridge/trollbridgetext.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309210610/http://members.fortunecity.com/bookdepository/stories/pratchett/trollbridge/trollbridgetext.html |archive-date=2012-03-09 |title=Troll Bridge |publisher=Members.fortunecity.com |access-date=9 March 2012}}
• "Theatre of Cruelty" (1993); available online{{cite web |url=http://www.lspace.org/books/toc/ |title=The L-Space Web: Theatre of Cruelty |website=Lspace.org |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=3 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103172032/http://www.lspace.org/books/toc/ |url-status=live }}
• "The Sea and Little Fishes" – in Legends (1998), anthology of novellas taking place within popular fantasy cycles edited by Robert Silverberg
• "Death and What Comes Next" (2002); available online{{cite web |url=http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/ |title=The L-Space Web: Death and What Comes Next |website=Lspace.org |access-date=2018-04-10 |archive-date=2 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002125242/http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/ |url-status=live }}
• "A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices" (2005) – first published in the 13 May 2005 issue of The Times Higher Education Supplement{{cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/a-collegiate-casting-out-of-devilish-devices/195991.article |title=A collegiate casting-out of devilish devices |date=May 13, 2005 |access-date=October 6, 2020 |publisher=Times Higher Education |url-access=subscription |archive-date=4 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004191523/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/a-collegiate-casting-out-of-devilish-devices/195991.article |url-status=live }} included in certain editions of Snuff;{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}} available online

Seven of the short stories or short writings were also collected in a compilation of the majority of Pratchett's known short work named Once More* With Footnotes (2004).

Additionally, another short story "Turntables of the Night" (1989) is set in England but features Death as a character; it is available online and in both anthologies.

Five short stories republished in A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories (2023) constitute the first known works by Pratchett that include early versions of places and characters that would later become parts of Discworld. Pratchett authored most of them under a pseudonym that remained unlinked to him for decades, until posthumously discovered in 2022.{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Marlene |date= September 22, 2023 |title=A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/a-stroke-of-the-pen-the-lost-stories-1801075 |journal= Library Journal|volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608033337/https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/a-stroke-of-the-pen-the-lost-stories-1801075 |archive-date=2024-06-08 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/a-stroke-of-the-pen-the-lost-stories-by-terry-pratchett-review-t6b7rlm7l |title=A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett review — unearthed gems -- Newly discovered tales inspired Discworld and much more |last=Power |first=Chris |date=October 22, 2023 |work=The Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608041356/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/a-stroke-of-the-pen-the-lost-stories-by-terry-pratchett-review-t6b7rlm7l |archive-date=2024-06-08 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780063376199 |title=A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories |last= |first= |date=2023|work=Publishers Weekly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608180937/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780063376199 |archive-date=2024-06-08 |quote=}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/22/a-stroke-of-the-pen-by-terry-pratchett-audiobook-review-brimming-with-wit |title=A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett audiobook review – brimming with wit -- David Tennant, Claire Foy and Derek Jacobi are among the narrators of early short stories that offer a glimpse into how the writer found his voice |last=Sturges |first=Fiona |date= December 22, 2023 |work=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608033335/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/22/a-stroke-of-the-pen-by-terry-pratchett-audiobook-review-brimming-with-wit |archive-date=2024-06-08 |quote=}}

Although Terry Pratchett said, "There are no maps. You can't map a sense of humour,"{{cite magazine|last1=Kehe|first1=Jason|title=Remembering Terry Pratchett, a Fantasy Icon|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/03/rip-terry-pratchett/|magazine=Wired|access-date=13 August 2015|date=12 March 2015|archive-date=17 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817132257/http://www.wired.com/2015/03/rip-terry-pratchett/|url-status=live}} there are four "Mapps": The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (1993), The Discworld Mapp (1995), A Tourist Guide to Lancre (1998), and Death's Domain (1999). The first two were drawn by Stephen Player, based on plans by Pratchett and Stephen Briggs, the third is a collaboration between Briggs and Paul Kidby, and the last is by Kidby. All also contain booklets written by Pratchett and Briggs. Terry later collaborated with the Discworld Emporium to produce two much larger works, each with the associated map with the book in a folder, The Compleat Ankh-Morpork City Guide (2012) and The Compleat Discworld Atlas (2015).{{cite web|url=https://colinsmythe.co.uk/terry-pratchett/discworld/graphic-art/|title=Graphic / Art|first=Colin|last=Smythe|access-date=14 December 2018|archive-date=1 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101184339/http://colinsmythe.co.uk/terry-pratchett/discworld/graphic-art/|url-status=live}}

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Death's Domain is a book by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs,{{Cite book|title=Death's domain : a Discworld mapp|last=Paul.|first=Kidry|date=1999|publisher=Corgi|isbn=9780552146722|oclc=43459784}} and illustrated by Paul Kidby. It is the fourth in the Mapp series. It was first published in paperback by Corgi in 1999.{{ISFDB title|id=846163|title=Death's Domain}} It was the second in the series to be illustrated by Kidby.{{Cite web|url=http://www.paulkidby.com/about/publications/|title=Paul Kidby Publications {{!}} The Charmed Realm {{!}} Paul Kidby|website=www.paulkidby.com|date=4 January 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-24}} As with the other "mapps", the basic design and booklet were compiled by Pratchett and Briggs.

The Mapp shows the parasite universe of Death's Domain. The accompanying booklet provides various details of the Domain, both as portrayed in the Discworld books and newly revealed.

In Death's Domain, the concept of steam locomotives on Discworld is introduced,Death's Domain, p. 21 (last page with text) which became the main theme of Pratchett's Discworld novel Raising Steam fourteen years later.

In the live-action adaptations of Hogfather and The Colour of Magic, Dorney Court is the real-life location used for the exterior of Mon Repos, Death's house.

Pratchett also collaborated with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen on four books, using the Discworld to illuminate popular science topics. Each book alternates chapters of a Discworld story and notes on real science related to it. The books are:

• The Science of Discworld (1999). {{Isbn|978-0-09-186515-3}}.
• The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (2002). {{Isbn|978-0-09-188805-3}}.
• The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch (2005). {{Isbn|978-0-09-189823-6}}.
• The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (2013). {{Isbn|978-0-09-194979-2}}.

David Langford has compiled two Discworld quiz books:

• The Unseen University Challenge (1996), parodying the TV quiz show University Challenge. {{Isbn|978-0-575-60000-3}}.
• The Wyrdest Link (2002), parodying the TV quiz show The Weakest Link. {{Isbn|978-0-575-07319-7}}

{{Main|Discworld Diary}}

Most years see the release of a Discworld Diary and Discworld Calendar, both usually following a particular theme.

The diaries feature background information about their themes. Some topics are later used in the series; the character of Miss Alice Band first appeared in the Assassins' Guild Yearbook, for example.{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}

The Discworld Almanak – The Year of The Prawn has a similar format and general contents to the diaries.

Other Discworld publications include:

• The Josh Kirby Discworld Portfolio (1993) A collection of Josh Kirby's artwork, published by Paper Tiger. {{Isbn|978-1-85028-259-4}}.
• The Discworld Companion (1994) An encyclopedia of Discworld information, compiled by Pratchett and Briggs. {{Isbn|978-0-575-05764-7}}.
• An updated version was released in 2003, titled The New Discworld Companion. {{Isbn|978-0-575-07555-9}}.
• A further updated version was released in 2012, titled Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far.{{cite news|first1=Darren|last1=Shan|title=TURTLE RECALL: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far {{!}} Ynci the Short-Tempered|url=http://www.gollancz.co.uk/2012/11/turtle-recall-the-discworld-companion-so-far-ynci-the-short-tempered/|access-date=31 May 2013|newspaper=Gollancz Blog|date=26 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603142529/http://www.gollancz.co.uk/2012/11/turtle-recall-the-discworld-companion-so-far-ynci-the-short-tempered/|archive-date=3 June 2013}} {{Isbn|978-0-575-09120-7}}.
• A new updated version was released in 2021, titled The Ultimate Discworld Companion. {{Isbn|978-1-473-22350-9}}.
• The Pratchett Portfolio (1996) A collection of Paul Kidby's artwork, with notes by Pratchett. {{Isbn|978-0-575-06348-8}}.
• Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (1999) A collection of Discworld recipes, combined with etiquette, language of flowers etc., written by Pratchett with Stephen Briggs and Tina Hannan. Illustrated by Paul Kidby. {{Isbn|978-0-385-60005-7}}.
• The Art of Discworld (2004) Another collection of Paul Kidby's art. {{Isbn|978-0-06-075827-1}}.
• The Discworld Almanak (2004) An almanac for the Discworld year, in the style of the Diaries and the Cookbook, written by Pratchett with Bernard Pearson. {{Isbn|978-0-385-60683-7}}.
• Where's My Cow? (2005) A Discworld picture book referenced in Thud! and Wintersmith, written by Pratchett with illustrations by Melvyn Grant. {{Isbn|978-0-385-60937-1}}.
• The Unseen University Cut Out Book (2006) Build your own Unseen University, written by Pratchett with Alan Batley and Bernard Pearson, published 1 October 2006. {{Isbn|978-0-385-60944-9}}
• The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld (2007) A collection of quotations from the series. {{Isbn|978-0-385-61177-0}}
• The Folklore of Discworld (2008) A collaboration with British folklorist Jacqueline Simpson, discussing the myths and folklore used in Discworld. {{Isbn|978-0-385-61100-8}}
• The World of Poo (2012) Another in-universe children's book (similar to Where's My Cow), referenced in Snuff. {{Isbn|978-0-85752-121-7}}
• The Compleat Ankh-Morpork: City Guide{{cite web|title=The Compleat Ankh-Morpork: City Guide|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13536349-the-compleat-ankh-morpork|publisher=Good Reads|access-date=2 August 2013|archive-date=24 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224015224/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13536349-the-compleat-ankh-morpork|url-status=live}} (2012) The complete guide to the city of Ankh-Morpork. {{Isbn|978-0-85752-074-6}}
• Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook (2014){{cite book|title=Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook (Discworld): Terry Pratchett|isbn=978-0-85752-243-6|last1=Pratchett|first1=Terry|last2=Bradshaw|first2=Georgina|date=9 October 2014|publisher=National Geographic Books }} A guide book to the new railway system on the Disc; a parody of Bradshaw's Guides, and mentioned in Raising Steam. {{Isbn|978-0-85752-243-6}}.
• The Compleat Discworld Atlas (2015) A follow-up to The Compleat Ankh-Morpork, and the Discworld Emporium's final collaboration with Terry Pratchett. {{Isbn|978-0-85752-130-9}}.
• The Ankh-Morpork Archives Vol. 1 (2019) and Vol. 2 (2020) - anthologies of material written for the Discworld Diaries.
• The Nac Mac Feegle's Big Wee Alphabet Book (2022) - a parody of children's alphabet books, using words from the Scots-like Feegle language. {{Isbn|978-1-99980-810-5}}.
• Mr Bunnsy Has an Adventure{{cite web |url=https://discworld.com/products/collectable-books/mr-bunnsy-has-an-adventure/ |title=Mr Bunnsy has an Adventure |publisher=Discworld.com |access-date=2023-05-13}} (2023) - a tie-in with The Amazing Maurice, a facsimile of the book from the story based on the version seen in the film.
• Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch (2023) - the first published Discworld work written by Rhianna Pratchett, announced in May 2023. Co-authored with Gabrielle Kent and illustrated by Paul Kidby.{{Cite tweet |user=rhipratchett |number=1657075339489574931 |title=BIG NEWS! Grab your frying pans and start practicing your hard stare, there's witching afoot!}}

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The books take place roughly in real time and the characters' ages change to reflect the passing of years. The meetings of various characters from different narrative threads (e.g., Ridcully and Granny Weatherwax in Lords and Ladies, Rincewind and Carrot in The Last Hero) indicate that all the main storylines take place around the same period (end of the Century of the Fruitbat, beginning of the Century of the Anchovy). The main exception is the stand-alone book Small Gods, which appears to take place at some point earlier than most of the other stories, though even this contains cameo appearances by Death and the Librarian.

Some main characters may make cameo appearances in other books where they are not the primary focus; for example, City Watch members Carrot Ironfoundersson and Angua appear briefly in Going Postal, Making Money, and Unseen Academicals (placing those books after Guards! Guards! and Men at Arms). A number of characters, such as members of staff of Unseen University and Lord Vetinari, appear prominently in many different storylines without having specific storylines of their own. The two most frequently recurring central protagonists, Rincewind and Sam Vimes, are very briefly in a room together in The Last Hero, but they do not interact.

After Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, he said that he would be happy for his daughter Rhianna to continue the series.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2012/11/terry-pratchett-my-daughter-rhianna-will-take-over-discworld-when-im-gone|title=Terry Pratchett: My daughter Rhianna will take over the Discworld when I'm gone|date=14 November 2012|magazine=New Statesman|access-date=14 November 2012|archive-date=17 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117004308/http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2012/11/terry-pratchett-my-daughter-rhianna-will-take-over-discworld-when-im-gone|url-status=live}} Pratchett co-founded Narrativia in 2012 along with Rob Wilkins to serve as a production company for adaptations of his works, with Rhianna as a member of its writing team. Rhianna Pratchett said that she would be involved in spin-offs, adaptations and tie-ins, but there would be no more novels.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/terry-pratchett-discworld-series-comes-to-an-end-as-daughter-rhianna-rules-out-future-books-10312426.html|title=Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is definitely over as daughter Rhianna rules out future books|date=12 June 2015|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731131837/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/terry-pratchett-discworld-series-comes-to-an-end-as-daughter-rhianna-rules-out-future-books-10312426.html|url-status=live}} The first such spin-off by Rhianna was the tie-in book Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch, co-written with children's author Gabrielle Kent.

Most of Pratchett's novels have been released as audio cassette and CD audiobooks.

• Unabridged recordings of books 1–23 in the above list, except for books 3, 6 and 9, are read by Nigel Planer. Books 3 and 6 are read by Celia Imrie. Book 9 and most of the books from 24 onward are read by Stephen Briggs.
• Abridged versions are read by Tony Robinson.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/10-essential-audiobooks-need-listen/|title=10 essential audiobooks you need to listen to|magazine=Empire|date=17 August 2016|access-date=30 October 2018|archive-date=30 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030091005/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/10-essential-audiobooks-need-listen/|url-status=live}}
• Fantastic Audio also recorded two Discworld novels: Thief of Time{{cite web |author=Rodger Turner |url=https://www.sfsite.com/04a/st125.htm |title=A Conversation With Stefan Rudnicki |publisher=The SF Site |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309120402/https://www.sfsite.com/04a/st125.htm |url-status=live }} and Night Watch.{{cite web |url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/14073/night-watch-by-terry-pratchett/ |title=NIGHT WATCH by Terry Pratchett Read by Stefan Rudnicki Gabrielle de Cuir Harlan Ellison | Audiobook Review |publisher=AudioFile Magazine |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=18 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118040529/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/14073/night-watch-by-terry-pratchett/ |url-status=live }}
• Penguin have released a new line of Discworld audiobooks between 2022 and 2023. Voice talent includes Andy Serkis, Ariyon Bakare, Colin Morgan, Indira Varma, and Sian Clifford, as well as Peter Serafinowicz and Bill Nighy.[https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/discworld-audio-announcement/ Terry Pratchett's Discworld] Featuring theme music by composer James Hannigan.

The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic,{{cite web|title=The Colour of Magic|url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/the-colour-of-magic/4050-51567/|publisher=Comic Vine|access-date=4 September 2016|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201131615/https://comicvine.gamespot.com/the-colour-of-magic/4050-51567/|url-status=live}} Mort,{{cite web|title=Mort (1994)|url=http://www.comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=32113|publisher=Comic Book DB|access-date=4 September 2016|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315162523/http://www.comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=32113|url-status=live}} Guards! Guards!,{{cite web|title=Guards! Guards! (2000)|url=http://www.comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=25818|publisher=Comic Book DB|access-date=4 September 2016|archive-date=16 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916010520/http://www.comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=25818|url-status=live}} and Small Gods{{cite web|author-link=Terry Pratchett|author=Terry Pratchett|title=Something very much to look forward to on 14th July 2016 #smallgodsgraphicnovel @raisegrate|url=https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/690232902278332416|publisher=Twitter|access-date=4 September 2016|date=21 January 2016|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108094156/https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/690232902278332416|url-status=live}} have been adapted into graphic novels. Adaptations of Thief of Time, The Wee Free Men, and Monstrous Regiment have been announced but not yet released.{{cite web|url=https://terrypratchett.com/news/discworld-graphic-novel-universe/ |website=TerryPratchett.com |date=18 April 2025 |access-date=28 April 2025 |title=Announcing the Discworld Graphic Novel Universe}}

Due in part to the complexity of the novels, Discworld has been difficult to adapt to film – Pratchett was fond of an anecdote of a producer attempting to pitch an adaptation of Mort in the early 1990s but was told to "lose the Death angle" by US backers.{{cite newsgroup |title= DW Film... (was Re: Guards! Guards! play |author= Terry Pratchett |author-link= Terry Pratchett |date= 2 November 1992 |newsgroup= alt.fan.pratchett |message-id= memo.725659@cix.compulink.co.uk |url= https://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.pratchett/msg/74f15906c92f4212?dmode=source |access-date= 9 June 2007 |archive-date= 13 October 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101013101659/http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.pratchett/msg/74f15906c92f4212?dmode=source |url-status= live }}

Cosgrove Hall produced several animated adaptations for Channel 4 from 1996 to 1997. All three star Christopher Lee as Death. These were made available on DVD and VHS in the US from Acorn Media.

• Welcome to the Discworld (1996) – an 8-minute animated television adaptation of a fragment of Reaper Man.
• Soul Music (1997) – also featuring Neil Morrissey and Graham Crowden. The soundtrack to Soul Music was also released on CD, and an accompanying book with stills and script was released.
• Wyrd Sisters (1997) – starring Annette Crosbie, June Whitfield, Jane Horrocks and Les Dennis.

Three television movies were commissioned by Sky One in the late 2000s, each of which were broadcast in two parts. Terry Pratchett cameos as a minor character in all three.

• Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (2006), an adaptation of Hogfather with Ian Richardson as Death, David Jason as Albert and Michelle Dockery as Susan Sto Helit. It was first broadcast in December 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/13757/sky-set-for-more-pratchett-adaptations|title=The Stage / News / Sky set for more Pratchett adaptations|date=6 March 2012|url-status=deviated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306210403/http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/13757/sky-set-for-more-pratchett-adaptations|archive-date=6 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0765458/fullcredits |title=Hogfather (TV Movie 2006) – Full Cast & Crew – IMDb |publisher=Uk.imdb.com |date=2009-05-01 |access-date=2014-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425102304/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0765458/fullcredits |archive-date=25 April 2013 }}
• Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (2008), based on both The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, starring David Jason as Rincewind. Christopher Lee replaces the late Ian Richardson in the role of Death.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079959/fullcredits#cast|title=The Colour of Magic (2008– ): Full Cast & Crew|website=IMDb.com|access-date=2017-03-03|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220121612/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079959/fullcredits#cast|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moriareviews.com/fantasy/colour-of-magic-tv-2008.htm|title=The Colour of Magic (2008)|date=11 January 2009|access-date=4 January 2021|archive-date=20 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220043040/http://www.moriareviews.com/fantasy/colour-of-magic-tv-2008.htm|url-status=live}}
• Terry Pratchett's Going Postal (2010), an adaptation of Going Postal starring Richard Coyle, David Suchet, Charles Dance, Claire Foy, Steve Pemberton, Andrew Sachs and Tamsin Greig.

The Amazing Maurice is a UK-Germany co-production CGI-animated feature film, with a screenplay by Terry Rossio closely adapting the 28th Discworld stand-alone novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents of 2001. The film stars the voices of Hugh Laurie — as the eponymous lead character of the streetwise talking ginger tomcat Maurice, who befriends a group of talking rats and a pet human to run a money-spinning "Pied Piper" scam across Discworld — with Emilia Clarke, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton, Ariyon Bakare, David Tennant, Julie Atherton, Joe Sugg, Rob Brydon, Hugh Bonneville, David Thewlis, and Peter Serafinowicz cameoing as Death. The film's musical score was composed by Tom Howe with English singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin. It had its premiere at the Manchester Animation Festival on 13 November 2022 before going on to general release at the end of 2022.

{{cite web|last1=Levine|first1=Nick|url=https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/casting-news-hugh-laurie-and-emilia-clarke-to-voice-terry-pratchett-animated-movie-the-amazing-maurice--50870|title=Casting News: Hugh Laurie and Emilia Clarke to Voice Terry Pratchett Animated Movie 'The Amazing Maurice'|date=November 5, 2020|access-date=November 6, 2020|website=BBC America|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105155326/https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/casting-news-hugh-laurie-and-emilia-clarke-to-voice-terry-pratchett-animated-movie-the-amazing-maurice--50870|archive-date=November 5, 2020|url-status=live}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10473036/|title= The Amazing Maurice (2022) IMDb|website= IMDb}}

The same film production companies are putting together a CGI-animated feature film sequel to this film due for release in 2027.

{{cite news |last1=Milligan |first1=Mercedes |title=‘The Amazing Maurice 2’ Is Ready to Pounce with Epsilon Film on Sales |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/10/the-amazing-maurice-2-is-ready-to-pounce-with-epsilon-film-on-sales/ |access-date=24 October 2024 |work=Animation Magazine |date=24 October 2024}}

• Run Rincewind Run! (2007): A Snowgum Films original story created as a short film for Nullus Anxietas, the Australian Discworld convention. Stars Troy Larkin as Rincewind, and features Terry Pratchett as himself.
• Troll Bridge (2019): A live-action / hand-animated short film by the Australian group Snowgum Films.{{cite web|url=https://www.trollbridge.film/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127154352/http://www.trollbridge.film/|archive-date=27 January 2016|title=TROLL BRIDGE | The Moving Picture|url-status=usurped|website=Troll Bridge}} It premiered at the Flickerfest International Film Festival in January 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.trollbridge.film/screenings|title=TROLL BRIDGE | Screenings & Events|website=Troll Bridge|access-date=28 April 2020|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804084328/https://www.trollbridge.film/screenings|url-status=usurped}}
• The Watch, a TV series inspired by{{cite web|url=https://discworldmonthly.co.uk/terrypratchett_thewatchseries.php|title=Terry Pratchett's Discworld The Watch TV Series|website=Discworld Monthly|access-date=30 November 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116193640/https://discworldmonthly.co.uk/terrypratchett_thewatchseries.php|url-status=live}} the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, The Watch has been in development by Terry and then Rhianna Pratchett since 2011.{{cite news|last=Pratchett|first=Rhianna|author-link=Rhianna Pratchett|title=Announcing the birth of Narrativia – a production company run by myself, Rod Brown & @terryandrob. First up are Good Omens & The Watch|url=https://twitter.com/rhipratchett/status/240076457597083648|access-date=9 September 2012|newspaper=Twitter|date=27 August 2012|archive-date=9 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209213142/https://twitter.com/rhipratchett/status/240076457597083648|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Pratchett|first=Rhianna|author-link=Rhianna Pratchett|title=@thebitterguy @terryandrob Good Omens will be a TV movie & The Watch is planned as a 13-part TV series|url=https://twitter.com/rhipratchett/status/240889587013136384|access-date=9 September 2012|newspaper=Twitter|date=29 August 2012|archive-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207120934/https://twitter.com/rhipratchett/status/240889587013136384|url-status=live}} It was greenlit as an eight-episode series by BBC America in October 2018, with Simon Allen as writer and Hilary Salmon, Ben Donald, Rob Wilkins and Phil Collinson as executive producers.{{cite web | url = https://deadline.com/2018/03/terry-pratchetts-discworld-set-for-tv-adaptation-with-bbc-studios-narratavia-1202306774/ | title = Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' Set For TV Adaptation With BBC Studios & Narrativia | first = Peter | last = White | date = 1 March 2018 | access-date = 31 October 2018 | work = Deadline Hollywood | archive-date = 16 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180916095844/https://deadline.com/2018/03/terry-pratchetts-discworld-set-for-tv-adaptation-with-bbc-studios-narratavia-1202306774/ | url-status = live }}{{cite web | url = https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/31/bbc-america-greenlights-new-series-based-on-terry-pratchetts-discworld-novels | title = BBC America Greenlights New Series Based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels | first= Nick | last =Santangelo | date = 31 October 2018 | access-date = 31 October 2018 | work = IGN }} However, Rhianna Pratchett has since distanced herself from the adaptation.{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/12/bbc-the-watch-shares-no-dna-with-terry-pratchett-work-daughter-rhianna | title = BBC's The Watch 'shares no DNA with Terry Pratchett's work', says daughter | website = TheGuardian.com | date = 12 October 2020 | last1 = Flood | first1 = Alison }}

• Mort (2001): A fan movie adaptation of the eponymous novel by Orange Cow Production, 26 minutes.{{cite web|url=http://orangecow.org/lamovies/mort.html|title=Orange Cow Productions: Short Films|website=Orangecow.org|access-date=2017-03-03|archive-date=14 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714054640/http://orangecow.org/lamovies/mort.html|url-status=live}}
• Lords and Ladies (2005): A fan movie adaptation of Lords and Ladies by Almost No Budget Films was completed in Germany.{{cite web|url=http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~jknoblo2/LnL/index.html|title=Lords and Ladies|date=15 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815094750/http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~jknoblo2/LnL/index.html|archive-date=15 August 2010}}

There have been several BBC Radio adaptations of Discworld stories, including:

• Eric (1990), a 4-part dramatised adaptation began airing on BBC Radio 4 on 6 March 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r0zb9 |title=BBC Radio 4 Extra – Terry Pratchett, Eric, Episode 1 |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2013-03-06 |access-date=2014-08-18 |archive-date=19 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519222835/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r0zb9 |url-status=live }}
• Guards! Guards!, six 30-minutes episodes, first broadcast in 1992, narrated by Martin Jarvis{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jmk0|title=BBC Radio 4 - Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!, Episode 1|work=BBC|access-date=17 March 2015|archive-date=17 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317171039/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jmk0|url-status=live}}
• Mort, four 30-minutes episodes, first broadcast in 2004, starring Anton Lesser and Geoffrey Whitehead{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k0v6|title=BBC Radio 4 - Terry Pratchett, Mort, Episode 1|work=BBC|access-date=17 March 2015|archive-date=20 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420044419/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k0v6|url-status=live}}
• Night Watch five 30-minutes episodes, first broadcast in 2008, starring Ben Onwukwe and Philip Jackson{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010ns71|title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - Terry Pratchett, Night Watch, Episode 1|work=BBC}}
• Small Gods, four 30-minutes episodes, first broadcast in 2006, starring Anton Lesser{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b1p28|title=BBC Radio 4 - Terry Pratchett, Small Gods, Episode 1|work=BBC|access-date=17 March 2015|archive-date=25 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225051152/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b1p28|url-status=live}}
• Wyrd Sisters, four 30-minutes episodes, first broadcast in 1995, starring Sheila Hancock, Lynda Baron and Deborah Berlin{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jl80|title=BBC Radio 4 - Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters, Episode 1|work=BBC|access-date=17 March 2015|archive-date=17 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317171331/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jl80|url-status=live}}

• Stephen Briggs published stage adaptations of 18 Discworld novels. Most of them were first produced by the Studio Theatre Club in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. They include adaptations of The Truth, Maskerade, Mort, Wyrd Sisters and Guards! Guards!{{cite web |url=http://www.stephenbriggs.com/the-plays |title=The Plays |website=Stephenbriggs.com |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=25 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325030051/http://www.stephenbriggs.com/the-plays |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Richard Wilson |url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/theatre/amdram/10812299.The_Rince_Cycle___The_Unicorn_Theatre__Abingdon__Fun_and_fantasy_in_a_wizard_of_a_play_/ |title=The Rince Cycle @ The Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon 'Fun and fantasy in a wizard of a play' (From Oxford Mail) |website=Oxfordmail.co.uk |date=2013-11-15 |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=29 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329194724/http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/theatre/amdram/10812299.The_Rince_Cycle___The_Unicorn_Theatre__Abingdon__Fun_and_fantasy_in_a_wizard_of_a_play_/ |url-status=live }}
• Irana Brown directed her adaptation of Lords and Ladies, first performed in 1995 at the Winton Studio Theatre. Her adaptation was published in 2001 by Samuel French, and is still being performed as of 2016.{{cite web |last=Horne |first=Ella |url=https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/book/lords-and-ladies-the-play/ |title=Lords and Ladies - The Play - Terry Pratchett |website=Terrypratchettbooks.com |date=2017-02-14 |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120213022/https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/book/lords-and-ladies-the-play/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.peoplestheatre.co.uk/whats-on/lords-and-ladies |title=Lords and Ladies | People's Theatre |website=Peoplestheatre.co.uk |access-date=2017-03-03}}
• Allen Stroud directed his adaptation of Reaper Man in 1996, first performed at the Winton Studio Theatre. He retains the script version.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allenstroud.co.uk/2015/03/what-terry-pratchett-means-to-me.html|title=What Terry Pratchett Means to Me.|access-date=18 December 2022}}
• A stage version of Eric, adapted by Scott Harrison and Lee Harris, was produced and performed by The Dreaming Theatre Company in July 2003 inside Clifford's Tower, the 700-year-old castle keep in York.{{cite web |url=http://www.funny.co.uk/theatre/terry-pratchetts-comedy-eric-in-york-now/ |title=Terry Pratchett's Comedy "Eric" In York NOW! | Funny.co.uk - UK Comedy Site |website=Funny.co.uk |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=18 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118101008/http://www.funny.co.uk/theatre/terry-pratchetts-comedy-eric-in-york-now/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/dwm0074.php |title=Issue 74 |publisher=Discworld Monthly |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=18 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118041651/http://discworldmonthly.co.uk/dwm0074.php |url-status=live }} It was revived in 2004 in a tour of England,{{cite web |url=http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/whats-on/sallis-benney-events/theatre-events-2004/theatre-events-may/the-dreaming-ltd-present-terry-pratchetts-eric |title=The Dreaming Ltd present Terry Pratchett's "Eric" | Theatre Events May | Arts and Humanities |website=Arts.brighton.ac.uk |date=2004-05-02 |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=18 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118042116/http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/whats-on/sallis-benney-events/theatre-events-2004/theatre-events-may/the-dreaming-ltd-present-terry-pratchetts-eric |url-status=live }} along with Robert Rankin's The Antipope.
• Small Gods was adapted for the stage by Ben Saunders and was performed in February 2011 at the Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham by Ooook! Productions{{cite web |url=https://www.palatinate.org.uk/preview-terry-prachetts-small-gods-by-ooook-productions/ |title=Preview: Terry Pratchett's 'Small Gods' by Ooook! Productions | Palatinate Online |website=Palatinate.org.uk |date=31 January 2011 |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=17 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117070033/https://www.palatinate.org.uk/preview-terry-prachetts-small-gods-by-ooook-productions/ |url-status=live }} and members of Durham Student Theatre. Ooook! Productions also adapted and staged{{cite web |url=http://durhamtheatrereview.com/c/TpbE2j9UQ8mwzH8DwwOIBg |title=DTR - Ooook! Productions |website=Durhamtheatrereview.com |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=15 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115235301/http://durhamtheatrereview.com/c/TpbE2j9UQ8mwzH8DwwOIBg |url-status=live }} Terry Pratchett's Night Watch (February 2012), Thief of Time (February 2013; adapted by Tim Foster{{cite web |url=http://durhamtheatrereview.com/r/UPfPW-HgQKC2WkTdXDx6yg |title=DTR - Reviews of Thief of Time |website=Durhamtheatrereview.com |date=2013-02-16 |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=15 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115235727/http://durhamtheatrereview.com/r/UPfPW-HgQKC2WkTdXDx6yg |url-status=live }}), Lords and Ladies (February 2014, adapted by Irana Brown{{cite web |url=http://durhamtheatrereview.com/e/Uvj6p0swQZmR1XmOXDx6yg |title=DTR - Lords and Ladies |website=Durhamtheatrereview.com |date=2017-02-27 |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=17 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117144622/http://durhamtheatrereview.com/e/Uvj6p0swQZmR1XmOXDx6yg |url-status=live }}), Monstrous Regiment (2015),{{cite web |url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/whatson/event/?eventno=23624 |title=Ooook! Productions presents - 'Monstrous Regiment' - Durham University |website=Dur.ac.uk |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=17 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117072059/https://www.dur.ac.uk/whatson/event/?eventno=23624 |url-status=live }} and Soul Music (February 2016; adapted by Imogen Eddleston).{{cite web |url=https://lineupnow.com/event/soul-music-by-terry-pratchett-adapted-by-imogen-eddleston-3 |title=Soul Music by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Imogen Eddleston | Line-Up |website=Lineupnow.com |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-date=17 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117070931/https://lineupnow.com/event/soul-music-by-terry-pratchett-adapted-by-imogen-eddleston-3 |url-status=live }}
• A stage version of Monstrous Regiment was produced by Lifeline Theatre in Chicago, Illinois in June, July, and August 2014 with an adaptation written by one of Lifeline's ensemble members, Chris Hainsworth.{{cite web|url=http://www.lifelinetheatre.com/performances/13-14/mr/index.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920205625/http://www.lifelinetheatre.com/performances/13-14/mr/index.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 September 2013|title=Lifeline Theatre :: Monstrous Regiment|website=Lifelinetheatre.com|access-date=2017-03-03}}
• A stage musical version of Witches Abroad, adapted by Amy Atha-Nicholls, was performed at the 2016 International Discworld Convention.

• Two point-and-click adventure games were created in the 1990s- DiscworldDavid Tanguay (15 October 1997). "Discworld". Adventure Classic Gaming. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011. and Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? (Mortality Bites in the US/North America)."Online Gaming Review". 1997-02-27. Archived from the original on 1997-02-27. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
• The first follows Rincewind as he is asked to look into the sudden and mysterious appearance of a dragon in Ankh-Morpork, while the second has him investigating the mysterious disappearance of Death. Discworld released in 1995 for PC (MS-DOS), Macintosh, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn, being one of the first games for the original Playstation, it came in a longbox case, rather than a CD Jewel case.
• The direct sequel, Discworld II, released the following year for PC (MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows), Playstation, and Sega Saturn. Eric Idle plays Rincewind. The game contains many hand-animated cutscenes.
• Another game, Discworld Noir, was released in 1999, for PC (Microsoft Windows) and Playstation, exclusively in Europe. It is more of a detective story, following a novel main character - a PI named Lewton.Croft, Martin (10 March 1999). "Discworld Noir Preview". GameSpot UK. Archived from the original on 6 December 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

Other video games are:

• The Colour of Magic (ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64)
• Discworld MUD (online multiuser dungeon, 1991{{cite journal | last = Karlsen | first = Faltin | title = Quests in Context: A Comparative Analysis of Discworld and World of Warcraft | journal = Game Studies | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | date = September 2008 | url = http://gamestudies.org/0801/articles/karlsen | access-date = 2010-09-29 | archive-date = 25 February 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210225163143/http://www.gamestudies.org/0801/articles/karlsen | url-status = live }}), based on the novels{{cite book | last1 = Maloni | first1 = Kelly | last2 = Baker | first2 = Derek | last3 = Wice | first3 = Nathaniel | year = 1994 | title = Net Games | publisher = Random House / Michael Wolff & Company, Inc. | page = [https://archive.org/details/netgamesyourguid00malo/page/107 107] | isbn = 0-679-75592-6 | quote = Discworld Discworld—"the land of the midnight frog, the place to be if you are a frog in a person's clothing"—is the setting. Based on the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratchett, the MUD is as social and light-hearted as an LP gets, albeit with constant bar brawls and killing sprees. For the adventurous, there are close to 40 quests based on the Pratchett stories. Check out the infamous Mended Drum, a favorite hangout. [...] Difficulty: average [...] Server: LPMUD | url = https://archive.org/details/netgamesyourguid00malo/page/107 }}
• Discworld: The Colour of Magic (Mobile phone, 2006)

Various other types of related merchandise have been produced by cottage industries with an interest in the books, including Stephen Briggs, Bernard Pearson, Bonsai Trading, Paul Kidby and Clarecraft.

Cripple Mr. Onion was originally a fictional card game played by characters in the novels Wyrd Sisters, Reaper Man, Witches Abroad, Men at Arms, Wintersmith and Lords and Ladies. A game called "Shibo Yangcong-San" (derived from Japanese 死亡 shibō, "death;" Chinese 洋蔥 yángcōng, "onion;" and the Japanese honorific さん -san) appears in Interesting Times as a tile game played in the Agatean Empire. This was used by Dr Andrew Millard and Prof. Terry Tao as the basis for an actual card game.{{cite web |title=Plain text rules |url=http://cripplemronion.info/plain_text.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209035939/http://cripplemronion.info/plain_text.txt |archive-date=9 December 2008 |accessdate=9 December 2008 |publisher=Andrew C. Millard}}

• Thud, 2002, by Trevor Truran, publisher The Cunning Artificer. It resembles ancient Norse games such as Hnefatafl, and involves two unequal sides, Trolls and Dwarves with different moves and 'capture' abilities.{{cite web|title=Thud|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4532/thud|website=BoardGameGeek|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920085450/https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4532/thud|url-status=live}} The basic overall strategy is for the dwarfs to form a large group and for the trolls to try to stop them.{{cite web |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Pratchett |author2=Trevor Truran |author3=Bernard Pearson |date=2006-09-29 |title=Rules for Classic Thud and Koom Valley Thud ("rules3") |url=http://www.thudgame.com/rules |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102200252/http://thudgame.com/rules |archive-date=2007-01-02 |access-date=2006-12-15}} A dwarf's strategy widely depends on how the trolls are advancing on the dwarf block. A good tactic therefore is to be prepared to sacrifice a few dwarfs to get in the way and slow down any trolls that are advancing into dangerous positions.
• Guards Guards, 2011, by Backspindle Games (Designers: Leonard Boyd & David Brashaw), Published in conjunction with Z-Man Games. This is a 'quest' game where players have to manoeuvre their piece around the board collecting stolen spells to return to the Unseen University, while dealing with various Discworld characters.{{cite web|title=Guards! Guards! A Discworld Boardgame|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/92776/guards-guards-discworld-boardgame|website=BoardGameGeek|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922090530/https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/92776/guards-guards-discworld-boardgame|url-status=live}}
• Ankh-Morpork, 2011, by Martin Wallace, published by Treefrog Games. This is a game where each player has a secret victory condition, usually relating to owning buildings in, or controlling, various areas of the city of Ankh-Morpork. During the game, players play cards from their hand to place control elements in the city, remove other players' pieces, or otherwise manipulate the ownership of areas.{{cite web|title=18C2C: Manifest Destiny|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9132/18c2c-manifest-destiny|website=BoardGameGeek|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922205332/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9132/18c2c-manifest-destiny|url-status=live}}
• The Witches, 2013, by Martin Wallace, published by Treefrog Games. This is a game aimed at younger players. They must move around the town of Lancre and its surrounds, dealing with 'problems' ranging from a sick pig to an invasion by vampires. It is a semi-cooperative game, in that all players can lose if the game wins, but if they resolve all the problems, then one of them will win.{{cite web|title=The Witches: A Discworld Game|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/137095/witches-discworld-game|website=BoardGameGeek|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925235233/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/137095/witches-discworld-game|url-status=live}}
• Clacks, 2014, by Backspindle Games (Designers: Leonard Boyd & David Brashaw), Published in conjunction with Z-Man Games. In this game players compete to send their 'message' on a clacks board while disrupting their opponents' messages. It resembles the game Amoeba.{{cite web|title=Amoeba/Tantalus|url=https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/810|work=boardgamegeek.com|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=26 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326025201/http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/810|url-status=live}} with its constantly changing board.{{cite web|title=Clacks: A Discworld Board Game|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/140279/clacks-discworld-board-game|website=BoardGameGeek|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025135737/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/140279/clacks-discworld-board-game|url-status=live}}
• There are several sets of fan-created rules for the card game "Cripple Mr Onion" which appears in the novels. One of them was published in Turtle Recall.

• James Hannigan: Terry Pratchett's Discworld - Main Audiobook Theme (2024; released via digital music outlets including Spotify and Apple Music)
• Dave Greenslade: Terry Pratchett's From the Discworld (1994; Virgin CDV 2738.7243 8 39512 2 2).{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000070MA |title=page |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=29 August 2009 |archive-date=11 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311221533/https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000070MA |url-status=live }}
• Keith Hopwood: Soul Music—Terry Pratchett's Discworld, (1998; Proper Music Distribution / Pluto Music TH 030746), soundtrack to the animated adaptation of Soul Music.
• Steeleye Span: Wintersmith, (2013; Park Records), a collection of folk-rock songs based on the book Wintersmith and on other Tiffany Aching stories. There is a spoken contribution by Terry Pratchett.

Pratchett co-authored with Phil Masters two role-playing game supplements for Discworld, utilising the third edition of the GURPS system:

• GURPS Discworld
• GURPS Discworld Also

A revised second edition, the Discworld Roleplaying Game, was published in 2016. It combined the content of the previous two books with new material, and updated the rules to GURPS Fourth Edition.

In August 2023, Royal Mail introduced a series of eight stamps based on Discworld characters, to mark the 40th anniversary of the first book's publication.{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66384781 | title = Stamps celebrate Terry Pratchett's Discworld saga | date = August 3, 2023 | access-date = August 3, 2023 | work = BBC }}

• Wincanton, in Somerset, UK is twinned with Ankh-Morpork, and the town is the first to name streets after their fictional equivalents.{{cite web|url=https://intosomerset.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/discworld-link-is-sign-of-somerset%E2%80%99s-entrepreneurial-spirit/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713070713/http://intosomerset.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/discworld-link-is-sign-of-somerset%E2%80%99s-entrepreneurial-spirit/|title=Discworld link is sign of Somerset's entrepreneurial spirit|website=intosomerset.wordpress.com|archive-date=13 July 2012}}[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/05/terry-pratchett-discworld-somerset Town names streets after Terry Pratchett's Discworld books] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026143103/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/05/terry-pratchett-discworld-somerset |date=26 October 2018 }} – The Guardian, 5 April 2009

On 5 November 2019, the BBC News listed The Discworld Series on its list of the 100 most influential novels.

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• {{cite book| editor = Anne Hiebert Alton, William C. Spruiell | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=X69iAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA196 | title = Discworld and the Disciplines: Critical Approaches to the Terry Pratchett Works |year= 2014 |publisher= McFarland | isbn = 978-0-7864-7464-6| ref = Alton, Spruiell}}
• {{cite book| author = Andrew M. Butler | title = Terry Pratchett: The Pocket Essential Guide |year= 2001 |publisher= Harpenden: Pocket Essentials | isbn = 1-903047-39-0| ref = Butler}}
• {{cite book| author = Craig Cabell | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tcz_AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT1 | title = Terry Pratchett |year= 2011 |publisher= John Blake Publishing |isbn = 978-1-84358-864-1}}
• {{cite book| editor = Marion Rana | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_t9LDwAAQBAJ | title = Terry Pratchett's Narrative Worlds: From Giant Turtles to Small Gods |year= 2018 |publisher= Springer | isbn = 978-3-319-67298-4}}

• {{cite book| author = Sandra L. Beckett | chapter = Chapter Four All Ages Fantasy| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=82eRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA146| title = Crossover Fiction: Global and Historical Perspectives |year= 2009 |publisher= Routledge | pages = 146–147| isbn = 978-0-415-87936-1| ref = Beckett}}
• {{cite book| author = David Buchbinder | chapter = The Orangutan in the Library The Comfort of Strangeness in Terry Pratchetts Discworld Novels| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S-sw3qbIoFwC&pg=PA169| title = Youth Cultures: Texts, Images, and Identities |editor=Kerry Mallan |editor2=Sharyn Pearce |year= 2003 |publisher= Greenwood Publishing Group | pages = 169–182| isbn = 0-275-97409-X}}
• {{cite book |author = Gideon Haberkorn, Verena Reinhardt |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2oKZ4bJyN2oC&pg=PA43 |chapter= Magic Adolescence and Education on Terry Pratchetts Discworld |title=Supernatural Youth |year= 2011 |publisher= Lexington Books |pages = 43–64 |isbn = 978-0-7391-2859-6}}
• {{cite book|author=Graham Harvey|author-link=Graham Harvey (religious studies scholar)|chapter=Discworld and Otherworld: The Imaginative Use of Fantasy Literature|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exQ4Zmtjc_sC&pg=PA43|title=Popular Spiritualities: The Politics of Contemporary Enchantment |editor=Lynne Hume |editor2=Kathleen McPhillips|year=2006|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|pages=43–45|isbn=978-0-7546-3999-2}}
• {{cite book| author = Peter Hunt | chapter = Chapter 3. Terry Pratchett| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RVOtAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 | title = Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction |year= 2005 |publisher= A&C Black | pages = 86–121| isbn = 0-8264-7760-7| ref = Hunt}}
• {{cite book |author = David Langford |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=k4qgRSodu80C&pg=PA256 |title= Introduction to Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature |edition= Up Through an Empty House of Stars |year= 2003 |pages = 256–262 | publisher=Wildside Press LLC |isbn = 978-1-59224-055-5|ref= Langford }} (см. также [http://sf-encyclopedia.uk/fe.php?nm=pratchett_terry пересказ])

• {{cite journal |author = Kristin Noone |year= 2010 |title= Shakespeare in Discworld: Witches, Fantasy, and Desire |journal=Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts |volume=21 |issue=1 |jstor=24352335 |pages = 26–40 }}

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• [http://www.dwcon.org International Discworld Convention] United Kingdom
• [http://www.nadwcon.com NADWCon] North American Discworld Convention
• [https://ausdwcon.org Nullus Anxietas] Australian Discworld Convention
• [https://discworldmonthly.co.uk/ Discworld Monthly] email newsletter and website
• [http://discworldreadingorder.azurewebsites.net/ Discworld reading order]—guide to the different story arcs
• [https://colinsmythe.co.uk/terry-pratchett/ A Discworld and Terry Pratchett bibliography]— all Terry Pratchett's publications in all languages, a chronology, short stories, book reviews, etc.
• [http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Death%27s_Domain Death's Domain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508171657/http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Death%27s_Domain |date=8 May 2019 }}, In Discworld Wiki
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