(No, this is not about OFUDisc 2)

(Nor is it about The Shepherd's Crown)

(Nor is Sir Pterry back. :( )

I've been signed up to the Discworld Monthly newsletter for many years, and it just proved its worth. I've discovered that Treefrog Games - the company that produced the massive-selling Discworld: Ankh-Morpork board game (you can buy this thing in Waterstones, people!), and who also (I now know) made a second game, The Witches... have lost the Discworld license. Apparently the estate has clamped down on the Discworld intellectual property. There is apparently no chance of Treefrog regaining it, either.

This means:

-The third game they were working on will never be made.
-(More seriously) They no longer have the right to produce more copies.

If you have been thinking of getting either of these games - or if you hadn't heard of them and think you'd like to - they are going to run out pretty fast. Board games aren't something people keep thousands of in stock.

I got Ankh-Morpork for Christmas. I've played it two or three times. It's quite long, and moderately complicated, but it is fun. On the strength of that, I've just gone and bought The Witches with no idea of how it actually plays. I'm not an impulse buyer - but this seems worth it.

I'm not saying you have to buy it (though as OFUDisc Administrator, obviously I'd be delighted if you did!). But if you intend to - now's the time.

hS