'Going to Ankh-Morpork means starting at the bar of the Mended Drum, which readers of the books will know is a little like telling a cow they're going to start their exciting abattoir adventure on the killing floor.'
wrote Crapshoot, a column about rolling the dice to bring random games back into the light. This week, an adventure into the known-unknown, back in time to a world of text that still thrives atop four giant elephants riding through space on a giant turtle.
Back in 1992 though, fans released their own take on the Discworld in MUD form. MUD of course standing for Multi-User Dungeon, unlike the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, who stands for nothing. And it's still running, because otherwise this would be a very short column. Join me for a quick visit? Hey, don't look down on banged shins. They're up there with killers like stubbed toes, leg cramp and man-flu!
At this point, you'd expect to arrive in Ankh-Morpork, effective power-centre of the Discworld and certainly the most important location in the books.
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