Fresh off a wildly successful Discworld RPG Kickstarter that raised over £2.4 million, Modiphius Entertainment is expanding its commitment to Terry Pratchett's beloved universe with two standalone board games heading to shelves this year.
First up is Discworld: Readers Digested, a reimagining of Reiner Knizia's Blue Moon City — the 2006 strategy game about rebuilding a fantasy city that won the Meeples' Choice Award. Modiphius is not just slapping a new skin on it, though; they have promised brand-new content alongside the Discworld overhaul. The original Blue Moon City is a resource-management and area-majority game where players contribute cards to rebuild city tiles, and the Pratchett treatment sounds like a natural fit. Pre-orders are open on Gamefound.
The second title is Kill Sam Vimes, a card game due in Q3 2026 where players take on the roles of Ankh-Morpork's Guild assassins tasked with eliminating the famously unkillable Duke. If you have read any of the City Watch novels, you already know how this will go — Vimes has a gift for turning assassination attempts into spectacular failures, and the game leans into that chaos. Players navigate traps, tricks, and the general hazard of trying to murder someone who really does not want to be murdered.
Both games join a retail edition of the Adventures in Ankh-Morpork RPG core rulebook and starter set, also arriving in Q2 2026 after backers received their copies. A further RPG expansion covering Lancre, Uberwald, and the Chalk is planned for Q4, so Modiphius clearly sees Discworld as a long-term investment.
For fans who have waited years for Pratchett's world to return to the tabletop — the last Discworld board game was Martin Wallace's 2011 design for Treefrog Games — 2026 is shaping up to be a very good year indeed.
Sources: Wargamer | Gamefound | Modiphius | Zatu Games