Pins, Games, and Grown-Up Stuff!
We've had a busy little week or two preparing lots of goodies for discerning Discworld fans, and we have rather an interesting lot to tell you about...
This week sees the launch of the long anticipated Discworld Board Game, Ankh-Morpork.
Winner of Best New Board Game in Britain at the UK Games Expo, Ankh-Morpork will astonish and astound all who play it. We may of course be a little bit biased having played a major role in it's production, but it is nonetheless a corking game of which we are very proud.
Trouble is brewing on the mean streets of Ankh-Morpork, and it's time for you to play your part in its story. Be one of seven personalities vying for control of the Discworld's premier city using your cunning and guile to complete your secret agenda. Along the way you'll encounter Wizards, Assissins, Watchmen and Theives... all of whom will affect your fortunes and contiunally change the face of this mercantile metropolis.
Whether you're hungry for power, wealth, property of simply trying to keep the peace, each visit to Ankh-Morpork promises a different player experience. This beautifully aesthetic game immerses the player in Pratchett's most unruly city, bringing Discworld to life at every turn Featuring 143 individually ilustrated cards depicting the city's most beloved characters, locations and organisations, Ankh-Morpork blends multifaceted gameplay with rich visual stylings and the distinctive humour of Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
Up to four players can assign minions to carry out their dirty work, playing on a stunning map of the city, but beware of random magic and nefarious a_ctions dealt by your cards and opponents that threaten to thwart your rise to the top.
Available to preview now, and to purchase from Monday 5th September from the link below:
http://www.discworldemporium.com/catalog.php?item=777
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Now, it was remiss of us not to explain that, as we type this message, we are all wearing berets and smocks whilst drinking free champagne. This is because today marks the beginning of The Discworld Emporium's Big Grown-Up Art Sale.
We'd like to offer you the chance to own a piece of original artwork from the Emporium's associate artist, Peter Dennis. Peter has been a professional illustrator for more years than he would care to mention, and having worked with us to complete over a hundred new Discworld images for the Ankh-Morpork Board Game, and being daft enough to sign up for a further two years work with the Emporium, he will doubtless make a name for himself in the wider Discworld fraternity.
And so, we offer the chance to add something special to your Discworld collection. We have for sale a set of four original miniature paintings, created for use on our recent 'Great Inventors of Ankh-Morpork' Discworld stamps. Portraits of Leonard of Quirm and Bloody stupid johnson, alongside two of their greatest inventions, The Kite and The Postal Sorting Engine, have been painted in exquisite detail on a single length of high quality Illustrators board in Acrylic ink and according to our brief.
As we are selling on behalf of the artist, this piece is going up for sealed bid Auction. To view the piece and for details on bidding, please follow the link below. Bidding closes on Monday the 19th of September, and the winning bidder will be contacted thereafter:
http://www.discworldemporium.com/catalog.php?item=779
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And Finally, for Discworld Stamp fans, we have a special Limited Edition Postal Artefact - The Dave's Pin and Stamp Exchange Perforator Pack!
Dave of Dave's Pin and Stamp Exchange is no fool. Acuphilia is on the wane, and he knows that today's Pin Head is often tempted to let the pin drop in favour of the glamorous and colourful world of the postage stamp. To stem the tide, he cleverly created a product that would combine the traditional charm of pins with all the excitement of stamps and celebrate the point where pin meets paper:
Perforating Pins! The Hole Point!
This limited edition postal artefact recreates an order sent from Dave's Pin and Stamp Exchange from his new line.This item will be available on this item will go on sale on Thursday the 8th of September 2011. 50 will be released at 10am BST, and the final 50 will go on sale at 6pm BST the same day to give overseas buyers a better chance of not being asleep!
For more information and to preview the item, please follow the link below:
http://www.discworldemporium.com/catalog.php?item=778