Meanwhile, Corporal Nobbs and Sergeant Colon begin an investigation into the theft of the fifty-foot painting, The Battle of Koom Valley by the insane artist Methodia Rascal, from a city museum. The new recruit, Lance-Constable Salacia 'Sally' von Humpeding, along with Angua and Carrot, is attached to the investigation surrounding Hamcrusher's death. As ethnic tensions between Ankh-Morpork's troll and dwarf communities mount in the buildup to the anniversary of the Battle Of Koom Valley, Lord Vetinari convinces Commander Vimes to interview a vampire applicant to the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. It is also known as Hnefatafll or the Viking game.Īs the book opens, a dwarven demagogue, Grag Hamcrusher, is apparently murdered, and the only witness is a confused troll called Brick. A fragment of a gaming board of 18 x 18 squares, found in Wimose, Fyn, Denmark dated prior to AD400 is the first evidence of Tafl, which also regularly appears in the early Icelandic sagas. The objective is usually for the force of fewer numbers to take all the members of the larger forces whose aim is generally to stop them doing so. The game is based on games of the Tafl family, which are distinguished by the unequal size of the opposing forces.

The book takes its name from the game 'Thud' which was developed by Trevor Truran, Bernard the stout, Cunning Artificer to the Gentry, and Terry Pratchett. three weeks before it was released in Pratchett's native UK, to coincide with a United States signing tour. Thud! is Terry Pratchett's 34th Discworld novel, released in the United States of America on September 13 2005, the United Kingdom on October 1 2005, and may have been released before that date in other countries, such as Norway and Denmark.

Thud by terry pratchett