Discworld Ankh-Morpork - Tips & Strategies

Vimes is probably the easiest character to win with in four player games, challenging in 3 player games.

Vimes has to delay the game enough for all the cards to be drawn out. That doesn’t mean he can’t help his luck in the process.

1. Always play all the cards that you can. 3 and 4 card combos are the best way to go. Even if they are not optimal (assasinating a minion before playing Sacharissa Cripslock will give you one less dollar, but it’s still a good move)

2. Drumknott, Ponder Stibbons, Leonard of Quirm, The Librarian, The Hex and Moist von Lipwig are your best friends!

3. When you have the chance to dicard or give another player a card (Queen Molly, Seamstresses’ guild, even Modo) do it. The less cards you have in your hand in the end of the turn, the more cards you draw from the deck.

4. Fool’s Guild and Dr. Whiteface are bad for business. If you ever draw them, make sure you offer them to somebody who can pay the 5 dollar fee. Players drawing one less card in the end of their turn is not desireble.

5. Always ruin other players’ potential goals, while working for one yourself. I found that tricking people into thinking I’m Vetinari works the best. Spread your minions all over the place and make other players assasinate them. Hay – it’s their cards that go wasted.

6. Always play wizards (and wizzards) whenever you can. Random events are bad for everybody, except Vimes. Oh, they are very good for Vimes. Fog is a great early gift from the Hogfather every time it gets drawn.

7. Buildingwise, there are two buildings that can actually help you – The Scours and the Unreal Estate. They let you discard cards and that’s all that matters. These buildings are not essential though. You can easilly win without them.
If you have the chance, go and buy The Shades, The Dolly Sisters and Dimwell. These won’t help you a bit, but will make everybody else shed a tear in grief.

8. As every other secret personallity in this game – pay attention to the board! Never miss a single person and count tokens all the time. If somebody gets close to a potential goal – do something about it. Just make sure you camouflage it as part of your plan (to have minions in defferent areas).

Bonus tip: sinse you are Vimes, you can be pretty confidant that the game won’t end prematurely (Riots is the only card that could potentionally ruin your plan), so it is very safe to take loans from the bank. Both loan cards allow you to play another card afterwards, so make use of them.

Ah, Vetinari. He surely wants his city back.

Havelock Vetinari always knows everything. This is achieved by having the most spies around Ankh-Morpork. You have to focus on geting your minions out there, not having them in the same places and not having them assasinated.

1. Spread out. Earlier access to the Isle of the Gods will grant you access to practically every area in the game. Just be careful not to draw suspicion early on.

2. Play all the cards that allaw you to place minions, place minions but don’t place Trouble markers, etc. Dwarves, Deep Dwarves, Mr. Shine, they are all your frineds.

3. Your friends are also Faul Ol’ Ron, The Dean, Rincewind and all the Interrupt cards. Aways take advantage of effect that allaw you to change the location of your minions. Trouble is also not desireble, because you don’t want any assasinations going on. Remember, in the school for Assasins Vetinari wasn’t so good with the knife. He prefared to study languages.

4. Buildingwise you will want to get The Dolly Sisters and/or Dimwell at almost all costs. Thats 4 potential minions each and are great way to get back assasinated minions on the board. Small Gods is great building to have in case a Random effect tries to ruin your strategy. The downside is that it is very expensive and very situational. Get it only if you can without making sacrifices.

5. Fight for control. Though you have no use of it, once people know who you really are, it’s almost certenly game over. Hide your identity at all costs and take active role in the scheming and intrigue.

6. Sometimes you have to put two of your minions on the same spot. Though it might brake your heart, a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do. This is a good way to make pople belive you’re not who they think you are. As a plus side, their reactions in the end when you flip over your Vetinari card will be much more satisfying!

7. Pay attention, watch out for Trouble, watch out for Random events and you should be fine!

Vetinari is a really fun personality to play with. you have to be delicate and ruthless with him and always watch your back.
He is also my favourite Pratchett character, so go win some games with him and make me proud!

If you are playing with 4 players counterplay is quite easy to execute. This makes it particularly hard for you to win, if the others know who you are. I would advice you to do your best to keep your personality a secret to all, even if that means not following your goal as tightly.
If you manage to fool your opponents they might hand you the victory, which in my opinion is a much easier way to win with 4 players.
If you are playing with less than 4 players then don’t bother keeping your identity a secret so much. When there are less opponents the threat is much lesser and in my experience a more straightforward approach to your goal is the way to win.

This is mentioned in the rulebook, but it is really important.

You very much need to know the roles available in the game!

Watch your opponents carefully and predict which role they have, so you can work against them as much as possible.

Another good tip is try not to reveal your own role. The longer you hide it from the others, the tougher it is for them to stop you when you are about to win.

Buy a building(s) as quickly as possible. They give you incredibly powerful abilities that will be key to pulling off your victory condition or preventing your opponent from winning. Don’t wait — get these as quickly as humanly possible.