Better Than A Poke In the Eye

01/12/2025

Discworld fans !

2026 will be known as The Year of the Curious Squid !

Artwork by Paul Kidby

21/11/2025

[Gaming News]

Modiphius Games have announced a brace of Discworld related content will be coming from their desks in 2026.

First up will Discworld: Readers Digested.

A licensed board game based on Blue Moon City by Reiner Knizia (2009), which is rethemed to Discworld with new content.
To find out more about the original board game visit https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21882/blue-moon-city
Coming to Crowdfunding website Gamefound in early 2026.

Next up will be the retail editions of Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork. A starter set with an unpublished adventure and a separate handy sized core book will be available at your FLGS (friendly local games store) from Feb 2026.

Later in 2026: Kill Sam Vimes - A Card Game will be available around the summer/autumn. "Drop your unlucky assassins into a contract to kill the Duke of Ankh while trying not to fall foul of deadly/hilarious traps and tricks."

Lastly, Discworld: Adventures in Lancre and Uberwald. Building on the success of last years Kickstarter, Discworld Adventures in Lancre and Uberwald is set to explore Lancre (and its witches), Uberwald , and the Chalk! - Coming to Kickstarter late 2026.

On a personal note.

Whilst all this sounds fantastic, I just want the actual books and other things I paid for through the Kickstarter of Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork before I give Modiphius any more money.

I also think they have missed a fantastic opportunity by retheming an old board game instead of producing something brand new. Terry never wanted to see Discworld slapped onto Monopoly, hence why all previous board games have been unique to Discworld, so I wonder why Modiphius are rethemeing an 19 year game instead of making something unique.

All infographics were created by us, and are parodies and placeholders of the products mentioned above. We mean no fowl or harm in our parodies. We were just having fun as there are no images for these items.

11/11/2025

11/11/2025

We will remember them.

04/11/2025

[Newsletter issue with Microsoft!]

We've just sent out the latest issue of Better Than a Poke in the Eye newsletter and it appears that the mail servers at Microsoft (hotmail.com, outlook.com etc) have decided that our newsletter is spam and can not be delivered. (We wonder if this is related to their outage issues last week).

Sadly the link they provide in each of these rejection emails fails to work so there is no way we can report this to them!

So for now you can read the latest issue at:
https://betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/newsletters/13

If you have an outlook or hotmail email address you can if you like let them know they are being over zealous.

Issue 13 of Better Than a Poke in the Eye has information about a crossover we never knew we needed Mr Men and Agatha Christie!

31/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

The last day of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Hard Boiled Egg"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

30/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 30 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Smoking GNU"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

29/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 29 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Travel"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

28/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 28 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Revolution"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

27/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 27 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Brassicas"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

26/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 26 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Opera"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

25/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 25 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Scones?"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!