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==Adaptations== The novel has been adapted as: * a six-episode serial on [[BBC Radio 4]] (23 November - 28 December 1992) dramatised by Michael Butt and starring [[John Wood (English actor)|John Wood]] (Vimes), [[Melvyn Hayes]] (Nobby), [[Robert Gwilym]] (Carrot), [[Crawford Logan]] (Vetinari), [[Helen Atkinson-Wood]] (Lady Ramkin), [[Brett Usher]] (Supreme Grand Master), and [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]] (narrator).<ref>The L-Space Web [http://www.lspace.org/fandom/events/radio/guards-guards.html Events: Radio: Guards Guards] Retrieved 2009-05-9</ref> * a stage play for the amateur stage scripted by [[Stephen Briggs]] (1993) (script later published in book form 1997).<ref name = "doollee">Doollee - The Playwrights Database [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/briggs-stephen.html Stephen Briggs - complete guide to the Playwright, Plays, Theatres, Agent] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607123630/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/briggs-stephen.html |date=7 June 2011 }} Retrieved 2009-05-9</ref> * a professional stage play scripted by [[Geoffrey Cush]] and starring [[Paul Darrow]] (1998).<ref>The L-Space Web [http://www.lspace.org/fandom/events/plays/guardsguards/1998/spring-uktour.html Plays: Guards! Guards!: 1998] Retrieved 2009-05-9</ref> * a "Big Comic" ([[Graphic novel]]) drawn by [[Graham Higgins]] and based on Briggs' script (2000). * an audio play presented live at Dragon*Con in 2001, adapted by David Benedict and performed by the ARTC (Atlanta Radio Theatre Company).<ref>[http://artcpodcast.org/index.php?post_id=250563 ARTC's Podcast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085919/http://artcpodcast.org/index.php?post_id=250563 |date=9 November 2007 }} Retrieved 2009-05-9</ref> In appreciation, the ARTC made a donation to the Orangutan Foundation International.<ref>[http://artcpodcast.org/index.php?post_id=252595 ARTC's Podcast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085929/http://artcpodcast.org/index.php?post_id=252595 |date=9 November 2007 }} Retrieved 2009-05-9</ref> * a [[Discworld (video game)|video game]] loosely based on the plot of the book, with [[Rincewind]] substituted for [[Sam Vimes]].<ref name = "discgame"/> * a Board Game - officially launched at [[Titancon]], Belfast 24 September 2011 by Backspindle Games (Designers: Leonard Boyd & David Brashaw) in conjunction with Z-Man Games, USA. The game includes 90 Discworld character illustrations drawn by Stephen Player and respective text quotes from over twenty Discworld novels.
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