"comes close to shattering the comic pulse of the Discworld". National Public Radio described Guards! Guards! as a "solid entryway" into the Discworld novels. 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 (Vimes), Melvyn Hayes (Nobby), Robert Gwilym (Carrot), Crawford Logan (Vetinari), Helen Atkinson-Wood (Lady Ramkin), Brett Usher (Supreme Grand Master), Martin Jarvis (narrator). a stage play for the amateur stage scripted by Stephen Briggs (1993) (script later published in book form 1997). a professional stage play scripted by Geoffrey Cush and starring Paul Darrow (1998). 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). In appreciation, the ARTC made a donation to the Orangutan Foundation International. a video game loosely based on the plot of the book, with Rincewind substituted for Sam Vimes. 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. Translations Стражите! Стражите! (Bulgarian) Stráže! Stráže! (Czech) Wacht! Wacht! (Dutch) Vahid! Vahid! (Estonian) Vartijat, hoi! (Finnish) Au Guet ! (French) Wachen! Wachen! (German) שומרים! שומרים! (Shomrim! Shomrim!) (Hebrew) Őrség! Őrség! (Hungarian) A me le guardie! (Italian) I lovens navn! (In the name of the law) (Norwegian) Straż! Straż! (Polish) Guardas! Guardas! (Portuguese - Brazil) Gărzi! Gărzi! (Romanian) Стража! Стража! (Russian) Straža! Straža! (Serbian) ¡Guardias! ¿Guardias? (Spanish) I lagens namn (In the name of the law) (Swedish) Muhafızlar! Muhafızlar! (Turkish) 來人啊! (繁體中文) 卫兵！卫兵！(简体中文) Варта! Варта! (Ukrainian) Guàrdies, guàrdies! (Catalan) References External links Annotations for Guards! Guards! Quotes from Guards! Guards! Discworld reading order - The Watch 1989 British novels Discworld books British comedy novels British fantasy novels 1989 fantasy novels British novels adapted into television shows Novels adapted into comics Victor Gollancz Ltd books