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thud n : a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) [syn: thump, thumping, clump, clunk] v 1: make a dull sound [syn: thump] 2: strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall" 3: make a crunching noise, as of an engine lacking lubricants [syn: crump, crunch, scrunch]
At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the side of the steamer.
It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was "foo", "bar", "thud", "blat".
Thud can connect to any BTech MUX that supports a certain protocol known as 'hudinfo.' By default, it is set up to connect to 3030MUX and Frontiers.
Thud (Tony's Heads Up Display) is a pure Java client designed to retrieve combat-related data from the game and display it in a easier-to-read tactical display.
Thud is written in Java, and so should run on any platform that can handle Java 1.5 or better.
This is known throughout Roundworld as Forum Thud and on the Disc as "Assuredly Expensive".
For those unfortunate souls who are, as of yet, unable to show their friends, neighbours and and the odd junk mail delivery person the phenomenon that is Thud through lacking their own personal Thud Gaming set, Thud sets can be acquired here in exchange for a reasonable amount of a certain Roundworld currency.
Those wishing to express their sense of amazement (and those wishing to express their disappointment or enlighten many in the ways they believe it could be so much better) are urged to wax prolific at the Thudgame forum.
This website is the home of Thud playing and the Thud community; a place to come together and meet, learn about Thud and the Discworld and generally hang out with others interested in Thud and the Discworld.
In these enlightened times you can replay the action from both the dwarfs' and the trolls' sides and remove the confusion from the battle.
THUD is a game of Strategy and Skill that combines the magic of DISCWORLD with an entirely unique approach to board game playing that is compelling and, you must be warned, addictive.
"Thud" is the sound that commences the novel, as a dwarf is bludgeoned to death; it's also the name of a chesslike match that recreates the battle of Koom Valley, a long-ago fight between trolls and dwarfs.
One problem with writing a comic series is that the later books have to include all the brilliant inventions from the earlier books, leaving less room for new brilliant inventions, which are, after all, the reason for writing the series in the first place.
As Thud opens Hamcrusher has just been murdered, thud "being the sound the heavy club made as it connected with the head".
I was given a Thud board game as a gift, but have not yet had the opportunity to play it.
My son gave me Thud the game for Xmas and we've played several games.
Very true, but it also says "Thud is unusual in that a game consists of two battles - if you command the dwarfs in the first battle then you'll be in charge of the trolls in the second."
Amazon.ca: Thud!: Books: Terry Pratchett(Site not responding. Last check: )
For the uninitiated, there is enough here that it can be enjoyed as a stand-alone work of comedic fantasy.
After reading 'Going Postal' (the previous discworld novel with a really good story) I was a bit afraid that the old characters are fading away somehow and that they were reduced to underparts.
That was what I criticised at that time and I pinned my hopes on 'Thud!'.
A characteristic of a book or magazine that measures its relative weight (the "thud" it makes when you drop it on a desk or table).
They are part of a growing breed: the obese magazine, publications so fat that if they were people, they might spend their time in a high school auditorium sweating to the oldies with Richard Simmons.
Andy Silverman, technical vice president of 88Open's San Jose (Calif.) Technical Center, said he's willing to play "thud factor" with any RISC vendor's book of ISVs (the 88Open Software Sourcebook comes in at 200 pages-plus) now that the group has signed up more than 200 companies.
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Jon Page wrote: > Can you further describe the 'thud'.
At first I thought the thud/slap could be heard only above forte, but now that I have been able to play SandS CD141 back at the dealership in peace and quiet, the thud/slap is there at all dynamics.
It is not the teflon click, but a woody slap along with the thud usually heard with an improperly bedded key frame (see steps 4 and 19).
With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution.
Times Review (may contain spoilers) Official Thud site and Discussion Forum including "Thud: An Historical Perspective" by Terry Pratchett
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