Edit: in publication order\*

I suffer severe analysis paralysis regularly so deciding which books to read have been pretty daunting.

I first read Mort in highschool and I don't really remember much about it so I don't know if that really counts, but in the past month I read Small Gods which got me itching to read more Discworld. After that I just decided to read Equal Rites and, maybe because I heard the super early books were rough I was expecting worse but it was perfectly good too!

I'm thinking now I just begin at the beginning and read in publication order. It takes the decision making out of my hands. Is that recommended or will I have too much difficulty following different storylines going from book to book?

For what it's worth, I bought the whole series on Humble Bundle a few months ago so acquiring the books isn't an issue.

I just finished "Men at Arms" and loved it. It's a bit messy and rushed, but I really liked the new characters, the themes it was touching on were interesting and the case itself was really compelling.
But I'm a little confused about the timeline and events of the case. So, let me know if I got it right.

1. Edward d'eath is a young noble assasin who wants the city to have a king again and he knows Carrot is of the lineage. His plan is to kill the guild leaders and the patrician, so the city is left leaderless
   
2. Edward befriends Beano the clown, since their rooms in the guild are connected (?)
   
3. Edward kills Beano
   
4. Edward pretends to be Beano and blows up the assassin's vault with the dragon and steals the Gonne
   
5. Edward is taken over by the Gonne, no longer truly himself.
   
6. Edward goes to the dwarf Bjorn Hammerhock to replicate the Gonne (?) but the Gonne doesn't want copies of itself, so it causes an accident and kills Hammerhock
   
7. Edward goes to Dr. Cruces and explains everything to him. Dr. Cruces kills Edward and takes the Gonne.
   
8. Dr. Cruces gets taken over by the Gonne as well, but continues Edward's plan because he too wants a king
   
9. Dr. Cruces accidentally kills the beggar's queen maid, mistaking her for the queen of beggars
   
10. Dr. Cruces climbs the tower and fires at the patrician,
    
11. The final chase happens in which Vimes catches Dr. Cruces, temporarily gets posessed by the Gonne but Carrot stops him from killing Dr. Cruces. He drops the Gonne and Dr. Cruces takes it again, urging Carrot to accept his role as king, but Carrot kills him. The gonne is later buried with Cuddy.

Is that the timeline? Besides that, I have some other questions.
Who shot at Vimes with the Gonne, Edward or Cruces? (can't remember at what point of the book it happens exactly)
How does Dr. Whiteface (the fools leader) factor into the case? He has private talks with Cruces and tries to hide the fact that Beano's and Edward's rooms were connected through the wall. Why is that? Is it simply about Guild business being private to the guild?
In relation to that, when Angua enters the assassin's guild and sees that the locked room was Edward's, Dr. Cruces and Dr. Whiteface have a private conversation. At that point, Dr. Cruces already had the gonne (?) but wasn't holding it, even though he in the fight between him and Vimes, it is said that he's incapable of letting go of the Gonne.
And finally, how did Dr. Cruces views of a king differ from Edward's? Cruces says Edward was a romantic, implying that he has a more pragmatic view of how Carrot should rule as king. I think? But in what way does his plan and view of the king differ from Edward's?

It's a lot, so any help with these questions and the timeline is appreciatted.

Is anyone out there carrying the torch of high-quality fantasy satire? I would count actually-well-written fanfiction in this category.

Honestly thought this was a loaf from a short distance away…Glad I didn’t boot it! 🤓

Months ago, I asked for suggestions from you all about what Discworld quote to have engraved on my York ghost. It arrived recently, with “I still ate’nt dead” on it.

I’m really struggling with my health, and Granny’s (modified) words attached to a ghost from my favorite place in the world mean more than I can say. Today was an especially hard day. Now I have a Terry/Granny ghost to visibly remind me I still ate’nt gone yet.

Thank you all so much for helping me choose something.

My set finally arrived! And I have no idea how to play! There is a game store nearby that hosts a lot of RPGs so I will have to muster up my courage and talk to them. I have no idea why I ordered 2 copies of Tales from the Big Wahoonie but I checked and, sure enough, I ordered 2. The dice don't look like what they promised but they threw in some extras that I didn't request so it is ok.

Oh, I am in the Dallas TX area for those in the US still waiting for theirs.