The Mended Drum

The Mended Drum is a bar in the fictional city-state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. It was originally known as The Broken Drum, until it burned down in an attempt at insurance fraud. It was rebuilt and renamed the Mended Drum under new ownership.

The Broken Drum is the setting for the first meeting between the central characters Rincewind and Twoflower in the first Discworld novel, Colour of Magic.

It is a favourite watering hole for the students of Unseen University, and regular haunt of The Librarian. Various other events take place in The Mended Drum in later novels.

The motto of the Broken Drum was "You can't beat it."

Real world

The University of Southern Queensland Roleplaying games club is called The Mended Drum.