Picture NetHack, only in the form of an RTS. Lost yet? Good. Here we go.

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We start off with seven dwarves, but will eventually get more as immigrants. (One of these days I need to start a game and change all their names to those from Snow White and then make up more as they come along like Cokey, Twitchy, Sleazy...) On the right is about one-third of the list of possible skills made available for you to start your crew off with. They each deduct points from your general store (the points are also used to buy starting food and equipment and animals). Since it's possible to reassign dwarves to new tasks at any time, and they develop as they learn, I'm just assigning a couple novice miners, carpenter, mason, and a fisherman to start with.

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This looks like a nice place to set up camp.

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Etestlegaslakahoodunnit? what

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And here we are. All that green stuff off to the left is grass, further left is the river, the mountain to the right (within which we begin our awesomest subterranean lair), and us hanging around in the middle. See if you can pick out the dogs, cats, mules, wagons and trees on your own.

Now to add the little personal touch that makes the game so much fun to post as a forum story.

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Hell yes. I automatically gave dibs to Zeor and Pikkul because I'm just unfair like that. If you're not in here, we should get more than enough immigrants next spring and you'll be slapped onto the roster then. That is of course assuming we get through our first winter without starving to death or getting prematurely assaulted by lizardmen or goblins.

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Designating the areas to be dug out. For simplicity you can just dig out a crude little hovel and stuff some beds in there to assemble a barracks of sorts, but then it's a hassle to shift things around when your dwarves start complaining about not having proper rooms. (Since the game is still an alpha, lots of features have yet to be implemented, including re-walling.) Also selected a few trees to be hacked up, as well as the wagons since they're only of any use to us as scrap now.

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Well jeez THAT didn't take long.

Update:

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There may not be any fish left in the river already, but one of our cats is going NUTS slaughtering turtles and dragging them out of the pond.

Great stuff, nice to see a thread worth subscribing to. Looking forward to the next updates.
Yes, I'm posting just to get that nice ol' dot over the thread icon.

I hope that cat adopts me.

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If this is a game...where do you get it?

I don't understand what it is...

What? I don't have an IQ of 160 :p

Great stuff, nice to see a thread worth subscribing to. Looking forward to the next updates.
Yes, I'm posting just to get that nice ol' dot over the thread icon.
OMOG MEE TWO!!!1!

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If this is a game...where do you get it?

I don't understand what it is...

What? I don't have an IQ of 160 :p
Is it really that hard? (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=dwarf+fortress&btnG=Search) :p

I'm NOT surprised I'm the only one doing any work in the job picture :mad:

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Damn. Those things rotted in less than half a day. So much for getting any use out of them.

Maybe I'll still find some use for the shells, though.

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Wow, it usually takes considerably longer to start hitting on any ores. bonz is off to a good start.

That's also the kitchen and food storage area under construction above. The area to be dug out below will be where the workshops are set up. Cyclaws set up a temporary carpenter shop just outside so we'd be certain to have the beds ready for whenever everybody starts feeling sleepy -- they're all set up now. The rooms still have to have doors placed on them to be considered as actual rooms, though, so as far as everyone is concerned it's still a barracks. Just a really neatly arranged one.

I have just made the discovery that it is necessary to do a total game inventory search to get the option of bringing any wines or ales with you when you start out, and I neglected to do that, which is not very good. If dwarves don't get their ale, their mood goes steadily downhill until they won't work, and possibly flip out and start killing one another. Fortunately, with a Still set up in the kitchen, I can set one of you jack-of-all-traders (Cisken or wormthingy) to work brewing up the plump helmets (mushrooms) that I did think of stocking up on.

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Sorry Zeor.

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Cyclaws makes a couple booze barrels, Cisken sets to work manufacturing the sweet life-giving Dwarven nectar.

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Folks getting sleepy, good thing those beds were set up.

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Pikkul working tirelessly into the night because he just doesn't believe in giving up (kinda hard to see Fisherdwarves, since they get assigned a navy blue identical to that of the water they're always found standing by).

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Looks like that cat's a troublemaker, he got into the food stores while everyone's asleep and left a stack of plump helmets lying on the ground. :mad:

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And then crawled into bed with his pet dwarf after chasing some flies around outside and rolling in the rotting turtle corpse remains.

Update:

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Slow down there man or you'll cause a cave-in or earthquake or awaken the Balrog or something.

Is it really that hard? (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=dwarf+fortress&btnG=Search) :p

ZOMG! *calls television about a man with 160 IQ*

Yes,it's that hard.


:rolleyes:

Tried playing it myself, but finding it very hard.

I never got the hang of nethack. I think the ladder in the first room got me angry, or it was a dog.. something happened and it threw me off.

I really have no patience for anything that requires learning or work.

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Not much meat left already (I'd better get a farm set up PRONTO), but we're in no danger of running out of alcohol now.

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Okay uhh apparently either Pikkul is 'servicing' Cisken as he makes booze (as it turns out Pikkul is a female dwarf), or he doesn't want any of that lame-ass stuff that's already in the barrels and is sucking it out of the Still as it is manufactured.

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HAHHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahaaha

Buahahaha. I'm gonna strike AWESOME ORE and then I'll become legendary. So there.

Looks like I'll have to brainwash that cat.

Also, I do wish I had a cool last name like Lightningcrypt. What's mine, anyway?

Also, I do wish I had a cool last name like Lightningcrypt. What's mine, anyway?
'Hornclasped'

...Oh yeah, there it is. Whoops, my bad.

Oh well, when you can mine like... a... mining... ...thing... you don't need a cool last name.

False, the clan's (or possibly area's) name is Hornclasped. Zeor's is Shegetdodók. (Edit: Or not. So the second line is the translation. Never clued in to that.)

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Oraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraora

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OH GOD NOW YOU'VE DONE IT

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Okay, no flooding this time for whatever the reason. Maybe because of that rock neatly blocking the opening you just made. Time to lay out a farm.

Umm... what's the best way to get started?
And how the heck do I build stuff?


And go Zeor go! Dig that crazy mountain!

SEE?! Silver ore, awesome ore... Just about the same thing. I rule. I even found the underground river.

Also, Hornclasped is the translation of Shegetdodók.

I think I like Shegetdodók better.

Umm... what's the best way to get started?
And how the heck do I build stuff?

http://dwarf.lendemaindeveille.com/index.php/Main_Page Go nuts. A few quick tips though:

* When you start off the interface will be fairly intrusive -- hit Tab until you've got the hotkeys listed on the right, but have the (rather useless) area map disabled.
* Build menu is accessed with B, stuff like the masonry and kitchen are under Workshops (w).
* To mine, you hit D and make sure "mine" is selected, then hit Enter once at the starting point and again at the end point. It's not a matter of click-move-click-move-click-move, you can simply excavate in nice rectangular or linear shapes.
* The first two things you'll need to build are a mason's workshop and carpenter's workshop. Build as much stuff out of stone as you possibly can, as wood is a very precious and limited resource.
* If you do not have any dwarf with the skill you need to accomplish something, hit V, move the X over them, then hit P, and L. On that list you can select which duties that dwarf will and will not attend to. Switching around tasks to get your dwarves to do specific stuff is mandatory over the first year. Later on the micromanagement diminishes somewhat.

It does take a couple days to really get the hang of.

I started again, to take advantage of the tips.
The first world I got was called The Land Of Spiritual Tempests. Owch.
However, that crashed whyle generating the map. So I started again, this time with:

The Universe Of Forever

Go on, someone try trump that!

In conclusion, I want to be the next dwarf in your awesome-except-for-name world of yours. And I shall bring my knowledge of awesome-namedness to your little dwelling!

For Pikkul or Zeor:

http://www.zestuff.com/_gfx/products/20_i.jpg

The Universe Of Forever

Go on, someone try trump that!That is pretty good. I'm still happy with the Planet of Dragons, though.

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Time really flies, huh. Dug out some extra storage space for finished crafts & goods (we'll need them to trade with the caravans that come in the fall for food and stuff). Farm's coming along.

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Pikkul decides that maybe the outside river is no longer worth his time and sets up base camp at the indoor river.

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What, I don't see anything

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Oh great, one of the turtles or fish or something got left on the cutting table and EXPLODED IN A TOXIC MIASMA that ****es dwarves off if they come into contact with it

Fortunately everybody was asleep at the time and it had cleared by morning, so no psychopathic rampages today. I mean, psychopathic rampages can be fun later on, but when we've only got 7 dwarves to work with it's no laughing matter.

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wormthingy and his little pile of light stone crafts. I've just assigned him to do a few bone and shell crafts too, since we've got rotting turtle carcasses left right and center.

Update:

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OH **** THEY'RE EVERYWHERE AND THAT'S BLOOD ON THE FLOORS AND NOBODY HAS ANY WEAPONS SKILLS

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oh god

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This simply isn't going to cut it

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Desperate times call for organized asskicking.

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HOW YOU LIKE THEM APPLES

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oh god no damnit

What is the full name of that army?

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Cyclaws is going to go stark raving mad now

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I think we got all of them, but Cisken is in pretty rough shape and if Cyclaws is even mildly annoyed by one more thing he's likely going to snap and start swinging that axe of his at friendly targets.

Edit:
What is the full name of that army?

The Tin Talons of Dye.

Update:

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Cyclaws unceremoniously carts Cisken's unconscious corpse to his bed and dumps him there before returning to milling about because there are no carpentry tasks to attend to. At least Cisken can get some proper rest now.

I love a good drama.

And I got to be squad leader, which is awesome. Take that, you snakeman jerkwads.

I can't understand any of the pictures :confused: Someone care to explain what I'm looking at??


Good story by the way :D

For Pikkul or Zeor:

http://www.zestuff.com/_gfx/products/20_i.jpgOh, so this is where that joke comes from.

Oh, so this is where that joke comes from.
Not really. It came from a VGcats strip. That's a VGcats t-shirt.

Not really. It came from a VGcats strip. That's a VGcats t-shirt.But maybe VGCats got the joke from this game?

But maybe VGCats got the joke from this game?
No, it was in context to what noobs say in RPGs.
Hang on a mo and I'll get you the comic.

Edit: There! (http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=155)

No, it was in context to what noobs say in RPGs.
Hang on a mo and I'll get you the comic.Well, this is sort of an RPG (Well, I suppose it isn't, but meh). And the joke actually makes sense in this context.

I can't understand any of the pictures :confused: Someone care to explain what I'm looking at??


Good story by the way :D

Yep, I'm confused as well.

But I got a few laughs from what I could understand anyway. Nice work. :)

Most things are denoted by their first initials. ie, those green s's are the snakemen, and if they're surrounded by a bunch of red, that probably means they're dead.

It takes a little learning to really be able to identify everything, but you get used to it.

Edit: Here you go.

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/9113/dwarveskx8.png

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/7245/objectsxn3.png

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Edit again: Munkee, if we get a sheriff, he has to be AndrewTaylor. And Paul should be some sort of noble if he can't be a librarian. :D

So, does Munkee do all the moving for you, or what?

Ah, thanks for clearing that up for me.

Put me in, you know you can't have dwarves without Scottish accents... :p

So, does Munkee do all the moving for you, or what?
AFAIK, MFAH is the one playing the game and making the story. Zero just likes to get involved.

I haven't even tried Fortress Mode, actually. I just keep playing Adventure Mode so I can stab stuff and get my guts ripped out by bears.

Well, I've managed to make it through my first winter (and rather easily, too)
I currently have 15 dwarves and 0 deaths. I also have 6 dogs and 6 cats (poor MFAH, he has no cats!)

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Liketyspli making the place livable again.

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Zeor and bonz hollowing out a graveyard. I'm not positive if the cats or any other pets count as buryable, but if they are it's better than leaving their remains on that refuse pile outside. We'll also need coffins -- Liketyspli is seeing to that.

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Someone finally gets back around to setting up the farm mechanisms. It's explained in detail in the wiki, but to summarize, I need to build a floodgate, a short channel to ensure no bugs prevent the water from flowing through, a lever (in a room set OUTSIDE of the farm space), then a second floodgate, and to link the lever up to each floodgate -- for each connection, two mechanisms are required.

Right now Liketyspli keeps trying to bring some water to Cisken, but cancelling the task because we have no free buckets. Cyclaws gets on that as soon as he's finished with the first farming mechanism linkup.

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Bucket is ready, Liketyspli takes it, and runs straight past the room with the designated well all the way to the underground river to fill it up. Moron.

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Cisken takes his fill, Liketyspli returns the bucket.

Pikkul, meanwhile, dabs away a few spots of blood outside before returning to fishing before he's gotten anywhere with it. He's freaking obsessed.

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Obsessiveness pays off, I suppose. Of course now he's only going to fish every last thing dry that much faster.

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Our first immigrant. This guy always comes by early, and with an anvil, since there's no other way you can get an anvil unless you get lucky trading. (Anvils are required to smith metals, and metals are required to smith anvils.) So I'd better make dang sure that anvil is well taken care of. Oh, and make an extra bed for this fellow.

Update:

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Welcome to the fray, Plasma, and-- oh wait, you're a girl too.

Update:

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Bedrooms are all completed.

I've seen zero's explanation of the pics, and i still dont get it.. but who cares, im in it :D
*starts studying the pics and wiki*

Welcome to the fray, Plasma, and-- oh wait, you're a girl too.
I KNEW I should have made sure that I was a man.
And if Cisken starts doing 'something' with me, then there'll be hurting!

And I abandoned my game. Ran out of food in the second summer. (tip: don't cook those Plump Helmets)
So now I'm starting a new game, and now I know how to do it properly!

Also, I think you can do without the second floodgate to start. If the first doesn't work, then you can go and install the second.

Cyclaws seems to have calmed down to "fine" status, despite the cats decaying before the coffins could be set up. Cisken is still bedridden with substantial wounds to his right hand and left upper leg, though his torso has healed.

This I failed to notice earlier however:

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There's a chance he may never recover at this rate.

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Pikkul happened to drop everything and go to bed immediately after catching a nice armful of fresh fish. Zeor and Plasma end up right in the middle of the stench next morning.

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AUGH

Edit:
And I abandoned my game. Ran out of food in the second summer. (tip: don't cook those Plump Helmets)

Major tip: cooking them cooks the whole thing, so there are no leftovers. Brewing them leaves the seeds behind, which can then be replanted when you get a farm set up. Once you've got a nice stockpile of them, you should be able to cook and brew plenty without worrying about running out except maybe in the winter. Also note that you can re-cook booze items into food items. It's actually very common to have biscuits made out of BEER and BEER.

nothing happened to me? I'm still alive!

Christ alive, Pikkul left TWENTY fish corpses to rot. Miasmas are still exploding left right and center. Way to go, man. :mad:

'Pikkul' Gikenmomuz has been quite content lately. She put the entire fort into misery by fishing a river dry and leaving all the fishes to rot on the floor after catching them. She needs alchohol to get through the working day.

Oh, also the graveyard works for dead pets (or, at least dogs) too, as you can't put them in Refuse and you can't use them as food.

And I started AGAIN, because the game didn't save...

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Cyclaws finishes hooking up the farm mechanics, yet Zeor decides to pull the lever. Whatever. Pikkul and Plasma are assigned farmers.

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Some good news, some bad. We need to get to planting those plump helmets, NOW.

Update:

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Damn, Zeor, any more awesome and you're in danger of creating an artificial singularity.

Update: Cisken has plummeted to "very unhappy", presumably from being bedridden among other things. Dwarves will go crazy because of that, too.

Update again: ****, I don't know what's wrong, but construction of the farm plot has been indefinitely suspended because everybody is "unable to reach site". This cannot be good.

Did you remember to unlock the door?

I dunno what was wrong, but it's under construction again now. And yes, I remembered to unlock the door -- in fact I had to temporarily remove it because you were shifting all the rocks off the field into the open door.

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A sure sign that winter is near. Get to work hauling those goods and building that farm, damnit!

Edit: AUGH JESUS MORE GLITCHES WITH FARM CONSTRUCTION WHAT THE HELL IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE

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A sure sign that winter is near. Get to work hauling those goods and building that farm, damnit!
Actually, it's a sure sign of winter when you have to feed an extra 8 or so dwarves.

Actually, it's a sure sign of winter when you have to feed an extra 8 or so dwarves.

What? They're not supposed to come until the following spring.

What? They're not supposed to come until the following spring.
That's the second wave. The first wave comes in Autumn.

And a quote from the Wiki:
What makes the winter so taxing?

* You cannot fish outside, nor farm for food.
* Dwarves get hungry faster in Winter.
* A wave of 8-12 immigrant dwarves may arrive just before Winter begins. Your game may end in 19 dwarves starving to death, or killing each other in berserk rages.
* By now you will need to keep your dwarves happy.


Soo... START REQUESTING NOW!
(master of awesome-namedness shall not be held responsible for any high levels of incoming spam)

Well this is my second game, and I've monitored two games on the SA forums, and besides the lone metalsmith showing up with that anvil, nobody's gotten any immigrants before the second spring. Must be fairly rare to get them in autumn, I'm guessing.

Edit:

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Woo.

Update: Those dickheads. All we got for about 20 pieces of crafts was 5 pieces of meat. Let's hope the farm produces something before winter.

Well this is my second game, and I've monitored two games on the SA forums, and besides the lone metalsmith showing up with that anvil, nobody's gotten any immigrants before the second spring. Must be fairly rare to get them in autumn, I'm guessing.
Well, I did.


Oh, and to everyone with a character; if the lack of food doesn't get ya...
http://members.iinet.com.au/~tiki/forums/dfsig.gif

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I'm not entirely sure where those snakemen sprang from; it could've been the river, or it could've been the well. All things considered the river seems more likely, so I've got some cage traps (green ^'s) being set up as defense against a potential future assault. The farm is coming along, but if those seeds don't sprout before winter they die and we're all screwed.

Edit:

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This probably isn't good. I only hope they don't come after us when they're done chasing the departing caravans.

Update:

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Good thing I just had that door installed.

Update again:

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Hahahahaha, one of the caravan's defense axedwarfs has been chasing the poor thing all over the map for a while now and has picked up the attention of another elephant.

*Benny Hill Show Theme plays*

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"I, uh.... tripped."

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Figures, the whole thing has just resulted in the whole herd moving closer, and they're inching gradually forwards. I've locked all our animals inside as a precaution, and they seem to have taken to milling around the dining room.

Meanwhile the farm is actually producing a few plump helmets. I added Zeor to the team so we'd be as efficient as possible.

Edit: I briefly saw a puddle of "rotten water" on the floor just outside of Cisken's room and Cyclaws running back to the river with the bucket to refill it. So either Cyclaws somehow spilled it just outside the door, or Cisken went berzerk and smacked it out of his hands.

Man, I hate being drafted into the... err, farm. :mad:

Heh, and right after I put up that picture too.
And I didn't think snakemen could come from wells.
The best thing to do if you get attacked by things from the river is to attack them while they're all grouped together in one corridor. That way, there's a much higher chance of them fleeing back into the river if you kill one of them.

I'm a little surprised by the lack of attention this has been drawing. Munkee'll have to just randomly pick names for a bunch of the immigrants. :p

If nobody requests, then here's a list of all people that posted in this topic but don't jave a character:
Scotworm, Gardy Looo, Paul.Power, Thomasp, Iguana, WormOfFire, Xinos, KamikazeBananze.

I'd be happy to have a character.

Winter's sure to spice things up a bit. As would a mad rampage of elephants, but it's all good. :p

Anyway, nice work. The game reminds me of harvest moon, but better, and with dwarves.

It looks rather bizarre to me, since I'm not used to ASCII games. Still fun though.

Feel free to put me in.

Go on then, throw me in :D

This thread is starting to sound like a "draw me" thread back in the fanart forum.
...
Feel free to add me. :p

Myself, I'm now into my second summer, with 34 dwarfs! By the end of this, you'll probably have to pick out random names from anyone that registered in this forum!

At this point I feel it would be useful to point out I still haven't quite worked out what exactly is going on.

At this point I feel it would be useful to point out I still haven't quite worked out what exactly is going on.
Ok then:
Dwarf fortress is a game.
MFAH is playing this game, and gave forumer's nicknames to his dwarves.
All those pictures are screenshots of the game, but you won't understand them properly until you spend two or three days playing the game yourself.
MFAH tells the story of his game in progress in a way that's easy to understand.

Also:
Miasma are those purple blocks, and they make all dwarves that walk through it annoyed.
Anything with a red square around it is dead.
Elephants are painful, and represented by an E.

I supose I should post to say I'm very much enjoying this thread.

Half the fun is decyphering the images.

This thread is starting to sound like a "draw me" thread back in the fanart forum.
...
Feel free to add me. :p

The cool thing about it is that in this case it's actually feasible. Just rename a bunch of characters at random and see how things play out. Of course, there's still the danger of me losing interest in the project, but things are staying pretty interesting. Winter will be hell, though. Maybe I'll dig out a bunch of other stuff to pass the time.

Edit: One thing I forgot to mention because I just dove in headfirst, to those of you who aren't playing, is that before you can actually play anything in the game, you need to generate a world, which can take anywhere from about 15 minutes to an hour or two because of the complexity involved. But when that world is generated, it literally creates its own unique history, which you can discover in adventure mode by talking to certain people, and as you play the game more and more, the years pass, permanently, and all the stuff you do has a permanent effect. Fortresses you build will remain etched into the mountains, the corpses of monsters you have slain will remain where you laid them to rest, and if you manage to have one of your adventure mode characters make it to retirement, you may run into him in subsequent runs. The only downside is that you can't have a fortress mode save and adventure mode save at the same time at present.

The only downside is that you can't have a fortress mode save and adventure mode save at the same time at present.
No, you can if you make a second world. But then you don't get to pop a visit to your old fortress and beat up the occupying monsters.

Oh, and in winter you'll have a lot of time in which dwarfs aren't doing anything. use this time to build up your storages and door constructions. And make extra beds for the future.

Sure, toss me in.

Dwarf tossing is a refined and cultural sport.

:D

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The elephants have wandered off, but our next test is upon us. Hopefully Cisken will die of hunger so we don't have to waste any extra grub on him. :p

We have a reasonable population of dogs now, though.

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Better reassign Pikkul to fishing. The outdoor river and ponds apparently freeze over during the winter or something, but the underground cave remains functional.

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Zeor draws his pick and resumes work alongside bonz, hollowing out some extra rooms in preparation for spring. We may all be dead by then, but hey, why not.

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Kennels. Now whenever wormthingy gets some spare time, he'll work on training our cute little puppies into ferocious war dogs. Hey, we could use the protection, as evidenced by Cisken.

Speaking of Cisken...

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His mood has remained in a steady state of decline, so Zeor, in a fit of compassion, sets up our most finely-crafted statue in his room to give him something to occupy his mind with.

We should make Eggi a noble.

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Our first war dog.

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I can just sort of picture him lying around in bed with a convoluted expression on his face, addressing his statue as Spalding and caressing it lovingly.

But seriously, this does not bode well, at least not for him.

Update:

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So apparently now he's dragging himself with his broken leg and punctured lung across the cave floors, stark naked. Good thing he's not armed.

Edit: He exhausted himself just crawling that far and collapsed for now.

Update:

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Went around in circles in the hallway for a while, now he seems to be heading for the refuse heap.

Edit: Living in the Sunlight, Loving in the Moonlight came on in my playlist halfway through this. :p

Update:

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Nope, back indoors.

AIEEE! One of my dwarves is stricken by Melancholy(went insane) and is now trying to swim up the cave river!
Edit: She didn't make it.

In other news, I'm now in my second winter with 225 food! I only needed 100!
A while back, one dwarf became posessed, and built a legendary limestone floodgate.
I now have 1,000 coins, and am expecting a noble on Spring.

Edit: Just now I got attacked by a half-dozen of rhesus macaque(very weak creatures that like to raid your food stores). Just as they reached the main gate, herds of dogs suddenly surrounded them.
RIP: 'm's.

Looks good, downloaded but not tried it yet.
Add me if you want.

Oh, and watch out that he doesn't go on a murderous rampage. In fact, I think you're able to kill him off right now, if you make the military.

AIEEE! One of my dwarves is stricken by Melancholy(went insane) and is now trying to swim up the cave river!
Edit: She didn't make it.

HAHA, oh man I want to see that happen in person.

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Back to bed, it seems.

HAHA, oh man I want to see that happen in person.

Dwarf suicide is sad, munkee :(

Well, I tried installing the new release and continuing, but it had the side effect of patching up Cisken's wounds while leaving him mentally deranged. Granted, that would have been convenient, but hardly fair. :p I did play for a while in that state just to see what would result.

Cisken ran into the kitchen area and slammed into the fishery repeatedly, went and blocked the dining room doorway deliberately, returned to his room and screamed at the statue, went back to the dining room, chucked some stones around, returned to where his clothes were and stared at his pants for a few hours, went back into the dining room again, and started jumping around naked and babbling incoherently next to Liketyspli, causing Liketyspli to get up and leave the room in the middle of a meal of turtle. Then he began molesting the remainder of the meal, knocked it onto the floor, hopped on the table and jumped around, scurried to the far end of the table where Zeor was sitting, jumped around and screeched in Zeor's face (eliciting no reaction whatsoever), then ran outside and dove into a pond and swam around for a while.

I tried setting up some cage traps to catch him, but it seems they only catch "tantruming" dwarves, as opposed to those who have gone stark raving mad and are just running around making a nuisance of themselves. Then I reverted to the previous build and restored the save.

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wormthingy has trained a couple war dogs now and they're following him around despite not actually being his pets (including sleeping in the same room), while Cisken is crawling around in the rain outside next to the refuse pile. You know, same old.

Edit: He's starving, stunned, dehydrated, exhausted, and miserable. I don't think he's going to last much longer.

Update:

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He's somehow still alive, and has arbitrarily crawled into the general construction area.

Edit: Whoop.

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Great, now poor Plasma has witnessed death. wormthingy (and no that's not Pikkul, wormthingy was promoted from peasant to fisherdwarf because he prepared some fish for eating) was far off enough to the right there that he didn't catch it.

And thus ends the epic saga of our resident psychopath.

How inconsiderate. He could've at least died outside or in bed or something. What a jerk.

I would like to adopt an immigrant, if you get enough.

Wee little Pigbuster Boo.

And what does the yellow X mean?

I would like to adopt an immigrant, if you get enough.

Wee little Pigbuster Boo.

And what does the yellow X mean?

The yellow X is your cursor, and only shows up when it is needed for targeting something.

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Pikkul bears the crutch of lugging Cisken to his eternal resting place (lower left coffin). Then he goes to get wasted on what's left of the wine.

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A bunch of horses get together and trample a random vermin to death in the entryway. Yay!

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Zeor and bonz making sure we won't be short any rooms when spring rolls around.

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VREEEP VREEEP VREEEP AWESOMENESS OVERLOAD IMMINENT ALERT ALERT EVACUATE NOW

My entire being throbs with awesome with every heartbeat. I might explode, making everything else in the room incredibly more awesome.

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HALLELUJAH

Looks like that butcher shop I was setting up can wait after all.

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Zeor and bonz, already in the middle of expanding the farm in preparation of having more potential farmers and stuff.

YEAR 1 SUMMARY

Deaths: 3 (Cisken; two cats)
Kills: 3 (snakemen)

Zeor: expert miner, dabbling wrestler, dabbling grower; happy
bonz: expert miner, dabbling mason, dabbling grower; happy
Cyclaws: carpenter, novice wood cutter, dabbling axedwarf, dabbling mechanic, dabbling grower; happy (despite having lost a pet)
Plasma: novice metalsmith, novice metal crafter, novice furnace operator, dabbling bone carver, novice grower, dabbling stone carver; quite content
Pikkul: competent fisherdwarf, novice grower, dabbling mechanic, dabbling fish cleaner; happy
wormthingy: novice fish cleaner, novice stone crafter, dabbling bone carver, dabbling building designer, dabbling grower, dabbling animal trainer, dabbling brewer; happy

Now I think I might also rearrange the dining room in preparation for expansion.

I heart this so much... :D

(I've requested already, btw)

Poor Cisken!
And I got to watch him die; Excellent!


Status report:
2nd year, Mid winter
I finally found out that I had accidently blocked my butchery, so nothing was getting killed.
I came across 5 blocks of the cavern. At the other side of a waterfall that I found.

Dwarf count: 33
Pet count: 18
Dwarves recently killed: 1 (insanity drowning)
Pets recently killed: 1 cat (old age), a hell lotta cows (butchery)
Monsters recently killed:
-Outside: A number of Rhesus Macquae.
-Cave River: Umm...
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So lets see...
MFAH fights, loses one dwarf and two cats, kills three snakemen.
I fight, no deaths, makes river turn red with enemy blood.
ON SNAPular.

i am happy :)

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New report!
Not long after that attack up there, a cave crocodile caught and killed a fisher that was off-guard.
Around that time, a dwarf gave birth. So it balances out.

New report!
Not long after that attack up there, a cave crocodile caught and killed a fisher that was off-guard.
Around that time, a dwarf gave birth. So it balances out.

reincarnation i tell you :mad:

MORE TO REPORT:
Another dwarf was born, making a total of 34 dwarves.
Also:
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LEGENDARY DWARF!
STUFF THAT IN YOUR PIPE OF AWESOMENESS AND SMOKE IT!

Poor Cisken!
And I got to watch him die; Excellent!


Status report:
2nd year, Mid winter
I finally found out that I had accidently blocked my butchery, so nothing was getting killed.
I came across 5 blocks of the cavern. At the other side of a waterfall that I found.

Dwarf count: 33
Pet count: 18
Dwarves recently killed: 1 (insanity drowning)
Pets recently killed: 1 cat (old age), a hell lotta cows (butchery)
Monsters recently killed:
-Outside: A number of Rhesus Macquae.
-Cave River: Umm...
28797
So lets see...
MFAH fights, loses one dwarf and two cats, kills three snakemen.
I fight, no deaths, makes river turn red with enemy blood.
ON SNAPular.
What the hell are you doing?

...
cool
too lazy to download the game, though:p

Poor Cisken!
And I got to watch him die; Excellent!


Status report:
2nd year, Mid winter
I finally found out that I had accidently blocked my butchery, so nothing was getting killed.
I came across 5 blocks of the cavern. At the other side of a waterfall that I found.

Dwarf count: 33
Pet count: 18
Dwarves recently killed: 1 (insanity drowning)
Pets recently killed: 1 cat (old age), a hell lotta cows (butchery)
Monsters recently killed:
-Outside: A number of Rhesus Macquae.
-Cave River: Umm...
28797
So lets see...
MFAH fights, loses one dwarf and two cats, kills three snakemen.
I fight, no deaths, makes river turn red with enemy blood.
ON SNAPular.

Your image is undeniably cool, but let's not be hijacking the thread entirely, hmm? :p

Nothing like putting "legendary bone carver" on your resumé.

I'm not even reading Plasma's stuff. :mad:

how the hell do I build a bed?

So I take it Plasma and MonkeyforaHead are playing 2 seperate games then... Would it not be better to split their stories into 2 seperate topics so that people don't get confused?

I would suggest one general topic for all players to show funny/interesting things and keep this on for mfah's game.

Cisken ran into the kitchen area and slammed into the fishery repeatedly, went and blocked the dining room doorway deliberately, returned to his room and screamed at the statue, went back to the dining room, chucked some stones around, returned to where his clothes were and stared at his pants for a few hours, went back into the dining room again, and started jumping around naked and babbling incoherently next to Liketyspli, causing Liketyspli to get up and leave the room in the middle of a meal of turtle. Then he began molesting the remainder of the meal, knocked it onto the floor, hopped on the table and jumped around, scurried to the far end of the table where Zeor was sitting, jumped around and screeched in Zeor's face (eliciting no reaction whatsoever), then ran outside and dove into a pond and swam around for a while.

Edit: Whoop.

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Great, now poor Plasma has witnessed death. wormthingy (and no that's not Pikkul, wormthingy was promoted from peasant to fisherdwarf because he prepared some fish for eating) was far off enough to the right there that he didn't catch it.

And thus ends the epic saga of our resident psychopath.

Why did I not see ths thread before! I lol'd rofl'd lmao'd and then I roflma'd!

Isn't it curious that the charater named "cisken" went bezerk? :p

Any chance of making a new cisken? Like reincarnation or something?:D

Sorry, Munkee, but I have to make a report (even if I don't have a flying $%&£ what's going on):

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what.

And, all right, it's nice to discover silver, but not where someone's bedroom was going to be...

EDIT: Okay, what's going on here?

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Dmn time-travelling duct-raccoons. Let me get my gun...

Anyway, why did I randomly start in winter?

EDIT 2: HOW I BUILD BEDS?

EDIT 3: Great, part of my roof gave in. Whoops.

Sorry Paul, the hijackings have moved thread.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30824

And you probably started in early spring. Press Z, then look at the top left corner.

Sorry for lack of updates, been a bit of a long week already. Figured that since Cisken is finally out of the way I could upgrade to the latest build so I was about to go ahead with that, only it turns out that said build includes a potential game-destroying bug when you try to get the economy started. Fun.

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Going back over some other DF topics I've seen, I'm thinking we ought to make damn sure we don't wind up with a shortage of rooms. It's going to take like a season and a half to construct enough beds as is.

Oh great, Cyclaws (carpenter) is on break. Wonderful choice of timing, bro.

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Woo, good thing pets don't consume resources.

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IT STARTS.

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uh wow that's quite a few of you guys there

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CAN WE POSSIBLY DOLE OUT ACCOMODATIONS FOR ALL THIS

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I think that about covers it. Now for reassignments. 5 fisherdwarves is waaay too much.

Update: Pretty much everyone has settled in, built a second carpenter shop so we can churn out the requisite beds faster, but--

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Uhh... yeah, that's about what I'd expect from Iguana.

Edit:

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Dude seriously are you high or something, you are asking for it so much it's almost not funny

Edit again: One of them broke his leg, he's done for

Last edit: GODDAMMIT it's a chain reaction, Philby's going to try and save his worthless ass and probably get himself killed too.

Real last edit:

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Philby wussed out and fled back to safety; super frea somehow dances in between the elephant herds and hauls (Iguana's) ass back to the fort. Hopefully since it's just his leg it won't take forever to heal.

So Iguana decided to poke an elephant? Good thing it was just a leg.

For him, I mean. ;)

Dude, Paul should totally be an alchemist if we ever need one.

Woo! I'm in! And jobless!

A mason... a STONEmason!

PHILLBY TOO THE RE-- Oh dear, looks like I've got to go mason ... something.

Do we masons get secret handshakes?

So Iguana decided to poke an elephant? Good thing it was just a leg.

For him, I mean. ;)

Dude, Paul should totally be an alchemist if we ever need one.

That patch of ~~'s directly above Iguana in that one shot is elephant vomit. :p

Also, I was thinking of P.P's assignment during the renaming, and figured mechanic was the most intellectual jobtype we had available anyway. I don't know about switching names if we ever get an alchemist, though, it seems kinda cheap.
PHILLBY TOO THE RE-- Oh dear, looks like I've got to go mason ... something.

Do we masons get secret handshakes?

No, you get drafted along with the fisherdwarves because there's too many of you.

That patch of ~~'s directly above Iguana in that one shot is elephant vomit. :pHehe, brilliant. I think I'm vaguely understanding the screenshots now too.

Yay I'm the only craftsdwarf!


...what the hell is a craftsdwarf?

Edit: And what's that grey square/red cross thingy on the last screenshot? It pokes my curiosity.

Also, I was thinking of P.P's assignment during the renaming, and figured mechanic was the most intellectual jobtype we had available anyway. I don't know about switching names if we ever get an alchemist, though, it seems kinda cheap.Do you think you'll change it when you get a Philosopher?

Do you think you'll change it when you get a Philosopher?

We could name the philosopher K^2.

PHILLBY TOO THE RE-- Oh dear, looks like I've got to go mason ... something.

Do we masons get secret handshakes?

No, you get drafted along with the fisherdwarves because there's too many of you.

Don't listen to him, man. We're masons. OF STONE.

We get handshakes, and secretly control the group. Unless some of those damned Illuminati have infiltrated this group as well.

Seriously, they'd infiltrate a bed if they thought they'd get more control...

Yay, I'm a mason!

...wait, that's the most boring job in the game. :p

Yay, I'm a mason!

...wait, that's the most boring job in the game. :p
Not compared to farming. At leat you get to carve stuff.
And what did I become?

Don't listen to him, man. We're masons. OF STONE.

We get handshakes, and secretly control the group. Unless some of those damned Illuminati have infiltrated this group as well.

Seriously, they'd infiltrate a bed if they thought they'd get more control...

ALL POWER TO THE STONEMASONS!

Who cares about the stupid illuminati?

We should be more worried about the Honarable Company of Dwarven Anglers, there's loads of them.

We could name the philosopher K^2.

Oh, seconded.

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Not one day of acclimatizing to his new habitat and Iguana has already attempted to wrestle an elephant. Why I'm surprised I do not know.

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'Satisfying acquisition'? Maybe he tore off the elephant's tusk and has it stashed away somewhere. Then again maybe he just enjoys having a room with a statue (the same one Cisken went crazy in, but he doesn't seem to care). Not pictured: FutureWorm lugging a bucket of water over for him.

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Starting to construct a road for the human caravans. No way we'll have it done in time for them this year, but it'll have to be done sometime. Those elephants are getting dangerously close again though.

Update:

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Ohh boy. We don't have any smelting facilities, so here's hoping this doesn't turn ugly.

Edit:

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?

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Now he's started running around, gathering up dark rock. I don't know what he's up to.

Update: He's been there for over 24 hours now, it's turned to summer, and WormOfFire and Plutonic have just hopped into bed together.

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Update:

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100th screenshot ANTICLIMAX

Update:

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Didn't stop their smaller wagons from coming by to trade though. Didn't have anything on them but a few chunks of meat and a good store of cow cheese, but we managed to convince them to part with those for the majority of our crafts.

Update: Didn't catch it when it happened, but Iguana's healed up without going insane.

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Meanwhile Paul has gone three days without food, water, or sleep now, but doesn't seem to mind.

He's building a machine to destroy Superman once and for all!
I must inform the Justice League!

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Crap.

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Annnd here we go with the streaking again.

Update: Yep, he's just gonna keep running around until he collapses of hunger and dies. Sorry Paul.

Meanwhile Pikkul has actually achieved "ecstatic" mood. I put a statue in his (her) room because that's apparently what (s)he really likes, and having engraved the dining room walls and adding a couple statues there has upgraded it to legendary status. Every little bit helps.

Could you possibly make a big picture of your entire mighty dwarf fortress?
Haven't seen one for a while.
Also, why do I have grey behind my name?
Does that mean that my color is black?
Because that would make no sense.

Could you possibly make a big picture of your entire mighty dwarf fortress?
Haven't seen one for a while.
Also, why do I have grey behind my name?
Does that mean that my color is black?
Because that would make no sense.

Map. (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dfmap1jm0.png)

And nope, it's because you've been recruited into a squad along with KB and WeXzuZ. I've only just figured out how to get you to start sparring with one another, and as we don't have any metal armor yet, I think I'll have you train unarmed. We've already had two casualties (well, one pending), don't need our remaining forces dismembering one another by accident.

Also, Zeor's profile because requested, and FW's profile because it made me laugh:

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An arbitrary list of translated dwarf names that made me laugh:

'Kelster' Ringpaper
'SupSuper' Paintedbank
'Gardy Looo' Chainrags
'wormthingy' Tongsopen
'WeXzuZ' Fleshwheels
'Cyclaws' Treatyspring
'SuperBlob' Boargorges

Update:

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Okay, thirst, my bad. Meanwhile SupSuper was a witness to this and has dropped from very happy to quite content.

Edit:

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Hope Cisken's corpse doesn't give you too much trouble.

Update:

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oh jesus not another one already

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I don't know why Paul went mad, I thought he'd found all he needed, but Scotworm's claimed the mason's shop and set to work immediately after grabbing two or three pieces of white rock and a bit of bone.

Update:

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Busy day. Now because he managed to finish the craft, Scotworm's shot straight from "novice mason" to "legendary mason". Maybe I'll reward him by setting up the table in his room.

Edit: Doesn't look like I have the option of doing so. I don't even see the table anywhere, it just seems to have vaporized.

Update:

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KB and WeX just had their first sparring match, resulting rather quickly in a patch of blood on the floor and some some battered knuckles and torsos. I'm really glad I didn't equip them with their crossbows and axes just yet.

Alright, legendary mason status. Does this make me l33t? :p

Now that's just not fair :p. Scotworm becomes legendary, and I die insane and thirsty.

Oh, well. Does this mean I can come back as an alchemist or a philosopher when they arrive?

Now that's just not fair :p. Scotworm becomes legendary, and I die insane and thirsty.

Oh, well. Does this mean I can come back as an alchemist or a philosopher when they arrive?

Creepy. Zeor and myself were just discussing that practically verbatim.
Alright, legendary mason status. Does this make me l33t? :p

No, it makes you an ARROGANT ASS

Update:

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THEY RETURN

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One of our mules is ambushed and brutally slaughtered, but there only appears to be 3 snakemen, and there are more than enough cage traps to go around. This should be a minimal-bloodshed battle.

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Oh great, it would be someone's pet, though. Out of all TWO animals we have that are pets.

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They tore him into eight or nine chunks too. Damn but that's a lot of blood.

Did I punch some snakes?

And... wow. Lotsa blood.

Update:

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I'm sorry I just had to...

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May they stare at pants and yell at statues in heaven... *sniff*

Ok seems to be a tad too confusing for me :p

EDIT: I'd also like a place if you get anymore immigrants

...What... The.... Hell...

...What... The.... Hell...

Me and Paul died as dwarfs so I drew us in heaven?

Anyone else notice that it's always the guys with the glasses that go insane?

Me and Paul died as dwarfs so I drew us in heaven?

It is not difficult to understand. It's just very difficult to look at.

Don't they look cute? And naked?

Ok, I only just worked out that you're facing in the other direction. Wasn't sure what the hell was going on there.

...But still. Oi.

Anyone else notice that it's always the guys with the glasses that go insane?
Uh-oh. :eek:

Ok, I only just worked out that you're facing in the other direction. Wasn't sure what the hell was going on there.

...But still. Oi.

I'm sitting on a cloud! ROFL!

I'm sorry I just had to...

28842

May they stare at pants and yell at statues in heaven... *sniff*Deary, deary me...

Thanku! :p

Oh, and by the way; if someone plays adventure mode on that world, they can find information of all the people who died in the fortress, which will then be added to the legends data.

somehow i feel like the name "tongsopen" suits me well :p

Tongsopen, Tongsclose, Tongsopen, Tongsclose...

:D

I like "Naked mole dog bone" myself.

I demand more sweet pod seeds. :mad:

I'm dead so I'll just shut up now... *GHOST!!!*

I'm dead so I'll just shut up now... *GHOST!!!*Except it's Hallowe'en. Surely the one day of the year when the dead do get to have a say.

Damn, too late! *dissapears*

God damn, that looks odd. How I have missed this thread I will never know. I'd probably try playing, but I'd either fail, or spasm at the sight of ASCII gaming.

Oh, and, uh, "OMG DRAW ME!" and all that. You always need more insane folk. Or some random form of elephant-wrestlers.

And lo, the very crust of the Earth upon which they stood did split asunder, as so many twigs under the trample of elephants. And not a one was spared. Sinking into the recesses of eternity, they remained, the unfortunate offspring of a malevolent test of creation, throughout time and forever.

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(Read: the damn game started messing up and took out a chunk of previous events, before deciding it just didn't want to save any progress ever again. The End.)

:( no fair! start a new one! I liked this thread!

*dies a little inside*

I'm giving Pikkul permission to hijack this for his current Adventure mode game because it sounds interesting and stuff. Nobody else has permission, alright :p

Since MFAH isn't using it anymore, I'm hijacking this thread for Adventure Mode antics.

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Our Hero, Fluffles Steppehelm, sets out on a fabulous quest for... The Cups-Council of Flinging. It's much too difficult a quest for him to face alone... he's going to need a GROUP OF DARING, ADVENTUROUS ADVENTURERS to do all of his fighting for him

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And what a group it is!

From left to right:

"Cisken One" Pobeescu (Wheelink), Drunk
"Zeor" Behalrosha (Kingdomsnake, Lasher
Fluffles Kostersi (Steppehelm), Swordsman
"Munkee" Esdas (Pointedsack), Hammerman
"Paul Power" Gamoono (Gravetowers), Bowman

Will our heroes succeed in killing the giant, or will they be brutally dismembered
and completely forgotten?????

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"Cisken One" rises to her feet at the sheer majesty of the cave. Little does she know she's about to be fighting... for her LIFE!

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In a ferocious battle of man verses beast, the Drunk realizes the utter hopelessness and immensity of The Cave. She panics, "We are all going to die!!!" until the beautiful, handsome "Paul Power" rushes to her side, slaying the foul beast.

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YAY! GO ME! I love drunks ^^

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With oversized rodents around every corner, our heroes fear for their lives.

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An Iron Man appears! For a man made out of metal he puts up a really pathetic fight.

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"Paul Power" does some trick shots to impress his lady-fan.

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Right as our group discovers the Giant... our loveable drunk discovers a Batman in the cave. "Paul Power" completely kebabs the giant.

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Despite having an arrow lodged firmly in his heart, the Giant struggles on!

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It is a well-known secret of all bowmen that the weak spot of a giant is its first toe on its right foot. Our quick-thinking "Paul Power" deals a devastating blow.

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Despite having a broken spine and two arrows in its heart, the giant continues fighting our merry band. You have to give him credit.

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matt says:
cisken just lost an eyeball
matt says:
lemme see if I can find it and eat it


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The giant has curled up into the fetal position while we have "Zeor" whipping it and and "Munkee" breaking its knees.

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Huzza! Success! Fame, fortune, wenches! The world is our oyster! Nobody questions where Fluffles was during the fight.

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Fluffles makes up for hiding in a corner during the fight by destroying the Batman for "Cisken One".

Edit: "Cisken One" also begins strangling it to death with her leg. Rad!

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Our heroes, covered in sweat, blood and vomit (and one covered with vitreous humor) head back to the little town. What could the Mayor possibly give us for completing such a daring task?? A million gold?? A few harems??

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...or maybe just a smile and a compliment. Up yours, old man.

THE END~~

The Iron Man's head came off?

Was that a vorpal blade?

:p

Huzzah! You(r party members) has slayn the giant!Now you can... go do another quest!
(And I request again)

I don't think Pikkul plans on doing this regularly, but I do know a bit of what happened after this. I ended up in a nasty fight with an alligator somewhere, and not even my carefully honed Ultrapower Kidney Busting Megapierce Lash-o-Strike of Whip-Type Might could kill it. Fortunately, Cisken came to my rescue. Unfortunately, he sucked and I died at the hands... err, the pointy ends of the alligator. Then Cisken got ripped in half by the thing. I don't think there were other casualties.

Shame I'm not as awesome as a lasher as I am as a miner.

Dear sweet lord what have i missed?

I don't think Pikkul plans on doing this regularly, but I do know a bit of what happened after this. I ended up in a nasty fight with an alligator somewhere, and not even my carefully honed Ultrapower Kidney Busting Megapierce Lash-o-Strike of Whip-Type Might could kill it. Fortunately, Cisken came to my rescue. Unfortunately, he sucked and I died at the hands... err, the pointy ends of the alligator. Then Cisken got ripped in half by the thing. I don't think there were other casualties.

Shame I'm not as awesome as a lasher as I am as a miner.

Actually, Munkee got ripped apart by another alligator, and Paul and I got smashed into little bits by an angry guard of $5 worth of meat. The guard went on to kill several peasants and children and other guards before finally being killed by a resident Axe Lord.

I'm glad you liked it though, I'm going to be starting again with different people, maybe sometime soon.

Let's not forget when I pounded the first alligator into an unreconizable bloody lump. :p

Oh, dear Glod, I'm Legolas.

Or at least, I would be if I wasn't a dwarf ;).

Cool stuff Pikkul. Thanks for including me (or is that simply because Cisken and I died early deaths in Munkee's game? :p)

Cool stuff Pikkul. Thanks for including me (or is that simply because Cisken and I died early deaths in Munkee's game? :p)

Maybe in your case because you died early, but in Cisken's case I think because he wanted to see him as a cowardly, drunken dwarf female. :p

(Edit: :p :p :p)

What is this eye-wrenching ASCII nonsense??

I downloaded the game and was immediatly put of by the fact that I couldnt spot the dwarf symbols from the rest of the greenery and couldn't see what i was supposed to do and, more importantly, WHY?

...Um... If you can't spot the dwarves, you should probably give up. :p

Maybe in your case because you died early, but in Cisken's case I think because he wanted to see him as a cowardly, drunken dwarf female. :p

(Edit: :p :p :p)

LOL, I'll get you for this! Oh and Zero, sorry 'bout letting you die and all!

In other news: I LOST AN EYEBALL! :D

LOL, I'll get you for this! Oh and Zero, sorry 'bout letting you die and all!That's alright. You died like twice as violently.

That's alright. You died like twice as violently.

Oh, right, I died AGAIN! :p

Oh, dear Glod, I'm Legolas.

Or at least, I would be if I wasn't a dwarf ;)
Not quite. You would be if:
1: You weren't a human.
2: You weren't dead.

Not quite. You would be if:
1: You weren't a human.
2: You weren't dead.Okay, dead I understand, but run the human part by me again?

Okay, dead I understand, but run the human part by me again?
In the adventure mode, you can be one of three races: An elf, a dwarf, or a human.
The main player's can't be recognised from the map alone, but for the other party members:
1: A human is represented by a "U"
2: An elf is represented by an "E"
3: A dwarf is represented by a smiley.

In the adventure mode, you can be one of three races: An elf, a dwarf, or a human.
The main player's can't be recognised from the map alone, but for the other party members:
1: A human is represented by a "U"
2: An elf is represented by an "E"
3: A dwarf is represented by a smiley.Ah. I did wonder what all those Us were doing on there ("Wait a minute. Why are we playing as unicorns?").

There does appear to be alot of humans about.

There does appear to be alot of humans about.

SLAYETH THEM!

In other news: I LOST AN EYEBALL! :D

Am I the only one who wonders if it was real?

if so, no more depth perception for you.

Am I the only one who wonders if it was real?

if so, no more depth perception for you.

LOL, I'm still looking for the remains, inside the cave maybe?

*ANOTHER QUEST IS BORN* Find Cisken's eyeball!

How flexible is this game exactly? In fact I'm being too lazy to read through the wiki archive of it/too busy. And I got horribly put off because it took half an hour to generate the world. Once it had generated I took one look at it and abandoned the place.

LOL, I'm still looking for the remains, inside the cave maybe?

*ANOTHER QUEST IS BORN* Find Cisken's eyeball!

Ooook... I now readed the dwarf story, and now I know what REALLY happened :p

Since you said: "in other news" it seemed like an attempt to regain cheer after loosing an eyeball in real life O_o

Yes, I think too much... and that's too bad...

Since you said: "in other news" it seemed like an attempt to regain cheer after loosing an eyeball in real life O_o

Yes, I think too much... and that's too bad...

Who says I haven't lost an eyeball IRL ? *DUNDUNDUUUUNNN*

Me. And I'm God, Law and Chuck Norris in this game.

And this post is NOT an excuse to use Chuck Norris jokes. So don't do it.

You may be God and Chuck Norris, but I'm... uh... Tommy Lee Jones.

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Eternity just ain't what it used to be.

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A minor temporal displacement (small price to pay for managing to restore the save data) means that our mule was not hastily slaughtered on the spot as before -- but the river is running red with the blood of the innocent, so something got injured. Two of the snakemen dive right into our cage traps, but a third manages to sneak through and heads for the bedrooms. Our squad finally begins to spring into action, and KamikazeBananze hones in on the escapee as he makes his way into Philby's room.

KB isn't quite fast enough however, and before anyone knows quite what's happened, the snakeman has filched all Philby's belongings (including his clothes). KB intercepts him en route back to the river and pummels him senseless with nothing but his bare hands. Pigbuster bursts in through the door and delivers the coup de grace, cleaving the villain neatly in half at the waist... with his bare hands. :confused:

Currently taking stock of the aftermath.

Update: I can't find anybody or anything injured, so either one of the snakemen spontaneously combusted in a cloud of gore, or some animal was mortally wounded and immediately washed downstream. Further examination of the halved snakeman revealed a snakeman chunk and snakeman left hand. You guys are hardcore.

Philby still hasn't woken up, and his mule decided to hop in bed with him. That's like the worst "morning after" scenario in existence.

Update again: It seems a cow brought Philby his clothes back. And dressed him. While he's still asleep.

Edit: KB fell asleep on the spot after the battle. Guess ripping a guy apart piece by piece with your bare hands takes some effort.

Guys, we've got a problem. The game's suddenly decided we can't plant any more plump helmets (the option in the farm plot configuration is dark red and can't be selected). It's still autumn, this shouldn't be happening.

Edit: Okay, we ran out of seeds somehow, and it turned winter anyway so no more farming for a while. I now resume my thankless task of attempting to get one of you to brew something whilst keeping the others from hogging every last spare barrel.

Update: I just realized that the snakemen that got caged were still sitting around in said cages. So they were promptly shifted to the currently abandoned farm plots and flooded.

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...Only, they've been sitting there for a good full day now and haven't drowned. I guess they must be completely amphibious after all.

Update: Managed to get a little wine made, currently attempting to gather enough plants to satisfy the requirements for dye so I can try dyeing some kickass duds for Zeor. The snakemen have remained underwater in their cages for half the winter, so I gave up and restationed them in the zoo.

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KB's been doing nothing but hanging around one of the snakemen since I repositioned the cages. I haven't seen him-- er, her interacting with anyone else. This is just unreal. If one of those things gets loose one night and slaughters everybody, we'll know who to blame.

Update: We made it to spring, let's celebra--
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Oh, seasonal overflow

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AAAAAHHH

Edit: Nobody else drowned, though bonz came close. So much for building doors to guard against seasonal flooding.

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HELLO

Things are about to get either very interesting, or very ugly.

Edit:

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Help.

Update: Lots of mining going on, expanding the dining room and bedroom areas exponentially, one of the nobles has mandated the construction of two helms, our new trappers are SEVERELY RETARDED and will not abandon their original Hunt programming -- as a result one has died before I even got the chance to name him, and another got mauled in the gut trying to recover the first one's corpse and equipment.

Update again: Summer, and more seasonal flooding. Liketyspli got knocked clear off the bridge and halfway downstream, but made a valiant effort to return to dry land. Alas, he got to the square next to the bridge he was washed off of and gave out.
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Now the best mason we have left besides Scotworm is Philby -- and he's a novice.

Uhh...
I'm still alive, right?

Update: Managed to get a little wine made, currently attempting to gather enough plants to satisfy the requirements for dye so I can try dyeing some kickass duds for Zeor. You guys know why? Because I'm a legendary miner now. Yeah, that's right. Zero the LEGEND!

Yay, it's back! And I'm still the besterest craftman. :p

Also, could we have a screenshot of the whole mine thing? I suppose it's changed a bit since the last one.

I'm so confused. Why does Zeor need some kickass dudes to be dyed?

Put me in! and it's nice to see this return

I'm so confused. Why does Zeor need some kickass dudes to be dyed?Because I AM LEGENDARY AND AWESOME. :mad:

Well, we've apparently got thieves in the area, as I just got notification that 34 crossbow bolts had been stolen from outside. Good thing there's cage traps everywhere.

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oh great now you're gonna stab someone in the neck, drag their corpse into your room, and emerge half a season later with a dwarfskin boot

Edit: Even worse, now he's sketching pictures of a quarry, and shining bars of metal. YOU GONNA' GO INSANE, BOY

Update: I tried, but you worthless masons have been loafing around an unnatural amount.

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Update: Since we have a broker now, we established a trade agreement when the humans came to pass. The road still wasn't finished so we didn't get their big caravans, but we still got to trade anyway (and everything actually has a designated value too, now). They now have the greatest priority to bring us food and drink, and I also told them to bring some cats next time since we still don't have any since that first snakeman scare.

Edit: Road constructions held up by cougar. Our squad (with the newly introduced Worm Mad, Marksman at the helm) chased it off for now.

Update: Cougar taken down, planning to butcher it for its hide since it's being mandated that we make a couple helms. Meanwhile kikumbob has taken to swimming short laps down the cave river.

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How he's still alive is beyond me.

Edit: Whoop.
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THE RIVER GODS ARE ANGRY and have taken our only remaining mule

Update: A dwarven trade caravan showed up, and as they were offloading Pikkul bumped into a kobold thief on the bridge. The caravan's guards took notice and entered berzerker mode.

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A second thief was careless enough to bump into another guard about two squares from our front door. Mr. Lokum Dumurvad, Axedwarf was not amused (the arrow indicates trajectory of the corpse).

Pigbuster bursts in through the door and delivers the coup de grace, cleaving the villain neatly in half at the waist... with his bare hands. :confused:

I've been gone for a while, but I'm glad that I saw that. :D
Oh yeah.

Well, we've apparently got thieves in the area, as I just got notification that 34 crossbow bolts had been stolen from outside. Good thing there's cage traps everywhere.

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oh great now you're gonna stab someone in the neck, drag their corpse into your room, and emerge half a season later with a dwarfskin boot

Edit: Even worse, now he's sketching pictures of a quarry, and shining bars of metal. YOU GONNA' GO INSANE, BOY

Update: I tried, but you worthless masons have been loafing around an unnatural amount.

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Update: Cougar taken down, planning to butcher it for its hide since it's being mandated that we make a couple helms. Meanwhile kikumbob has taken to swimming short laps down the cave river.

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How he's still alive is beyond me.

Edit: Whoop.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h121/Glombus79/df133.pngWhat...how long did I last in this game exactly?

Am I still alive? I dont remember being mentioned which probably means I died young...

Honestly, Munkee, you aren't really giving us a whole lot of the really interesting stuff. You've completely failed to mention who any of the new immigrants are, even the nobles, that I became Legendary, who's doing well, who's doing poorly, who's beating up whose dog, you know... the fun bits. :p Not to seem picky, but...

Honestly, Munkee, you aren't really giving us a whole lot of the really interesting stuff. You've completely failed to mention who any of the new immigrants are, even the nobles, that I became Legendary, who's doing well, who's doing poorly, who's beating up whose dog, you know...

... whether I've been rezzed yet...

Anyway: great to see the game back on its feet.

Honestly, Munkee, you aren't really giving us a whole lot of the really interesting stuff. You've completely failed to mention who any of the new immigrants are, even the nobles, that I became Legendary, who's doing well, who's doing poorly, who's beating up whose dog, you know... the fun bits. :p Not to seem picky, but...He mentioned my death...

incidentally, how do you scroll through the lists of options??
EDIT: ah, my laptop had second functioned the keys required for a alot of things in thsi game. Sorted. I still dont understand how to do stuff however.

Because I AM LEGENDARY AND AWESOME. :mad:

I got to stop eating those expired cookies...

Hooray! It's back!

And I ripped a Snakeman to bits and promptly fell asleep!

Excellent!

Have I died yet? I've just skimmed this thing. It's late. And I have few lectures. Or something.

KB: no.

Everyone else: hey look some filler

lol! and remember to add me D: use an immigrant :p

incidentally, how do you scroll through the lists of options??
EDIT: ah, my laptop had second functioned the keys required for a alot of things in thsi game. Sorted. I still dont understand how to do stuff however.Check out the generic DF thread (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30824), there's helpful links and random tidbits there.

Also, how come my river never slaughters anyone? I never get any fun. :(

Sup: Has your river received an upgrade of strategically-placed rock formations? If not, then research that fast.

It'll allow your river to rip things up like a regular thing-ripper.

Incidentally, Munkee, y'found this Chasm that everyone's talking about yet?

You know why I initially stopped posting? I was waiting for the next build to be released. Screw that, it's not happening anytime soon at this rate.

I think I left a few details out here and there, but I'll attempt to recap. Our new sheriff is AndrewTaylor (who wields a mean axe and has already beaten SuperBlob over something), Nutter is the broker, and I'm the Manager. For some reason, although AT's quarters are the most fanciful of all the nobles so far, they're only turning up as Meager, which is inadequate for his demands.

I just noticed psyke is passed out with a severe injury to the lower torso. No idea where that came from.

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AAARRGGGGG well actually there's not that many of them this time, thankfully.

Not too much happening right now. Training a few war dogs, getting some cooking done. Dumb dwarves still don't make full use of the barrels, which was one of the things to be fixed in the next release.

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Oh hey another one

Can someone please expalin to me exactly what is this game, how do you play it and what do you do in it because I'm thinking I might just have a play at it.

EDIT: It looks really cool reading back a few posts. I just need to know more info before I play anything.

Can someone please expalin to me exactly what is this game, how do you play it and what do you do in it because I'm thinking I might just have a play at it.

EDIT: It looks really cool reading back a few posts. I just need to know more info before I play anything.It's basically an RTS in the mould of The Settlers, but with ASCII graphics and an extraordinary amount of flexibility and attention to detail.

It's basically an RTS in the mould of The Settlers, but with ASCII graphics and an extraordinary amount of flexibility and attention to detail.There's nothing "basic" about that. :p

Can someone please expalin to me exactly what is this game, how do you play it and what do you do in it because I'm thinking I might just have a play at it.

EDIT: It looks really cool reading back a few posts. I just need to know more info before I play anything. Its an RTS that hurts the untrained eye.

There's nothing "basic" about that. :p

Fine :p

NetHack meets The Settlers

Munkee's not extremely likely to update this again in the particularly near future because he's created a parallel world and gotten into Adventure mode.

Speaking of which. Remember Alouette, the sole survivor of the great kitten flood of Iddumat? To my sheer thrill and amazement, I actually found her alive and living happily in a completely different fortress while meandering around in adventure mode. I couldn't believe it.

Game downloaded, but i dunno how to play...
Game looks pretty nice.

Is this thread also for general discussion now?

I haven't had much luck with adventure mode recently, but this one guy managed to go from a guy with no items or stats to "a legendary wrestler & swordsman, with maximum attributes, wielding an exceptional iron two-handed sword".

I'm also kind of reluctant to get back into fortress mode with all the updates on the horizon.

Whoa, how did I end up in that last screenshot there?