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[valcon]

not as cool as it sounds.

my fort is a limited fort with only 12 dwarves, though the year is 1060, we dont let just ANYBODY come into our place

but

because i only have 12 dwarves

i find that 3 of my dwarves are wounded from sparring and need food and water.

well, i've undrafted every able bodied person to perform health care duties

only problem is, my wounded are now starving and dehydrated because EVERYONE is partying. constantly.  

is there ANY way to stop them from partying?  can i execute party throwers and teach them a lesson?  my boys are dying, i need help =/

[Exponent]

Don't mark your rooms as meeting halls, and use meeting zones instead (from the 'i' menu for zones).  Dwarves don't throw parties in meeting zones.  I don't know how much of the social experience is lost, though, by using zones instead of halls.

[Untelligent]

Don't create meeting halls from Wells, Statues, Tables (Actually, I can't remember if dwarfs can party in dining rooms or not), or Cages (unless the cage-room is used for "Justice," in which case they will not hold partys there). I think there was another building type, but I can't remember what.

Note: Dwarfs will NOT party in meeting areas designated from the zones (i) menu, so if you want your dwarfs to congregate somewhere while they don't have anything better to do, that's always an option.

[valcon]

okay awesome, now i've just got to hope the latest in this long string of month-long parties will not end in tragedy like the rest

these guys sure do know how to bring the house down though ... =)

[Jonathan S. Fox]

They will indeed hold parties in dining rooms. I feel as if parties at "The Felsite Table" are permanently etched into my mind.

[valcon]

not to mention the odd S&M Dabbling Fetishdwarf that holds parties exclusively at the -Iron Chain- jailhouse

[MrGimp]

Ive never had a party!

I have dining rooms...but I never set em as meeting halls because I dont want these damn furry beasts of theirs running rampant around my fortress, pooing everywhere.  Its useless though.  Hell...I make the front door unpassable to pets, and these damn dwarves HOLD IT OPEN FOR THEM!  lol

I should just give it up.  I guess Ill make a metting hall...and then we can get to partying down!

Although....

One thing Ive noticed is that my dwarves dont freak when I have some deaths like other people on here have reported.  Ive had harpies peck children to death in a field, along with an adult or two, and Ive had a wounded wrestler die in his bed (hey, he had only one arm anyways....he was of no use to me)...and everyone remained ecstatic - even the wrestlers wife.  I think maybe an added bonus of having no parties is that they develop fewer close relationships (although a spouse should still be close right?) and therefore tantrum less when dwarves die?

Is there a downside to no parties?  Or has this not been implemented yet?

[herrbdog]

NOTE => You can cancel an active party by undesignating the room that is hosting the party. it seems i have to do this whenever the human and dwarven caravans arrive, to free up my broker! (i don't care about teh elves!)

[Istrian]

You can also limit the number of dwarves who go on parties by assigning meeting halls to various people because the dwarf who organises a party only invites his friends.

In a previous fortress I had assigned a meeting hall to my Baron Consort. Every time he threw a party the only people present were his friend the legendary weaponsmith and the tax collector (go figure).