In my quest for dwarfy goodness I think it would be fun to dedicate a fort to creating dwarfy games modeled after the olympics for the military (and some citizens). These are some of the things I can think of:
A simple 100 or more square sprint: Station your most agile military at the starting line and have them sprint to a finish line. More dwarfy races could lead through megabeast-guarded bridges or away from a water/magma flood.
Marathon: Build a track that runs through the entire map and set a patrol around it for your military. They would all carry food and *ach* waterskins so they don't get sidetracked. If it's
really long you could set up barracks along the way. More dwarfy marathons could wind around a chasm or through a volcano.
Archery: Setup multiple goblins on pillars or islands with a firing squad standing by. Whoever gets the most kills wins. Could be a group or one by one by counting how many shots they take to kill their targets.
A dwarfy Biathlon: Send your marksdwarfs one by one through the marathon track. Throughout the track setup goblins on pillars or islands. They must patrol through the track, stopping to kill the targets. A dwarfy clock could be created to time them, starting and stopping at the start and finish with pressure plates.
Bobsled/Skeleton: Build a long and winding waterslide with a dwarfy clock timing their runs. Citizens can compete too!
*more dangerous/cruel sports*
Fencing: Limit your competitors to clothing with no shields. Give them the best weapons you can get and let them spar (Making sure they only spar with each other. An enclosed area with a supply of food/drink and beds would do nicely). Whoever cripples the other dwarf first or gives the most injuries wins! This is perhaps more suited for dwarves you're not particularly attached to.
Wrestling/Karate/MMA/Whateverfloatsyourboat: Same as above but with wrestling.
Swimming:
Step 1: Channel a 3-z rectangular swimming pool with exits at one end
Step 2: Build lots of grates on the 2nd level
Step 2: Station your swimmers at the other end
Step 3: Rapidly pump water through the grates from underneath up to the 2nd level
Step 4:
Step 5: Profit
That's all I can think of at the moment. Prizes for the winners can be gold/silver/bronze statues to put in their rooms, Military ranks, a very nice bedroom/dining hall, lavish tombs for the runner ups in fencing
. The possibilities are endless.
What other olympic events could be dwarfinized?
p.s. Hi, this is my first post.
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