A few years ago a friend of mine tried to get me into nethack. I concept sounded fun but I just couldn't get past the interface, 'graphics', and lack of easily accessable information in the game.
But this game.. this game has sucked nearly a full day out of me and I only downloaded it 2 days ago! It's scary and frustraiting, yet so much fun! I haven't even touched the adventure mode, as the fortress mode is just so much fun. It's like a "dungeon keeper" where you play good guys.
So, my questions I wasn't able to find on the tiny undeveloped wiki or faq...
Flooding:
The first time I broke through to the river nearly my entire fortress was flooded. next year, desperate for food, I hoped my little 4x7 room would fill up soon. The flood came.. but it barely came a few tiles into the room, leading to the fortress' abandonment. My question is: are floods random or did I do something wrong? How do channels and aquaducts work?
Farming
How much farming do I need to support my little guys? What's a good amount of farming tiles per dwarf to support one's self with a little food-proffit.
Cooking
Other than the caps, none of the other crops seem edible. Do I need to some how cook them? The kitchen cooks food, but what does the farming workshop do?
Items
My dwarves sometimes seem a little stupid with items. I made a dwarf a miner, had a copper pick made, but he never got it. He had no other job but miner, and the pick just sat in the smithy that made it. I built a weapon rack, but the pick was never delivered. What do I need to do to get dwarves their items?
Road
What does building the road do, and how do you do it? Just build a straight road/bridge from your front door to the left edge of the map?
I hope someone can answer my questions!