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[slink]

There is no "win" in the game sense.  The real win is for the player to have fun, doing whatever the player enjoys most about the game.  Set your own goals and try to meet them.

Losing isn't really fun, anyway.  Starting a new fortress is fun, but you don't have to lose in order to do that.   

[Bishop36]

I find that by the time I lose I am so fed up with my dwarves being dumb that the flying dwarf limbs make me smile.

[Raisapius]

The closest thing one can come to winning is having a fortress in such a state that nothing can threaten it...

...Which is unimaginably boring. Hence, losing is fun.

[Randy Gnoman]

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many kittens you kill on the way.

[Pickled Tink]

cover every floor tile of your embark site with upright green glass spikes, then pull the lever.

Warning: Requires more stone than is possible to have without importing or manufacturing obsidian.

[Reese]

cover every floor tile of your embark site with upright green glass spikes, then pull the lever.

Warning: Requires more stone than is possible to have without importing or manufacturing obsidian.

nah, you just need to strip mine the top two z-levels' stone, this creates stone without creating floor tiles.

speaking of- win condition: to strip mine your embark all the way down to the lowest level, killing everything along the way, and erecting a dark tower in the resulting smoking, magma filled pit- you are allowed to leave a 3 wide ramp from the top of the pit to the bottom or create a bridge from the edge to your tower in order to give merchants access.  Bonus points if you manage to power a pump tower tall enough to bring magma to the top of your amazing edifice, which should rise out of the pit, for the purpose of raining down on your enemies.

[Skorpion]

There is no overarching win condition.

You lose if all your dwarves die.

Thusly, winning is a state of being, rather than a set event. Personally, I count every survived year as a win.
I'm working on a scoring system for this.

[Rotten]

There is no overarching win condition.

You lose if all your dwarves die.

Thusly, winning is a state of being, rather than a set event. Personally, I count every survived year as a win.
I'm working on a scoring system for this.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Each year before fifth: 15 points
Fifth year to tenth year: 10 points
Tenth year onwards: 15 points (for longevity awesome)
Every Funbeast killed: 15 points
Ever unkillable Funbeast frozen/magma dumped/crushed/obsidianized: 20 points
Every Funbeast butchered: 5 points (how to deal with all the meat!?)
Every goblin ambush destroyed: 15 points (they hit early and hard)
Every siege routed: 20 points (they bring lots of trolls now)
Every aboveground animal killed: 5 points
Butchered: 1 point
Every underground animal killed: 7 points
Butchered: 1 point
Every GCS killed: 9 points
Butchered: 1 point
Web collected: 2 points
Every Funite boulder mined: 5 points
Every Funbeast killed: 20 points
Every pit floored over: 30 points
Upright sword claimed: 30 points
Dwarves at peak population: 1 point each
Semi-megaprojects: 10 points each
Megaprojects: 20 points each
Got Barony: 10 points
Got County: 20 points
Got King/Queen: 30 points
Above nobles live at least 2 years each and did not go insane and were free roaming: 30 points
Free roaming, fully armed and health hammerer: 30 points
Highest number of entrance traps (to above ground and underground, not counting traps only used on unkillables): -1 stonefall and weapon, -2 cage
Number of military dwarves: 1 point each
Armed and armored in iron or better: Additional point each
Legendary in any fighting skill(s): 1 point for each skill for all military dwarves
Levels magma pumped up from sea: 1 point each
Forest fire: 5 points each
Wars started: 5 points each
Wars ended with you winning (other side sues for peace): 3 points each
You accept: -2 points (-1 if it's because they're blocking migrants/caravans and you can't do anything about it for some reason, like military tied up in caverns)
Dwarves dead in final crumble: 2 points each
You hold out till the bloodly/firey/wet end (don't abandon- the Bronzemurder guy didnt!): 2 points
Go back as adventurer and loot/kill invaders/nostalgia: 2 points

YOU DID WELL: 1000 points
Even better: 2000 points
Win condition; 5,000 points (impossible)

Though what I like about DF is that you can't win, you just keep plowing through the magma and vomit to the bloody end. And it looks awesome.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Upright sword claimed: 30 points

This should be 75. Maybe 100.

[Christes]

30 for claimed and, 100 for survived? 

[Kza]

I believe that winning has been regarded as getting close to Fun many times and never getting there.
I think it's called "Boatmurdered" and occasionally "Bronzemurdered".

Though winning is defined by the user. For example, some may believe that hooking the magma pipe directly into the king's bedroom is winning, others might say it's shortsighted-- you SHOULD have encased him in obsidian instead.

Many believe that there is no winning. I think they're wrong. You win by playing and doing stupid stuff. That's what dwarf fortress is all about.

[Skorpion]

There is no overarching win condition.

You lose if all your dwarves die.

Thusly, winning is a state of being, rather than a set event. Personally, I count every survived year as a win.
I'm working on a scoring system for this.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Each year before fifth: 15 points
Fifth year to tenth year: 10 points
Tenth year onwards: 15 points (for longevity awesome)
Every Funbeast killed: 15 points
Ever unkillable Funbeast frozen/magma dumped/crushed/obsidianized: 20 points
Every Funbeast butchered: 5 points (how to deal with all the meat!?)
Every goblin ambush destroyed: 15 points (they hit early and hard)
Every siege routed: 20 points (they bring lots of trolls now)
Every aboveground animal killed: 5 points
Butchered: 1 point
Every underground animal killed: 7 points
Butchered: 1 point
Every GCS killed: 9 points
Butchered: 1 point
Web collected: 2 points
Every Funite boulder mined: 5 points
Every Funbeast killed: 20 points
Every pit floored over: 30 points
Upright sword claimed: 30 points
Dwarves at peak population: 1 point each
Semi-megaprojects: 10 points each
Megaprojects: 20 points each
Got Barony: 10 points
Got County: 20 points
Got King/Queen: 30 points
Above nobles live at least 2 years each and did not go insane and were free roaming: 30 points
Free roaming, fully armed and health hammerer: 30 points
Highest number of entrance traps (to above ground and underground, not counting traps only used on unkillables): -1 stonefall and weapon, -2 cage
Number of military dwarves: 1 point each
Armed and armored in iron or better: Additional point each
Legendary in any fighting skill(s): 1 point for each skill for all military dwarves
Levels magma pumped up from sea: 1 point each
Forest fire: 5 points each
Wars started: 5 points each
Wars ended with you winning (other side sues for peace): 3 points each
You accept: -2 points (-1 if it's because they're blocking migrants/caravans and you can't do anything about it for some reason, like military tied up in caverns)
Dwarves dead in final crumble: 2 points each
You hold out till the bloodly/firey/wet end (don't abandon- the Bronzemurder guy didnt!): 2 points
Go back as adventurer and loot/kill invaders/nostalgia: 2 points

YOU DID WELL: 1000 points
Even better: 2000 points
Win condition; 5,000 points (impossible)

Though what I like about DF is that you can't win, you just keep plowing through the magma and vomit to the bloody end. And it looks awesome.

Good, but what about megaconstructions? I was thinking of scoring for those, as well. Say, 1 point for a rough stone wall, three for a smooth block wall, 10 for cast obsidian, and so forth?

[shadowform]

If lose is fun then what is win?

You win when you're having fun.

[darkrider2]

DF is a rare instance of game where you can win and lose at the same time.