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[TheKaspa]

This is disturbingly reminding me about The Dwarves, a book that I'd rather forget. Not that I didn't appreciate it, but because of its sequels.

Sounds familiar. Is it about multiple dwarven kingdoms in a mountain range surrounding a country that is constantly being threatened by all kind of monsters?

Exactly Quite so. It's more five clans of a same dwarven kingdom that serves as defenders of a good enclave in an evil world, if IIRC. And the story is about the election of a new king.
The first book was ok, even very interesting (the underground rush to the forge was awesome, and it's what brought this to my memory).
The other books looked promising, but then inserterd subplots and characters not so enjoyable, in my opinion. Some of them were added, I think, just to offer pretest to keep writing. Plus, they shifted the focus from the dwarves (the reason of why the story was interesting, as it's not something common in fantasy) to the more canonical races.
I am afraid I never read the final ones, since they were impossible to find in italian and I didn't wanted to read them in english - the originial language, german, was never considered as I don't know it.

[Yuli Vlasi]

Yep, that's the book. I read all parts just for the sake of it. The first one is the best in my opinion. The other ones had some epic moments too, but the amount of unanswered questions and secrets kept piling up, drivig me mad to infinity. But I liked them.

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Except for the end.
Fuck the end.

Wasn't there a sixth dwarven clan everyone hates because the only thing they are good at is killing things?

By the way, the train just broke the sound barrier, got lost somewhere in the bermuda triangle's tectonic plate and has a appointment with the queen at seven o'clock.

[SilverDragon]

I like trains.

[Raul]

I like trains.

Do you like turtles as well?

[SilverDragon]

I like trains.

Do you like turtles as well?

Maaaaybe...

[WillowLuman]

The spinning live pond turtle strikes SilverDragon in the nose, and the severed part goes sailing off in an arc!

"Topic police!"

[Lightningfalcon]

I would join this.
I do not want to imagine how big the file size would be thou. 

[TheKaspa]

Was thinking... we should try to build a mega-underground place, populate it with Orcs and then try a reclaim à la Moria

[Yuli Vlasi]

I would join this.

I'll put you on the list.

Was thinking... we should try to build a mega-underground place, populate it with Orcs and then try a reclaim à la Moria

I don't know how we are supposed to realize that. What about caging up hundreds of goblins and releasing them at our adventurers in packs of 10?

[TheKaspa]

Making Goblins playables?

[WillowLuman]

Caging every seige and releasing them into an underground labyrinth once we amass a couple hundred gobbos sounds like a plan.

[SilverDragon]

That plan sounds suitably Damn epic, and fun.

[Lightningfalcon]

We would have to make sure that the entire area is inaccessible, except through a single grand entrance.  Which would have some sort of airlock.  If the game would manage to actually track the fact that the area is inescapable.  If it doesn't we might have a problem.   

[Tevish Szat]

If it doesn't, what we have is masterpiece fun and several reclaim teams thrown at the problem.  Thrain's party, then Balin's, then maybe we'll get to Durin the Last after a few very brief embarks.

That said, sign me up... I was worried the list might be too long, but with time-sensitive turns and multiple forts/adventurers running, I've reached the conclusion it shouldn't hit the same problem succession forts tend to somewhere between years 10 and 20

[Yuli Vlasi]

Thrain's party, then Balin's, then maybe we'll get to Durin the Last after a few very brief embarks.
Gandalf gonna give it to y'all.