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[ptb_ptb]

I'm a cheating cheater.

* A player may add or remove one rule of their choice at some point during their turn.

So if you really don't like a rule you can take it down in the second sentence of your post (the first should be 'I'm taking a turn now' or similar). So, yeah, I could have got rid of the 'I'm a cheating cheater' rule at any time, but I'm still hoping someone else will trip up and get caught too.

[Salmeuk]

I'm a cheating cheater.

* A player may add or remove one rule of their choice at some point during their turn.

So if you really don't like a rule you can take it down in the second sentence of your post (the first should be 'I'm taking a turn now' or similar). So, yeah, I could have got rid of the 'I'm a cheating cheater' rule at any time, but I'm still hoping someone else will trip up and get caught too.

oh! I completely forgot about that element. I do like the suggestions tacomagic had, however, and those might appear in my future rulesets. Maybe.

[Tacomagic]

I'm a cheating cheater.

* A player may add or remove one rule of their choice at some point during their turn.

So if you really don't like a rule you can take it down in the second sentence of your post (the first should be 'I'm taking a turn now' or similar). So, yeah, I could have got rid of the 'I'm a cheating cheater' rule at any time, but I'm still hoping someone else will trip up and get caught too.

oh! I completely forgot about that element. I do like the suggestions tacomagic had, however, and those might appear in my future rulesets. Maybe.

I think your concern about rule creep is still a valid one.  It's a lot more fun to add rules than remove them, so unless a bad rule is really terrible, people will likely just live with it rather than burn a turn to get rid of it.  I think some secondary (and preferably challenging) way to optionally neutralize a rule would be a good thing.

[Bigheaded]

Right, sorted out my other comm fort, i may need to finish up one more season but that won't be too bad should i need to.

From the looks of things, you guys are waiting for someone new to step in and add some extras rules (around when rule 9 was introduced?)
If that's the case i'm ready to rumble, gonna have a look round anyway.

Please confirm that i can simply jump in
Might even finish by Sunday.

[Salmeuk]

Bigheaded, I believe tacomagic is currently taking a turn. At least that was his implication. Give him a day to confirm!

[Tacomagic]

I'm currently in the tail end of a turn.

I should have the save ready to pass on sometime in the next 5 hours.  Want to finish at least another year possibly two.  Thus far cataloguing the turn has slowed things down, so I may just slip into full on play mode and do a sum-up of the last two years once I'm finished.

Oh, and this current fort will have lots of little presents for our Kobold mercenaries just in time for the gift giving festival of Uristinalias  .

[Bigheaded]

Aha, excellent, off to bed now anyhow and probably can't pick it up till very late tomorrow anyhow.

Had tried to work out if someone was having a turn or not, looked like a few people were thinking about it but no-one actually going. Had a look around, lots of aquifer which i've never actually bothered to pierce before, so that will be !!FUN!!

Didn't see anyones Kobold in the legends, which is sad

[Tacomagic]

Aha, excellent, off to bed now anyhow and probably can't pick it up till very late tomorrow anyhow.

Had tried to work out if someone was having a turn or not, looked like a few people were thinking about it but no-one actually going. Had a look around, lots of aquifer which i've never actually bothered to pierce before, so that will be !!FUN!!

Didn't see anyones Kobold in the legends, which is sad

Drukubeekus is in the legends.  Looked him up before my turn since I needed to know how many kills he had.  If you search him by name, he's in there.  Not a very interesting life so far, but he's there.

[Tacomagic]

Rule #10: Checkout Procedure - In order to keep track of who has the file, the following checkout procedure must be observed:  When you intend to take a turn, you must announce that you are downloading.  You will have 72 hours from that message to post the results of that turn and upload the save.  After that 72 hour window, the current save will be considered available for downloading for a turn.  You can still attempt to upload before the next turn is claimed if you go over the 72 hour limit.  This should keep with the idea of this being "speed fortress" play.  For timekeeping purposes, the time-stamp of your post will be used to determine this time, rounded up to the next hour.

NOTE: If you are currently working on a turn, you may not claim the next turn as an extension for more time as that would be a violation of rule #3 which prevents back-to-back turns.

Also, to make it easier for everyone, I suggest making your check-out post use a large font with underlines and other irritating decoration.

Like this!

Mercenary Info: DrukuBeekus - 26 unremarkable kills
Tribute reduction: 260¤
Yearly tribute: 9,740¤ x years active

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Overseer's log of the founding and early history of Realmslashed:

25th Galena, 54,



Finally we have arrived at the site the mountainhome named as Ushulmeng, Realmslashed.  While the tribute demanded by the mountainhome has done much to strangle the expansion of my brothers, I can smell profit in these dunes.  The mineral survey came back with indications of various metal veins in the rock beneath the sands and flux stone in the rocky wastes adjoining them.

Since we arrived at the very cusp of autumn, the normal month when tribute is due, we have calculated our tribute for the year to be a scant 90¤ for the 3 days of age of the fortress by the first of Autumn.  We should be able to scrounge that up from what we brought with us, or from dropping one of these cactus and building a shield or five.  The immediate concern is getting a temporary trade depot up as fast as possible.

I also had the forethought to bring as much tetrahedrite with us as I could afford.  This will be invaluable towards producing disposable wealth until we can start getting the land to produce for us.

28th Galena,



The surveys were right.  Just below a few dozen Urist of sand, we found magnetite.  A more precious metal we could not have found, for the mountainhome is woefully devoid of iron.  With flux nearby in the rocky wastes, we have steel within our reach... provided we either find a source of coke or dig deep into the earth.  Sadly the cactus here will not supply us with near enough charcoal to make much of value.

Once the basics of a foothold fort are in place, I will order exploratory mining both within the sedimentary layers and deep towards the magma sea.

4th Limestone,

Trade depot is completed and the miners are quickly clearing out more sand so we can move some of our stockpile inside.



I also ordered three spiked wooden balls made from the saguaro.  I hate to waste the precious wood, but that should more than cover the tribute for the year.

7th Limestone,





Praise be to Armok, this site is better than predicted.  When the miners finally started digging into the magnetite, they immediately found that the magnetite cluster was both enormous and surrounded by layer upon layer of chalk!  We are now but a stable fuel source away from steel.

10th Limestone,



Traders arrived today.  Shouldn't be an issue paying tribute this time.  Nor the next if we can get that fuel we need.

11th Limestone,

Met with the Liason straight away.  Nothing new in the world in the last few weeks, imagine that.  I told him to have mountainhome send all the wood they could spare next year, I would be happy to pay a premium price for it.



Meanwhile it looks like short swords and pants are on the mountainhome's wish list.  I shall see what I can do.

14th Limestone,

As predicted the tribute was easily covered by a single one of the spiked balls I had crafted.  The rest of the caravan's offerings were rather disappointing, so we bought a chest full of leather and a pair of cheap bags.

With the mountainhome appeased for another year it is time to buckle in for hard work until the spring.

27th Limestone,



The rumors of an aquifer in the wastes seems to be true.  The miners found damp stone this morning.  I'll have to be careful when strip mining out the magnetite later.

Meanwhile I've ordered farms built and pigtails planted.  With pants on the menu for next year, I figure I can save precious metals by getting some cloth-producing plants growing as soon as possible.

22nd Sandstone,



Migrants  A welcome sight since we have more work than we have hands right now.  Wish there had been a few more, but I won't look this gift rutherer in the fangs.

25th Timber,



Truely we are blessed here.  There is marble deep in the earth!

3rd, Moonstone,



The news of our pending wealth has spread fast.  The kobolds are already circling.

16th Moonstone,



Finally, deep, deep below the earth we finally found warm stone.  Now, it is time to prepare to harness magma.

23rd Moonstone,



What can I say other than: "whoops."



Lost a miner today when we accidentally breached into the magma sea from the side.  An unfortunate accident, but we shall press on and honor his memory.  I have already ordered a memorial carved for him.

13th Granite, 55



Spring has arrived and with it an elven caravan.  Hopefully we can trade a few of our excess mechanisms for some wood and cloth.

14th Granite,

A peculiar event occurred today.  There was a Kobold in with the elves who not only spoke dwarf, but seemed rather friendly.  He goes by the name of Drukubeekus and has offered his services as a trapper in exchange for some some sundry goods of little value.  I figured I would provide him with the opportunity to prove himself.  If nothing else we can sell the pelts he gathers to the mountainhome to help witht he tribute.

27th Granite,

Curious.  The elves did not bring any wood with them, mostly just fruit.  It is odd that two caravans in a row have now passed with no wood.  Is there no wood in this land?

25th Slate,



Our first artifact is a grate.  Actually, rather useful.  I'll put it on display in the dining hall for now so that we can all admire it during down-time.

26th Slate,



And right on the heels of the artifact, we hear the screams of a fell beast in the caves.  It matters not, our purpose here is metal and profit.  We do not need the caves.

18th Felsite,



A legendary weaponsmith was sent from the mountainhome to work the iron and steel we are producing.  He has already started producing works of mastery.  Soon we will be the envy of the entire dwarven empire.

24th Limestone,

Once again it is time to meet with the caravan from the mountainhome.  First on the list, paying the tribute. After handing over all the pelts that our Mercenary, Beekus, collected for us, our total came to 9,830¤.

Yes, I think we might just be able to afford that.  Since those little beauties are so good for tribute, I decided to retain them and instead trade our large supply of mugs, pants, and mechanisms for the kings ransom of wood and any bits of metal and leather they brought us.

3rd Sandstone,



Well, that will make a nice building if nothing else.  I'll toss it down by the crafting stations to give them something to admire while they toil.

15th Sandstone,

With more than enough resources and labor to get us through the next year, we settle in for a productive winter.  Now that we have armor and weapons, I took the opportunity of drafting up a military squad of anyone with prior military training.

Now, to do what dwarves do best: dig and forge.

16th Obsidian,



Thanks to an exploratory mining effort, we discovered native silver deep under the rocky waste.  This boon will allow us to pay the tribute until long after we have become the mountainhome and no longer have to pay it!

1st Limestone, 56,

It has been quite a productive year.  The forge has produced a wealth of weapons and armor in the past year.  The tally for this year's tribute will be 19,570¤. 



With the large amount of silver we have, it will be no problem at all fulfilling that obligation.

14th Limestone,



Oh for Armok's sake, Iton.  You had one job.  One freaking job!

Save coming shortly in a second post.

[Tacomagic]

So, my naughty little kobolds, it is that time of year again!  Time for Urist Klaus to leave his stash poorly guarded for all the sneaky little kobold girls and boys to pilfer!  Yes, once again, it it the blessed kobold holiday of Uristinalias!

Okay, so that fort was unabashedly to get us some access to better weapons.  The details are behind the spoiler.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

First off, I concentrated on producing a very comprehensive selection of Iron, Steel, and Silver weapons.  But there are also a few pieces of Candy in there for the most ill-behaved kobold children (I'd have made a lot more candy, but I had 2 of the shortest damn pillars I've ever seen and didn't want to unleash the circus if I didn't have to).



Some very sweet and tasty candy.



It's all located in a loosely sealed vault.  If you can figure out how to open the door (provided the dwarves don't manage to do it for you), the weapons are yours for the taking.  I do ask that players try to limit their pilfering to just a weapon or two in their main training category so that we can all share in these Uristinalias presents.

Also, please remember to re-set the door before you leave.  I'd hate for any of those nice treats to wander off.

Finally, uhh... I made a bit of a tactical error when designing the approach to this fortress.  I honestly didn't realize what this looked like until two years after I built it.

Post-retire save:  http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=10316

(I'm deeply sorry, I forgot to make a save before I retired.  Does... does that make me a cheating cheater too?  )

[Bigheaded]

downloading now.

I suggest Realmslashed be renamed to Sir 3 balls' fort. That famous adventurer known for his... nevermind.
Anyway, Lets see what mayhem i can produce.

[ptb_ptb]

I'm a cheating cheater.

Does... does that make me a cheating cheater too?  )

Technically, no. The 'big three' are laws, if you will. The rules can be added to or removed by players but the laws are unchanging.

[Tacomagic]

I suggest Realmslashed be renamed to Sir 3 balls' fort. That famous adventurer known for his... nevermind.
Anyway, Lets see what mayhem i can produce.

I remember that dwarf!  In the summer of 56 he came into fort!

...

Er, never mind.

[Bigheaded]

I'm a cheating cheater.

Does... does that make me a cheating cheater too?  )

Technically, no. The 'big three' are laws, if you will. The rules can be added to or removed by players but the laws are unchanging.

well technically, all of the "rules" count:

Any player who breaks a rule must place the phrase "I'm a cheating cheater." at the start of each post they make in this thread. Made in: Turn two by ptb_ptb.

Only the stuff in red is counted as a rule. I've sort of ninja'd away without having to write "i'm a cheating cheater" because he didn't write that you had to type clearly that you're taking the turn in red & bold
So i purposely ignored it for a good reason, which leads me to the rule i wished to add:

CHEATING IS GOOD!
Completely disregard ONE rule as much as you wish (EXCLUDING: ONLY BUILD ONCE & REPORTING BUGS! these arn't "rules" more of "laws", see post #2 for all rules), bonus points if you go completely the other direction, such as not only ignoring the 10,000 dorf bucks to the homeland, but even stealing it! Every attempt should be made to adhere to the rest of the rules.
Note, rule #2 should only take effect on any rule which isn't the one you intended to break.
Hopefully more rules will be incoming so to make more fun with this rule. I know which i will break first bwahahahahaha.

[Bigheaded]

Ha, i had come up with that rule before i started my turn.

I just built a site, literally 2 days later, the dwarves turn up  , erm. WAT.
Considering my plan was for me to build something above ground which could easily be found (i.e really really big) i brought along a bunch of masons, suppose i could of used carpenters. But i prefer stone.

Therefore plan has changed. The rule i've chosen to ignore is obviously the tribute. I have NOTHING. I managed to scrounge up a couple of spiked balls in a hope that i could continue with my original plan of what rule i was intending to ignore but i managed to only get 1000 TOTAL, considering i have no leniency in the rule for 10k/20k etc per year, it's just as well i chose the rule i did so i have a way out

This does mean i should attempt to adhere to all other rules, but there's very few rules in relation to Fort's so i should be fine. Basically the last rule i have left to deal with is ensuring i finish on time!

edit:
This is how fast they turned up. First page of announcements still:


Bear in mind those keas i embarked were on the map.
Literally was embark and dwarves arrive lol.