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Author Topic: How do you introduce someone to Dwarf Fortress?  (Read 5728 times)

Max™

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Re: How do you introduce someone to Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #30 on: May 16, 2015, 06:03:17 am »

Yeah, leaking stuff from the game into the world is fun. Girlfriend was on hangouts with a couple of her friends and one of them stopped and asked why she kept saying something was inevitable, she was like "oh god I don't even know where to begin explaining this" but it's fun trying.

Think it was someone on here who phrased it best:

"We don't want a crappy fantasy universe, we want a crappy fantasy universe generator."

All the emergent stories, the way little things end up playing out as a dramtic twist or success or failure or both, it's hard to just explain why it's so fun to do, watch, or read about.

Much better to do as Broseph and others said, "...so then another wereantelope shows up while they're trying to recover from the last forgotten beast, and it's like, we'll be ok guys, we've got plenty of soap."
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Re: How do you introduce someone to Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #31 on: May 18, 2015, 05:04:24 pm »

I just direct them to various forum posts.

Nothing displays the essence of dwarf fortress to an outsider like the stories and reactions of its players.
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Re: How do you introduce someone to Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #32 on: May 25, 2015, 07:21:17 pm »

I just direct them to various forum posts.

Nothing displays the essence of dwarf fortress to an outsider like the stories and reactions of its players.

Chasing the Elusive Mermaid
Dwarven... "Child Care"

Try not playing dwarf fortress after reading these.
« Last Edit: May 26, 2015, 01:57:11 pm by Broseph Stalin »
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Re: How do you introduce someone to Dwarf Fortress?
« Reply #33 on: May 26, 2015, 01:44:10 pm »

I cant find the thread but there was one where elves were slowly modded to be pets, lay eggs, and be sheared.
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