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[TolyK]

don't worry, just keep pissing off elves and humans. also, for kobold ambushes, leave out some presents for them.

[Haspen]

Another of my 40d forts, this one is most fun.

In short, chasm and cave river I have, thus a flurry of bad things pouring into my fort. Last time, a batch of naked mole dogs, lead by a Giant bat, slaughtered seven of my dorfs before we have won.

Now, lack of alcohol and miasma everywhere is more of a problem.

[Fishbulb]

It's been so long since I built any traps, I'd completely forgotten that goblin snatchers lack trapavoid. Until I found my entrance tunnel jammed completely full of minced goblin.

[FGK dwarf]

Obsidian 259. Abbeywhite, run by the Portal of Monasteries, ends its ill-fated second year.

Constructed on sacred ground--no mining within the abbey walls, except for burial chambers--so all mining and quarrying have to be done south of the brook, and the stone hauled overland. This is good for no-one but the Goblins (current loss ratio: 17 dwarves to 6 goblins).

Fortunately none of the hammer-wielding Warrior Monks (any migrant with hammer skill) have arrived yet to criticise our slow progress.

Meanwhile, two of the original seven, the lovers miner Deler Gorgeclasps and carpenter Lokum Inkybristle, have grown tired of the savage surface world and eloped to the caverns with a spare anvil and a bin full of weapons, where they hope to carve out a new, safer, life.

[SurfinShroom]

Had my first real taste of combat in the game of dwarf fortress, past experience went as far as sparring and archery practice. Chose a new location after abandoning that fort.
My soon to be epic military just ripped a wolves ear off after throwing him by the third rear toe. Nuff said.

[Artzbacher]

A great white wall has been built, protecting Bookold from ambushes. We have at least 30 occupied coffins in the catacombs, due to the immigrant death room, and expect many more to fill the vacant coffins.

The danger room is in place but the militia is yet to be drafted. All we need now is a blacksmith, to forge gold and platinum furniture.

[Musashi]

One hydra and one FB made of coral at the same time.
No casualty.
Man, I'm getting good 
Now, I haven't had a real siege in ages...

EDIT: awww man, a cave crawler ruined my perfect record and ate 3 people. They were almost useful, too.

[MarineMorton]

Currently testing the new plants I put in to check they brew into lovely spirts for the xmas party

[Korva]

Someone's pet cat somehow managed to fall off the drawbridge spanning my ~15 z-level canyon despite there being a wall along one side and no combat messages related to it. It baffles me how this happened. Can they fall when pouncing on vermin? Bah.

On another note, my new fort's first Beast appeared in the caverns: a quadruped made of green glass with a "hunter for warm blood". Odd special ability, never seen that before. While I was still debating whether to rouse my militia, send them down, dig a a cavern entrance and let 'em have at it, a local cave swallow people civilization jumped the thing and killed it, taking only a few casualties in turn. Rather disappointing.

And I tested my "patient-maker" lever which drops some useless peasant two z-levels to give my doctor something to practice on. That turned out to be more dangerous than intended, though: five broken bones, which developed three infections in short order. Grr. And of course the medical team couldn't be arsed to respond for almost a month despite having all other labors turned off. Medical kills need a higher innate priority.

[TolyK]

... Medical kills need a higher innate priority.

seems like it doesn't it? jk

actually i think I should implement this myself... hm...

[Jacob/Lee]

My drowning/flush trap works near perfectly, of course when the water tank is full this happens:

But that can be worked out when we stop the pump stack.

[SurfinShroom]

Hmm I just slaughter some more wolves
Don't suppose you know how to make your butcher get off his ass and fetch the corpses so I can butcher them?

[TolyK]

they have to be in a corpse (read: refuse) stockpile. just make one nearby. (edit: the shop)
your hunters should have "return kill" as a job at least some times.

[Lord Shonus]

The dead have to be very close to the shop. Put a refuse pile right next to it an turn on refuse hauling.

[TolyK]

its low-priority though, so be sure to remove all other hauling/work/etc. for the butcher and helpers (temporarily at least)