It's the second autumn in Stoneshield, my first really real fortress thus far. Up till now I've just been messing around and learning the basics. This one I'm going to play out to whatever end, if I can. We've had our first birth, and I managed to get a working drawbridge built at the entrance, above a four level pit. I've got some cage and stone-dropping traps at the outside of the entrance, followed by a chained cougar. I'll add some weapon traps at the edge of the pit, as well. We've only had one strange mood so far, it was a possession by the jeweler, sadly. It went well enough. I've managed to find veins of copper, gold and aluminum, but haven't worked the gold yet. After having read other peoples' comments here, I figured to wait until I have a couple squads of military first for the inevitable seiges. I've managed to make enough on stone goods to help us get what we need. We're up to 39 dwarves now, including immigrants. My next project will probably be a hospital wing, and a well. We have a brook some distance away from where we embarked. Later I'll have to come up with an indoor refuse area so that we don't have so many people traipsing in and out of the fort. I'll probably dig another pit, open at the top, wall around the opening, and stick both a statue garden and the refuse in that area.