I did a no military fort, and I'm bored.
Goblin should have clear path to me with no water or mountain, but no siege/ambush in 4 years still.
Wealth is generated from Lavish meals. Working full time: 2 Plant Gatherer, 2 Grower, 1 Miller/Shearer/Spinner, 1 Thresher/Weave/Cloth, 3 Cooks, 2 Brewer, 1 Woodcutter/Wood Hauler.
Carpenter workshop on Barrel Repeat for Novice to Adequate.
I had 8 Fish Cave people (Hostile), they killed all the trundles in Cavern 2; killed an FB so a named Fish Cave Spearman lived.
I spent constructing a trap / bridge / pit trap, but a chained kitten did not lure them in. A pastured kitten outside, and later inactivated runs back and forth while toggling the hatch access to forbidden. The kitten (now cat) even paths through the Fish Cave people, but they don't bother.
An 8-legged Giraffe FB that breaths fire visited and killed the Fish Cave people; broke my door and left my chained kitten's head; the kitten outside help spread the fire as the FB chased and burned everything, causing cave-in spam.
So I am in the process of making building destroyer traps--slowly going.
I found magma, and started some metal industry. It's taking forever to get my haulers to bring stone and flux. I need to learn how to minecart successfully all these.
Pop went over 80, and I'm not a barony.
I have plenty of dug in common bedrooms for 10 dwarves each, furnished 100 of them, but I did not designate as bedrooms.
I also made "rest" stops about every 20z: Has 2x2 Prepared Food, 2x3 Drinks, 2 Chair/Tables, 3 Beds each.
I have hatch access to each cavern later, but only breached into Cavern 2 because it has water.
No attacks are coming, some Kobolds always get spotted and run away.
I have all these cage traps, with no goblins to torment. Boring!
So I may re-start again, but go crazy military, and use same Lavish Meals wealth generation.