I do have to say invasions are where the newer version falls flat on its face. Should probably just revert to the old behavior for player controlled sites or make it an option. Everything else I find pretty enjoyable.
The Crown's military is expanded yet again with two new squads, one melee and one marksdorf. Got attacked by a weredeer as well, but it was less "attack" and more "Ran at our blademaster and got thier neck sliced out in one shot." Still no elves to kill.
We've also captured two (!) giant cave spiders, and a small herd of draltha (thems is good eatin'; kept a herd of them in a glacial fort once.)
Hives were expanded, as mead has turned out to be obscenely popular among the dorfs. Seriously, I'm actually having trouble keeping it around for any meaningful length of time!
Been making consistent use of syrup, royal jelly, oil, and flour in making small meals. One particular one was made of olive pulp, rice flour, olive oil, and jelly. I like to imagine they were actually these small bowl-shaped cookies made from olive-rice pads with jelly resting in the middle of the depression.
On that note, rice is by far our most common flour product. And I've had to greatly expand wood production, to meet the needs of beds and such for the new arrivals that brought the population to 122. And on that note, Come onnnnnnnnn, where's the enemyyyyyyyyy... I'm positive I've got the last major settlement in The Barricaded Canyon's control....
I also named almost every dwarf after forum members, even though they'll probably all die in the first ambush/siege.
I've done that before. Provides a bit of amusement