Breadbowl
King Sibrek Logemtad has eaten one plump helmet roast too many and decided that the dwarven kingdom needs better food. His highness, being both merciful
and pragmatic, summoned 7 dwarfs whose skills were of minimal use to a fully equipped mountain home. He then justly sentenced them to hammering for being useless and cluttering up the palace with their bodies.
However, in a truly magnamonous display of kindness, he granted these unrepentant layabouts a reprieve on the condition that they embark to a fertile location and start growing, gathering and farming every type of food imaginable. Understandably, being fond of their natural head shape, the 7 agreed.
As they left, the king confided in them that should they succeed, and the king find his larders stocked with much delicious rare food, they would not find him ungrateful...
This started out as a simple 2-week 1-year succession fort with a goal: export as much quantity and variety of food and drink as possible.
It has since become the ongoing saga of a peaceful (by dwarven standards) farming settlement, thriving unexpectedly on the surface in a world beset by war, beasts and tragedy. But nothing lasts forever, and Breadbowl has more enemies than most...
Rules *
Trade all your food and drink to every caravan. The elves and humans are considered couriers delivering to the Mountainhome. After every trade, you should have no prepared food or drink left.
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(Obvious exception: you can't trade wooden barrels to elves)*
No buying food from the caravan. You'll need to produce your food, not buy it.
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Underground crops are not allowed. -
Enclosed crops (aboveground crops underneath some sort of roof) are allowed, on one condition: the roof must be made of clear glass. This is likely to be a worthwhile investment despite the cost of clear glass, as it's quite possible an ill-timed siege could starve you out.*
Report how much food you trade each time. I'll keep a running tally in this post.
- For plot purposes, our goal is to feed every dwarf of The Old Nets, consisting of ~3570 dwarves.
- Per the wiki, each dwarf consumes 2 food, 4 drink per season. Therefore our Ultimate Production Goal is a bit shy of 30,000 food, 60,000 drink per year. (values subject to revision if The Old Nets population changes)The trading processAfter some 'sperimentation, this is the easiest way I've found to trade everything required and get an accurate count on how much you exported:
First off, move everything to the depot before you even attempt to trade. This includes:
* Everything in the drinks page. Say goodbye to your boozepile.
* There is no food page, so do a search for both "roast", and "prepared food", and trade everything under both searches. I've you make any biscuits or meals, trade those too.
Once everything is moved, visit the stocks screen to calculate your output. It will be as follows:
This definately worked for my original trade (I double checked against the main stocks screen for drink and the numbers in the trade depot for food), but if any future trades prove it in error, I'll update this methodology.
Finally, perform the trade itself. Trade everything in one hit. Don't worry about getting a good price: you won't need it. Stacks of roasts are very expensive anyway, and with the sheer number we'll be trading they'll give us anything we ask for and still leave suffering paroxysms of ecstasy.
Don't get too greedy though, lest the game suffer fps death from all the useless stuff they bring us.
More general rulesTurns
- Duration: 1 year or 2 weeks, whichever comes first.
- Turns will be skipped if you fail to respond or stop updating.
- Extensions past the 2-week point will be granted if you put a lot of work into high-quality updates.
Graphics
- You can use graphics sets, but for convenience's sake the save should always be converted back to ASCII when passing turns.
Exploits
- You can use your own judgement on what is and is not an exploit, but stay away from obvious hacks like danger rooms. Maintain the suspension of disbelief!
Editing the RAWs/Using DFHack
- Using utilities to simplify the game or recover FPS is fine. Anything the LazyNewbPack does by default is fine.
- Check with me if there's any doubt. I'll sign off on making creatures war-trainable or increasing merchant animals carrying capacity.
- Anything that involves changing dwarf stats or killing specific targets is cheating and thus completely unacceptable. Same goes for fastdwarf, reveal-all, etc.
Savescumming
- Savescumming is more acceptable here than in many forts, since Breadbowl doesn't run on chaos and mismanagement the way other forts do. But don't overuse it: from a narrative standpoint, the occasional massacre or accidental drowning is a good thing.
Goals * feed every dwarf of The Old Nets.
* farms for every type of above-ground crop.
* separate pastures for every type of animal we have (more than one of) on the site
- (Exception: we can have a 'misc' pasture for animals we only have one of, but try not to mix the giant predator's with the adorable grazers)* breeding programs for as many different types of meats as possible, with special emphasis on rare, non-domestic varieties. Do good by the elves: you'll want them to bring as many animals as possible.
* cover as much surface area as possible with farms, pastures, roads and buildings.
For dorfing or a turn, ask and ye shall recieve.
TURN LISTQuasar - Year 1 - A Farm Founded Traded -
125 food,
324 drink - Dwarven Caravan
Neblime - Year 2 - A Thief Killed, A Beast Hidden Traded -
770 food,
1593 drink,
☼170917 - Total
Milestone reached: 1000 booze!Bearskie - Year 3 - A Moat Dug, A Baron NamedTraded -
710 food,
3596 drink,
☼125503 - Total
Milestone reached: 3000 booze!41 food, 46 drinks, ☼4577 - Elven Caravan
471 food, 2711 drink, ☼42301 - Human Caravan
198 food, 839 drink, ☼78625 - Dwarven Caravan
SQman - Year 4 - A Wall Built, A Silver Mace BestowedTraded -
2688 food,
1151 drink,
☼197729 - Total
Milestone reached: 2000 food!580 food, 745 drinks - Elven Caravan
0 food, 0 drink - Human Caravan -
Drowned2108 food, 406 drink - Dwarven Caravan
Sanctume - Year 5 - A War Begun, A Farm DefendedTraded -
4391 food,
2303 drink - Total
Milestone reached: 4000 food!2656 food, 673 drinks - Elven Caravan
1009 food, 1156 drink - Human Caravan
726 food, 474 drink - Dwarven Caravan
PrologueMandatesSpring Siege of 204Dramatis Personae:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7Siege Chapters:
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17.
Siege EpilogueSpring ReportSummer ReportSummer Chapters:
21,
22,
23,
24,
25.
Autumn ReportWinter Is ComingWinds Of Winter Winter Siege of 240:
29,
30,
31,
32.
Plowshares To SwordsEpilogueInterlude - What are you wearing? -
Photo'sInterlude - More History -
"I think we accidentally a World War."Letter from the KingMarch of the Hell of Emancipating Dolwin - Year 6 - A Barracks Constructed, A Hamster NamedTraded -
8486 food,
6948 drink - Total
Milestones reached: 8000 food!, 6000 booze!110 food, 4925 drinks - Elven Caravan
0 food, 0 drink - Human Caravan - Turned away by Goblins
8376 food, 2023 drink - Dwarven Caravan
ToniK - Year 7 - A Bear Gained, A Manager LostTraded -
4988 food,
3039 drinks - Total
2125 food, 1663 drinks - Elven Caravan
1467 food, 336 drinks - Human Caravan
1396 food, 1040 drinks - Dwarven Caravan
Zuglarkun - Year 8 - A Capitol Named, A Crime Outrage Atrocity RevealedTraded -
8120 food,
7088 drinks - Total
Milestones reached: 7000 booze!2382 food, 0 drinks - Elven Caravan
2430 food, 779 drinks - Human Caravan
3308 food, 6309 drinks - Dwarven Caravan
DDDragoni - Year 9 - An Ex-overseer PunishedTraded -
924 food,
12539 drinks - Total
Milestones reached: 12000 booze!166 food; 2,344 drinks - Elven Caravan
758 food; 10,195 drinks - Human Caravan
0 food, 0 drink - Dwarven Caravan -
Fell in MoatNCommander - Year 10 - A Farm BurnedTraded -
0 food,
0booze,
plenty death and fire - Total
Milestones reached: Fortress incinerated!0 food; 0 drinks - Elven Caravan -
Dragon0 food; 0 drinks - Human Caravan -
Werebeasts0 food, 0 drink - Dwarven Caravan -
Loyalty cascadeGwolfski - Year 11 - Ghost MurderTraded -
unrecorded food,
unrecorded booze - Total
TheFlame52 - Year 12 - CompleteTraded -
114 food,
9542drinks - Total
unrecorded food;
unrecorded drinks - Elven Caravan
unrecorded food; 5756 drinks - Human Caravan
114 food, 3786 drink - Dwarven Caravan
Migrant - Year 13 - Half YearTraded -
unrecorded food,
5593drinks - Total
unrecorded food;
unrecorded drinks - Elven Caravan
unrecorded food; 5593 drinks - Human Caravan
Luneya - Year 13.5 & Year 14 - CompleteTraded -
7342 food,
5459drinks - Total
Milestones reached: Fortress population halved!1418 food,
0 drink - Dwarven Caravan
5924 food;
5459 drinks - Elven Caravan
0 food; 0 drinks - Human Caravan -
Turned away by goblins0 food, 0 drink - Dwarven Caravan -
Ran away before trade could be completedTheFlame52 - Year 15 - CompleteTraded -
unrecorded food,
unrecorded drinks - Total
Quasar - Year 16 - THUNK!Traded -
4077 food,
14,668 drinks - Total
Milestones reached: 14000 booze!2725 food;
1199 drinks - Elven Caravan
1151 food;
12,995 drinks - Human Caravan
201 food,
474 drink - Dwarven Caravan
Broseph Stalin - CompleteTraded -
9,112 food,
4,360 drinks - Total
Milestone reached: 9000 food!0 food; 0 drinks - Elven Caravan -
Caravan left without trading5,894 food;
2,456 drinks - Human Caravan
3,278 food,
1,904 drink - Dwarven Caravan
Bearskie - Partial Turn... sadly, no records exist beyond this point. We do not know what became of the reign of Overseer Murphy as all on-site records were destroyed in The End Of Breadbowl, which took place within the next year.
Quasar - The End Of BreadbowlMilestones reached: The EndBreadbowls Last StandDWARF LISTYou may be redorfed after death, but you'll need to come up with a new name. No resurrections, body-hopping or suspiciously similar distant cousins please.Civilians
Quasar, Female, Mayor of Breadbowl (QuQuasar) - Dead (dragon) - Founder, Year 1 Overseer
Neblime, Male, Legendary Carpenter (Neblime) - Dead (goblins) - Founder, Year 2 Overseer
Bearskie, Male, Legendary Planter (Bearskie) - Dead (executed for murder) - Founder, Year 3 Overseer
Gwolfski, Male, Duke of Breadbowl (Gwolfski) - Dead (dragon) - Founder
Aristotle, Male, Philosopher (Aristotle)
May, Female, Chief Medical Dwarf (May) - Founder
Psychoangel - Male, Brewer - Custom profession "Le Grand Soaper" - Dead (drowned). - Founder
Hiddenleafguy, Male, Manager (Hiddenleafguy)
Tonnot, Male, Legendary Brewer (Tonnot)
Brassroast, Male, High Master Mason (LordBrassroast)
Illithid, Male, Legendary Armorsmith (Illithid) - Dead (dragon)
Dolwina, Female, Surgeon (Dolwin) - Dead (dragon) - Year 6 Overseer
Bismuth Lad, Male, Rock Collector - Dead (goblins)
ToniK, Female, Medic (ToniK)
Shűl-nak, Male, Legendary Weaponsmith (Shűl-nak)
Blitzgamer, Female, Metalsmith (Blitzgamer)
Darzen, Male, Furnace Operator (DDDragoni)
MoonytheHuman, Male, Crazy Mechanic (MoonytheHuman)
Imic, Male, "Wild Thing" Hammerer (Imic) - Dead (goblins)
Dirk, Female, Miner.
Vutok, Male, Woodcutter.
Murphy, Female, Mayor.
Ivomtad, Male, Grower.
Military
Taupe, Male, Spearmaster, Militia Commander (Taupe) - Founder
Sanctume, Male, Foremost Mace Lord (Sanctume) - Year 5 Overseer
NCommander, Male, Axe Lord, (NCommander) - Dead (goblins) - Year 10 Overseer
LordBrassroast, Female, Spearmaster (LordBrassroast)
Alexis, Female, Swordmaster (Gwolfski) - Dead (forgotten beast Tol Zongospongno)
Fairybrow, Male, Axe Lord (fairy eyebrow)
DDDragoni, Female, Axedwarf - Dead (forgotten beast Licesi Cavejuice)
Vortex, Female, Axe Lord, Militia Captain - Dead (forgotten beast Nokor the Hole of Vomit.)
Murky, Female, Judge Jury and Executioner (Quasar)
Techno, Female, Axe Lord (Pyro)
Angus, Female, Axe Lord (Urist McVoyager) - Dead (treachery)
Crazy Blades, Male, Swordmaster
Zuglarkun, Female, Speardwarf (Zuglarkun) - Went berserk/transcended mortality. Now part of the furniture in the dining room - Year 8 Overseer
Sqman - Male, Marksdwarf - Dead (trolled). - Year 4 Overseer
Pyro, Female, Legendary Furnace Operator (Pyro)
Japa, Male, Great Tracker (Japa)
Browedeyefairy, Female, Skilled Marksdwarf (fairy eyebrow) - Dead (goblins)
Kol Copperweaver, Male, Spearmaster, (TheFlame52)
Gordak, Male, Hammer Lord
Big Sibrek, female, Militia Commander/Axelady
Metalhead 183, male, Axelord
Thunk, male, Doombringer/Axelord.
Quotable QuotesMoved a few posts down because of character limit...