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[Chicostick]

I just recently managed to get the ruler to stop on by. I had the room prepared and everything, and now the queen is residing in a large room designed to fit the natural face of the mountain, and with gem windows looking out over the domain.

And really low FPS.

This was my first fortress EVER, and I managed to get it this far, only killing 60 dwarves or so in the process. I've manage to make a pair of large 20 z-level towers, a pyramid hanging over a bottomless pit with open areas for dumping waste and a large assortment of coffins, a large roof over my main entrance, and a road system with some guard towers that are almost finished.

I also have a moat of sorts in the works, I just need to finish the two pumps I have hooked up to my windmills and I'll let the water loose.

I feel like I did pretty good for my first time 

[ousire]

sounds pretty good. care to upload the map so we can see it?

[Chicostick]

Once I finish up these last project and figure out how to, sure   

[ousire]

of course, gotta get it all ready for presentation

though you say this was all in the FIRST fort? first one you ever did? im quite impressed

most of my forts went south pretty fast at first

[Chicostick]

Turns out I have no clue how to use pumps, so the moat failed. Oh well

[Nephelim]

Seriously, your first?

My first fort died to goblins.  I was unaware of the whole 'invader thing'

My second fort died to a tantrum spiral because I didn't know I could keep the dwarfs indoors.. during a siege.

My third fort died because the goblins brought troll that bashed down my doors.

And so on...

[AtomicPaperclip]

I abandoned my first 3 or 4 forts due to the level of failure of design

I've had instances where I've flooded my whole fort and save-scummed but I've never been killed off by invaders

Except my first orc encounter

That doesn't count.

Anyway, I'm really impressed you managed to get this far. Especially get all those projects going.

[yaklin]

i think by first mountainhome he means the first time he got the king/queen to move in not first fort
but i could be wrong

oops missed part of the first post forget i said anything

[Shoku]

What's with all these people who read like the first halfs of posts lately?

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So there were no reclaims?

[ousire]

i think by first mountainhome he means the first time he got the king/queen to move in not first fort
but i could be wrong

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*snip*
This was my first fortress EVER, and I managed to get it this far, only killing 60 dwarves or so in the process. I've manage to make a pair of large 20 z-level towers, a pyramid hanging over a bottomless pit with open areas for dumping waste and a large assortment of coffins, a large roof over my main entrance, and a road system with some guard towers that are almost finished.
*snip*

[Dvergar]

I lost my first several forts to.....dun dun dun.....bordom

Wait a minute, I am still losing forts to bordom, help me!

[Jim Groovester]

Wow, impressive. My first few forts I just messed around with the controls until everything started to make sense.

You're a natural at Dwarf Fortress, then.

[Scarpa]

I lost my first several forts to.....dun dun dun.....bordom

Wait a minute, I am still losing forts to bordom, help me!

Play careless (ie don't obsess about efficiency, idlers, etc), don't use traps, plan stupid scale projects, test out machines/pumps without proper planning, make half a dozen entrances to your fort...

That's the kind of stuff that works for me.

Just avoiding trap use altogether is a good way to keep things interesting.

[Stargrasper]

Just avoiding trap use altogether is a good way to keep things interesting.

Traps?  Maybe my militaries are a bit overpowered, but usually if the enemy lives long enough to get to my traps, I'm in deep trouble.  My traps are generally useless because the enemy just doesn't live long enough to get caught in them...or its a hidden enemy detected by my front entrance guard dogs and doesn't live long enough to get out(and thus caught).  A highly mobile military trumps traps any day.  So if you want to lose, forgo the military entirely.  Then you're assuredly doomed.

[Leafsnail]

Just avoiding trap use altogether is a good way to keep things interesting.

Traps?  Maybe my militaries are a bit overpowered, but usually if the enemy lives long enough to get to my traps, I'm in deep trouble.  My traps are generally useless because the enemy just doesn't live long enough to get caught in them...or its a hidden enemy detected by my front entrance guard dogs and doesn't live long enough to get out(and thus caught).  A highly mobile military trumps traps any day.  So if you want to lose, forgo the military entirely.  Then you're assuredly doomed.

I take it you haven't got the orc mod.