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[Archmage Ansrit]

Well, I'm a novice at forts, but came across some semi-good ideas to set them up (including a Planepacked set-up, which actually kind of works into the fortress) and wish to see how fast they collapse in a mess of violence, death and fire successful they actually are.

I want a few participants, like, six other people would be fine.

I don't have much idea on how to use the worldgen on detail, so if someone tells me how to get somewhere more-or-less decent to embark to I'd be grateful. Or someone could gen it then pass it to me to start it off.

Whatever works, oh, we need some sort of rules, right. Well, we should agree on something -trivial things like ditch the anvil? Rise all the way to challenges?- once we gather players.

Anyone up for watching a trainwreck building a fort this way?

Current list:

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1- Archmage Ansrit - Year 1 (Complete)
2- Sindain - Year 2 (Complete)
3- TauQuebb - Skipped
4 -Particleman Retired
5- Sir Broccoli - Year 3 (Partial, dead fortress)
6- Demonic Spoon - Skipped
7- DarkChasm - Rest of year 3 + year 4 (Reclaiming...)
8- Jetsquirrel
9- Khantin
10- LordSlowpoke
11- Lancensis
12- compy386

Status:

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Magma forges operational. Not dead by magma yet.

Killed by orcs, reclaiming.

Failed moods: 1.

Artifacts:
1- Linedwonder, bucket, ~72000
2- The... Fondled Weights, Amulet, Value unknown.

DarkChasm's turn.

[Particleman]

What exactly are the specifics of what you're wanting to do? Because I can't tell.

[kilakan]

I would be if I knew wha you are doing XD

[Sindain]

eh i guess I'm for it... sign me up until further notice!

[Archmage Ansrit]

Well, as to what I want, it's to see if we can make a memorable fortress, which means we need magma, lots of magma, and demons. Y'know, typical fortress fare.

Let's see how long and large can we support the fortress, name dwarves after ourselves and perhaps roleplay it a bit. Post stuff here, and see what kills it first, mismanagement being so entertained that you forget some stuff, demons having too much fun with the wildlife, goblins having too much fun with the neighbours, tantrum spirals, partying too hard. Again, typical fortress doom Fun.

To this effect, I wanted to see what is considered "fun/Fun" here among forum-goers (some mods like Dig Deeper and such), so that the world can be genned accordingly. First I wish to see if I can get enough interest, start up, then see if we can get some addintional people.

Sindain, do you want something specific on your dwarf?

[Sindain]

Nah, I'm fine with anything... Don't be surprised if manage to run the fort into the ground during my turn btw

[TauQuebb]

I'll have a go too

[Particleman]

I guess I'll give it a stab. I've never really looked at Dig Deeper, though, so if we're going to be using that, expect either slow updates while I work to understand everything, or for the fortress to crumble during my turn.

[Sir Broccoli]

I'll play, it'll be my very first bloodline game.

[Demonic Spoon]

Sure, sign me up, also I always wanted to do a start with nothing setup in a bloodline, see how that goes.

[CrossBolt]

slowly.... pushing....in..... I might try it, put me on the list

[Jetsquirrel]

I DEMAND THE 3rd PLACE!

nah just kidding put me in the back. But if you take it srsly then thx

[khantin]

I've never tried a succession fort before but I am hella interested, especially with Dig Deeper being in the mix.  I'm sensing a good deal of Fun.

[Archmage Ansrit]

Well, it was only an example, if people like Dig Deeper, then sure, why not? It's what the people want.

What kind of world should be genned? I don't know much about that, but I've read that the map area size and the embark area size affect computer performance somewhat. Plus, there are other things to consider before/when embarking (biome, for example). If someone with more experience could help with this it would be a lot of help.

[Particleman]

Ideally something with magma, flux, and adjacent to at least one hostile civilization, for Fun. Running water is a plus too.

As for what size world? My preference would be medium. Big enough for some interesting history to happen, but not so big it slows my computer (which is admittedly a piece of crap) to a crawl.

My preference for an embark area would be anything from 2x2 to 4x4, honestly. Again, my PoS computer makes larger areas a real burden, but I could put up with playing a large area for a single game year.