So, my current mad project would be moving our meeting hall (16 tiles? O RLY?) over the entrance which will also be made by me. The whole success will depend on some untested theories and major Fun in case even one of them fails.
Some engraver got fey'd and made a whopping earring. I fail to grasp the frail balance between lack of empty bags and lack of sand-filled bugs so I am eagerly awaiting elves' arrival to get some cloth (I didn't say 'buy', mind you). The Project advances at crawling speed, so I had to take drastic measures...
Edit 2: Finally, in Felsite elves arrived and promptly lost about 4000 dorfbuks in cloth, bags and wolf cage. The sand problem is soon to be solved.
WELCOME TO THE FUCKING ROPEGRIP! HOPE YOU LIKE... er... CHAOS!
Edit 3: An ambush. Oh fuck. We don't have a militia, we don't have any traps, we don't have any defense at all... I walled off the main staircase above. A couple of dorfs got stuck outside, but I don't see any breaches.
Edit 4: Actually, A LOT of dwarves got stuck outside. Among them my second incarnation, Bayar and RandomNumberGenerator (the latter two are already dead). What should I do? Arm a militia and try to beat them off or sit in the impregnable fortress and hope for the best?
Edit 5: I got all remaining dwarves in a burrow and forbade the front doors. We have 26 dorfs standing and the same number dead (including those who died before). In addition to aforementioned casualties, Rolan and mrbobbyg are dead. Me and Urist Imiknorris are last two PCs standing. The overall fortress morale is a slightest bit
In short, we're in shit up to the ears.
Edit 6: Oh wait, I didn't notice the humans arriving! We're saved! The goblins shall be repelled!
Edit 7: Everything sucks. Insanities, tantrums et cetera brought population down to 19. Let's pray we'll get some migrants soon...
Edit 8: Did I say everything?
I don't even want to comment.
Maybe I should post the save now and leave it to some more skilled overseer?