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[Thief^]

By the time it got to the point of needing to desalinate water, making constructions wasn't happening (wells desalinate too btw, if I'd had a rope or chain). Hell I couldn't even convince haika to brew anything.

So vote:
Rewind season or
Get re-dwarfed

Personally I'd rather live with my failure, but this is a community fort...

[Taricus]

Rewind.

[Haika]

hmm, well that's a little depressing. I suppose I don't really mind if you rewind or not. I don't think you quite have a handle on making the best community story. At least for me, I like more screenshots. (no offense, and you should keep trying, just stating my thoughts)

With the supplies you had, there shouldn't have been any issue at all with getting food and drink worked out. Looking at the map, I'd say the issue was the long hallways. Not sure why you spread everything out so much. The food stockpiles and everything were together nicely, but with the furniture stockpile all the way down the hallway, it made for getting barrels to brew harder, thus slowing you down on that end. Also, single wide hallways will slow it down further, as dwarves pause a bit, if their paths cross.

Though I suppose it was typically dwarven, thinking more about a magma trap than getting basic supplies going. XD

[Taricus]

Forbid the dwarves from stockpiling empty barrels in the general furniture storage and set the food stores to accept them.

[TolyK]

Rewind.

Forbid the dwarves from stockpiling empty barrels in the general furniture storage and set the food stores to accept them.

also, use the water pumping technique 

[Thief^]

There'd be more pictures (and more text) if anything interesting actually happened. For the most part it's "look at the badgers".

I haven't had a problem with alcohol before, I normally make sure a farm and alcohol is set up first. I guess I just got distracted by the shiny volcano. My forts are normally in a better shape than this by the end of spring than this one was in mid-autumn.

Sorry guys. I'll rewind and sort it.

[Edosurist]

Both pumping and I believe wall grates purify water.
And as for war badgers for defense... they don't really do much.

I vote re-dwarf.

[Thief^]

Day 193:
I don't know what was in Haika's wine, but it sure knocked me out and made me dream some really weird stuff. I died.
(this is the official rewind explanation)

We were celebrating the new still being operational already. Ow my head. I need a drink.

Day 206:
Migrants!
Butcher / record keeper
Miner/marksdwarf (odd combination)
Fish dissector
High master metalsmith / appraiser
Novice macedwarf
Child
"Novice"
duckling
turkey gobbler and poult
yak calf

We're also swimming in baby animals:
1 goat kid
3 puppies
4 bunnies
2 cavy pups
11 chicks

[Thief^]

Day 240:
Merchants are here. Quick people, what do we want them to bring next time?
Chose drinks and fish in the end. Politely ignored Haika's suggestion of olivine.

Day 251:
It is winter. We have plump helmets being farmed and "wine" being brewed, which should last us the winter.
The animal pastures are walled in, with the ramps on the inside removed. The only way to get to the entrance now is via the soon-to-be magma-trap.
The chicken coop has been expanded to accommodate all the chicks. The ones that grow into roosters will get butchered but more eggs never hurt.
Most importantly, no-one has died.

Map

[Thief^]

Day 270:
Progress report from Mipe:
The magma system for the forges is just waiting for floodgates.
The tin vein has been substantially mined.
...
wait, tin vein?



Day 329:
Mipe just had a close encounter with magma. Tapping the side of a volcano results in FAST-moving magma. She's not injured, and magma smelting of tin has begun.

[TolyK]

cool.

[Thief^]

I thought the new year deserved a bit more, so:


Day 336: (new year's eve)
TolyK raises a glass.
"We are gathered here to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the founding of this fort. We're still lacking a few things," interrupted to mutterings of "yeah like a proper dining room", and "we're drinking in the bloody trade depot", and "my bedroom still has no door". TolyK waits for the murmurs to stop and carries on "... but we are a success none-the-less. We have tapped the power of Armok's blood itself! The volcano is ours!
"I'd like to thank Mipe especially, only a miner of her legendary abilities could break the final wall and get away unscathed."
"And now, party time!"

...

It is now spring.

Ugh, what does Haika put in that wine?

Map.

[TolyK]

lol.
well this is going good!
(don't open the cavarns until we get a militia  )

[Thief^]

There are 6 or so militia-dwarves, with two axes, one crossbow and a single gauntlet between them.

How's tin for armour / weapons? I know if I find copper I can make bronze, which is awesome.

[TolyK]

tin - i don't think you can (without mods)

bronze is good.
use marksdwarves