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[NW_Kohaku]

I don't use central staircases.  I prefer making vertical "sprawl" around horizontally-segregated industrial and residential sectors.  Hence, I have an area that is the residential block that just expands downwards as I add more housing. 

I only had that really big shaft because I wanted to get to the magma sea as fast as possible, so it winds up being a crazy hybrid style of fortress design, but I figured that we were going to wind up with a crazy hybrid style no matter what I did.

Blade didn't do too much expansion, although he did mine out some gold veins, so you're pretty much looking at my own design, when I'm not actively trying to design something pretty.  (I normally try to make fractals, and avoid rectangles.)

It could be advisable to relocate some industries to the tunnel below the west bank to take advantage of the soil layers under the western bank, and filling those up with soil layer stockpiles (remember, trees only grow with a "soil wall" below them, so be careful about how much you dig out - probably best to leave most of the surface as tree-growing area).  It would be better to have an additional workshop cluster so that we can segregate our industry more.  Right now, we just have kitchens on top of masonry workshops.

Anyway, I try to make sure there is at least one dwarf off-duty at all times, so that they can take care of personal upkeep, regardless of whatever they are scheduled to do.

Oh, and use the hotkeys.  That's what they're there for.

Ah, and one last thing: make sure you make all levers easy to find (preferably in the control room, unless there is good reason not to put them there), and clearly labeled.

After all, Poor Communication Kills.

[Dutchling]

1st of Granite 128
I'm thirsty, so thirsty... I can't remember ever being so thirsty before in my life. I really need something to drink, preferably something with lots of alcohol in it. Where am I actually? Apearently in a dirty hole filled with geese and colorful mushrooms. There is a also a younf Goat covered in badger blood. Usually you won't get drunk of drinking blood, but with badgers you never know, so I start licking the goat.
'What in the name of Lisid the Untamed Choas is are you doing!?' Stormfeather yells. I start cursing the unassertive dwarf and I fly to the corner of dirty room. 'Y-you.. you can t-talk' he stutters. 'Of course I can talk you stupid recruit!' I yell back. 'B-but, you ar-are a..' He runs away, 'weirdo..'. While drinking some more badger blood I wondered why he was so amazed by my abbility to talk. The goat ran away and I started to grasp him, only to realize you can't grasp a goat with wings. 'Wings? What in the name of Baros Graveburied are these wings doing on my body!?'. I suddenly realize I am a freakin goose... A goose!? Grandpa laways told me not to get sober but he didn't tell me this was going to happen if a Dwarf did not get his hourly keg of beer!

5th of Granite 128
'This are the Fortress Defense Plans m'lord' Kohaku give me the plans. I take a look at them and I quickly decide that I have no idea what is going on. 'This id the ballista?' 'No this is a wall, maybe I should expl-' 'I was just kidding, I understand the plans, you can go now'. Kohaku leaves.  I order Khift to get the manager. A few minutes later Kohaku comes in again. 'What are you diong here, I told you te leave' 'I am the manager...' 'Oh, yes, of course, we need a crapload more cages to defend the fortress' 'But if you take a look at the pl-' 'MORE CAGES! You decided that the goose should be the new Overseer, so stop complaining!'

24th of Granite 128
I flew around a bit, I finally understand the layout of the walls. Stuff is much clearer when you're high.
Also: 'Puppies!'


2nd of Slate 128
'Great Dwarves of Rinsewind! I have an important anouncement for you! We have access to the godly magma!' I opened my eyes again so I can see all the magmagasming beards inb front of me. There weren't any... 'Aren't you happy we have magma?' The dwarves went back to their workshops. 'Jamini, why aren't they happy?' 'We have acces to magma since the first year, didn't you read the exOverseer's reports?' 'Bugger of you worthless Engraver, of course I knew, I just forget'
I really should have prepared myself better for this job. This also explains the missing blacksmiths, they were down there all the time. -sigh-

16th of Slate 128
'Your Royal Geesnes-' 'Stop calling me like that >.>' 'Oh, ok. Your bismuth bronze thrones are placed in your room!' 'Thanks you Truan, now-' 'Shouldn't you lead the fortress? Give us order or something?' 'I can't give orders wothout a comfy chair'
He is right though, Maybe I should order something productive, securing the west bank seems like a good plan to me.

We have a lot of migrants, I'v ordered the bookkeeper to write all of their names on a keg of beer.

Spoiler: Ya olde keg of 23 names (click to show/hide)

AdeleneDawner
Alastar
Alialli
billybobfred
ChocoRokk
Crazy Cow
Deathsword
Dohon
Dohon
Dradym
Fniff
Jamini
jazy15
Jeoshua
Lord Snow
Lost Requiem
MonkeyHead
SlimyMarmot
Slugman
Sonlirain
Sting_Auer
Torgan
xordea

'Kohaku..' 'What?' 'Why are there two Dohons on the keg?' 'Two of the arriving migrants called themselves Dohon' 'Oops..' 'Shall I give one of them another name?' 'No, there is no way to know which one is the real Dohon'

And that is why we have two Dohons in the fortress now.



--AAAAH so many dwarves to give the right jobs with DwarfTherapist. I'll be busy with that for a while--

[NW_Kohaku]

Heh, nice use of the existing deities...

Although for my "character", I prefer it if my character is a Stepford Smiler who is a jackass privately, but excessively polite when speaking with others.  As in, wouldn't argue with the goose, and speak nothing but airy flattery for the plans... and then after agreeing wholeheartedly publicly, I might even do what I said I'd do if I felt there would be negative consequences for not doing so, or else just doing whatever I was planning on doing, anyway.

Also, about the magma... did you just dig a new breach of the magma sea?  Did you take steps to ensure no fire snakes come up from there? Didn't you see what the F7 hotkey was linked to?

[Dutchling]

I 'discovered' your forges 
I was really wondering where you has the 'coal' forges but I couldn't find them and I blamed your vertical way of building. turned out we already had magma and I just missed that in the previous post.
Because you were the both the bookkeeper and the manager I assumed you know what you are doing but was also 'humble' (the manager and the bookkeeper are imo smart dwarves who just follow the overseer's orders the whole day)

I haven't really done a lot yet though. I started with an archery range and I made a room for the geese to live (he has a bismuth throne and two statue gardens (set to meeting zones)). I still need to assign those dwarves their job so O think i'll do that in a few min..

[NW_Kohaku]

You built a new archery range? I think all you really needed to do was patch up the holes in front of the old ones, and make sure that every one of the archery targets was considered an archery range.

Also, make sure that you meet with the diplomat before he leaves.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Also, make sure that you meet with the diplomat before he leaves.

Please. I might actually be able to have good bedrooms without the DMs complaining about them!

[NW_Kohaku]

Dutchling?  You still alive?

[Darvi]

I had nothing to do with it! You never saw me do it! You have no evidence that I killed Dutchling with a crowbar and shoved him through a meatgrinder!

[NW_Kohaku]

Well, technically, in-game Dutchling is already dead, though...

Of course, Goose Dutchling getting made into a sandwich at his "retirement party" sounds pretty dwarfy.

[Scaraban]

I had nothing to do with it! You never saw me do it! You have no evidence that I killed Dutchling with a crowbar and shoved him through a meatgrinder!

I saw it all...
It was so...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

dwarfy...

[NW_Kohaku]

... We aren't having much luck with players, now are we?

Tomorrow will be a week since we last had contact with Dutchling, so if we don't hear from him then, we'll just have to assume he skipped his turn, as well. 

At that point, I think I'll just assume direct control, and run another turn, just to get this game's blood pumping again, then it can go off to Darvi and then the other players who haven't had a chance to get (or skip) a turn, yet.

[Darvi]

FFFFuuuuuuu...

*opens new tab*

[Dutchling]

Yea you can skip my turn, sorry but I'm our of df at the moment

[Darvi]

'kay. Downloading save now, will look over it in a few hours after I've slept.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I've considered it, and I think I've finally decided to take a turn if:
1.) You haven't put in an arbitrary limit to the number of turn,
2.) The fortress is still alive when my turn comes around,
3.) My dwarf is alive and(/or?) leader of this little place, and
4.) I'm given enough warning to know when my turn is.
I think that that all is reasonable...

It seems I might have to wait a while, though.