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[Nasikabatrachus]

So my cage traps have been way more effective than I thought they should have been. Right now, after about four years, my fort has 25 goblin prisoners--including thieves, who I thought were supposed to be able to avoid cage traps--at this point a quarter of the dwarven population.

I wish I could put them to work or something, but of course no luck there. I would sic them and the three forgotten beasts in my caves on each other, but I suspect the goblins would just immediately flee through the caves.

Right now I'm considering using them to train my squads and my war leopard and grizzly bear, but is there anything more fun to do with them? What would you do with 25 goblins?

[Cyroth]

An idea I had when reading the thread title:

Build a huge overground fortress, that only has one entrance. Every room is closed with floodgates, linked to a nearby lever.
Build all the cages inside and link them to a single lever. Now release the goblins, but keep the fort closed. Form up a small band of dwarven milita and let then clear the fort room for room like some pen and paper rpg.

[TheeBaconman]

militia armed with the finest steel but training weapons.

[Seriyu]

As a note, only goblin master thieves avoid traps, so don't think you're perfectly safe.

I've seen them used for live target practice, might try that.

[Syrup Roast]

As a note, only goblin master thieves avoid traps, so don't think you're perfectly safe.

I've seen them used for live target practice, might try that.

I've had a few master thieves in cages.

[ext0l]

only kobold thieves trap-avoid. both goblin thiefs and goblin master thiefs will trigger traps.

[JmzLost]

My experience has been that snatchers get caught in cage traps, while thieves avoid them.  Both of them show up as "thieves", but snatchers have a bag of holding (children).

On topic:
1) train your military, armored gobbos with no weapons, armored dwarves with training weapons 
2) pit all of them in a room, lure the cavern FBs into another room, open connecting door, at least 1 of your problems will be solved 

JMZ

[Poindexterity]

An idea I had when reading the thread title:

Build a huge overground fortress, that only has one entrance. Every room is closed with floodgates, linked to a nearby lever.
Build all the cages inside and link them to a single lever. Now release the goblins, but keep the fort closed. Form up a small band of dwarven milita and let then clear the fort room for room like some pen and paper rpg.

this is one of the best ideas ive heard in a LONG time.
I'm gonna DO this dammit.

[noodle0117]

I was originally going to suggest using them as live targets for catapult practice, but then I read the room by room rpg fort idea.

[Nasikabatrachus]

1. I have several goblin master thieves in cages. It's comical, really.

2. The target practice idea is very tempting, especially considering I can't get my marksdwarves to practice, even though I give them plenty of ammunition, a place in the barracks, a proper archery range, etc.. But--

3. Subsequent to the OP a siege gave me 11 more goblins, a few more have percolated into my traps, plus a Cyclops came to my fort and (to my surprise) was caught by a cage trap. I'm now strongly considering the RPG fort idea, though I think I would rather carve the fort out of the unused parts of the mountain and decorate the place lavishly, with the idea that the Cyclops would be the final confrontation. If I can get my FPS back up to a respectable level (kill a bunch of dwarves?) I will definitely attempt this.

EDIT: I'm thinking set up the dungeon, then abandon the fort and have the reclaim part be the adventurers. Does anyone know if captives in constructed cages die after abandonment?

[Reelyanoob]

I let 3+ sieges pile up in cages, ended up pitting and marks-dwarving them. There was a total of 140+ goblins to get rid of.

One idea I had was pit them into their own danger rooms to train gladiators. Gotta let them keep their weapons and armour for the best effect.