I embarked on a terrifying mountain with a bit of marshland biome. The only immediately visible creatures were four beak dogs. I was happy to see them, because they looked like great target practice since they were separated from my dwarves by 5 z-levels of sheer cliff.
Feeling safe, I set some orders for my dwarves and went to browse the forums while they're doing their work. I checked on them now and then, and everything was running smoothly. But then I checked again and noticed a canceled job, the cause being interruption by a grimeling. Now, I've never seen a grimeling before, but the name didn't sound too scary (you just can't sound scary if your name ends in -ling). I did want to see what it looks like, so I scrolled around to catch a sight of it. You can imagine how surprised I was to find five dwarven corpses. Only the miners were still alive, so I drafted them and sent them to face this monster. They sustained minor injuries before killing them.
Now, I was down to two tantruming miners, but I was determined to keep this fortress alive. The game had other plans, however. I barely finished burying the fallen (in a graveyard stockpile, without proper coffins) when I got another job cancelation announcement. This time, it was caused by a harpy. I remembered reading that harpies are weak, so I drafted my miners and sent them to fight the flying menace. The miners went separately, and were promptly slaughtered before inflicting any injuries upon the enemy.
Anyway, this game must've had the greatest fun/time ratio of all the games I've played. So now I'm looking for similar games. I'd especially like to try taking on ogres, so any tips on finding them are more than welcome.
Also, I must object to the -ling -comment. Zergling rush anyone?
Also also, glad you had fun. Reclaim?-D
any critters in your start area will kill you if they get a chance. carp, wolves, hippos, fire imps... whatever is around will go out of its way to destroy you.
heck, i even had one fort embark right on top of a minotaur cave... thats a real limit on where you can dig ^.^
code:
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:SAVANNA_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:GRASSLAND_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:SAVANNA_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:GRASSLAND_TROPICAL]
Enjoy.
GMcG
It was the goblin raiders not long after that put paid to that fortress. Great times...
:)
GMcG
[ May 26, 2008: Message edited by: Gorjo MacGrymm of Clan MacGrymm ]
Try playing on a 2x2 swamp - pretty much any wildlife that shows up will come face to face with your dwarves in a very short amount of time, since there's nowhere to hide.
quote:
Originally posted by Dasleah:
<STRONG>Ogres are [EVIL] and have the following biomes:code:
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:SAVANNA_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:GRASSLAND_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:SAVANNA_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:GRASSLAND_TROPICAL]Enjoy.</STRONG>
I'm not so sure of that, which is odd, because that seems to have come from the raws. One time I had a trio of ogres lay waste to my barely-started fortress, when all I had was 2x2 with mountains and a forest.
That was a fun game. I managed to kill one of the ogres, and probably would've stood a better chance, had my units not charged at them on at a time.
quote:
Originally posted by Gorjo MacGrymm of Clan MacGrymm:
<STRONG> Usually to friggen harpy's (no, not my wife/sister/girlfriend fragging my PC :P)</STRONG>
Whoaa. You living with the wife, your sister AND manage to keep a girlfriend??
;)
So.......waytoomuchinformation...........
Ummmm..YEAH! I got all three! Woot, I am a cool guy (sister) and mack-daddy (wife/girlfriend). yeah, thats the ticket, that works better :)
GMcG