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I usually set up a simplified sally port (http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Sally_port) as the very first thing before securing other needs. It's easier to design for warlocks since there's no need to worry about trade depots. Two raising bridges to close the port. One retractable bridge over channels to drop the invaders into whatever other defense designs that strike my fancy.
I dislike killing enemies in the open because the undead would haul the entire weapon and armor bins outside to collect even a single piece and they tend to get interrupted halfway because of the bin issues of 0.34.

I downloaded 006, enabled the other civ forts, created 5 maps, no kobold civilization. There are kobold towers though. Disabled human, no kobolds. Disabled all other civ forts in the gui, including dwarves, no kobold, but dwarves are still playable. Reinstall, and created maps with the default gui option where only kobold fort is enabled, no kobold.

im wondering, is this version generally playable ? what are the main issues to be aware of?

the last time i tried there was just too much, like overlord cannot cast spells, the prisoner feeding cell took whole stacks, exclamation marks all over the place(somehow because of the raiding system) with butchering of bones was also something wrong.

6.2 here. So I am not sure how relevant it will be since this latest stable version is based on 0.34, and the modders are working on 0.4x DF.

The overlord cannot learn spells. Some spells cannot be learned at all by other necromancers, it seems, too much a hassle with the ingredient requirements to test, probably due to the bin/barrel issue in 0.34. The zombies seems to be especially bad with the bins, or maybe it's because of the ethereal bins.

Never noticed the feed stack issue, since the warlock fortress is swimming in meat.

Exclamation marks; in one game I observed that each time after issuing an order the overlord slowly walks away, drop the exclamation mark, and then slowly walk to the interrogation room to retrieve the raid information. The raid process ignores the kidnap order that the overlord dropped around and I ended up using up all the information from the initial prisoners without kidnapping anyone new.

In another game I turned a witch who just fell in love into an overlord, he/she then get married, throw a party, get haunted by the ghost of a zombie, and go on a permanent break.  Zombies could not be entombed, even after being manually assigned an tomb, the warlocks just bring the body parts to the coffin and stand there. Memorial slab worked to put the ghostly zombie to rest, but the transsexual overlord was still on break, s/he does respond to military calls though. Fun.

No idea about the butchering bones.

The warlock throws haste and charge at everyone, including the angry deep ones and the forgotten beasts in my caverns, even though he just passed nearby once. Pretty soon, everybody's standing up and standing up.

Caged siege invaders turned into ghouls remain hostile even though they became citizens, unlike succubus version; had to resort to dfhack's makeown.

FPS death of the universe with a lot less population than other civilizations, maybe it's all those sieges, maybe it's the pylon network, or all those spells. 

Bone wolves are created untamed, had to cage and then train them, no idea with Gargantuan bone golems, since they don't show up in animal list, even after being caged.  No idea about the demons bought from Demonic attorney, since I played with them before I learned that you have to cage and train the created beasts. One Grimeling turned renegade and an epic battle ensued.

But yeah, it's playable and lots of FUN, really.

I am still playing 6.2, not alpha.

The Succubus Matriarch took in a deep breath and a good view of the surroundings. The snow covered field glistening white under the sunshine was a very different sight from home. "Yes, this is good."
A tiny voice squeaked, the intern-bus studying to be the Keepbus of Secrets ventured to say:"But but but madam, We are standing on a layer of ice and I've read that on the surface world ice melts when seasons change."
The Matriarch tilted her head, "Oh, do they? well, let's move the wagon, the Cauchemars aren't there for nothing, right?"
"The Harness has snapped and no one has the least idea of how to be a wagonbus," the Keepbus of Secrets lied.
"Hmph, Let's build a huge stockpile and move everything there then."
"Including the 200 bags of sand?"
"Including the 200 bags of sand. We need to set up the glass industry as soon as possible. I don't want to be embarrassed when the caravan comes and we need rooms befitting the Lady of Pain."
As the succubi were still busy moving things inside, spring came. The ice melt. The wagon sank into the river and exploded.
"Come to think of it, maybe we should have just dug the ice, dam the river, dismantle the wagon and retrieve the things after the ice melt."
"Won't the 200 bags of sand get wet?"
"Hmph, What's past is past. Let's get on with what we have managed to save, where's the Glassblowbus?
"She's been missing for weeks."

Later on, the succubi thrived on a Steeloak industry.

"Remember the time that other Matriarch tried to bring 200 wisps with her on her expedition?"
"No, that reality never existed."