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I also have started playing again after having waited forever, and I REALLY need to get up to snuff fast because I am about to start my turn in a succession game.

The ONE thing that is driving me nuts is that there used to be a screen that you could manage all of your dwarves from, it was a very useful way to identify idlers and to figure out what just showed up in the new caravan.  I can't seem to find that, did it change?

Those both sound really cool, we'll definitely check them out. Does anyone have any feedback on the show that's up right now?

Me and some friends have put together a freeware game podcast where we review freeware games, some new, some old. We just finished our first cast where we covered 4 pretty good freeware gAmes. Anywho, it should be up on iTunes by now. You can find it by searching for the halforum.com podcast and there should be one called "land of the free, home of the save" (not sure if that's the title we're sticking to.)

So far our plan is to a mix of casts where we all bring one less well known game, like this cast, or a cast where we cover a really established freeware game, like dwarf fortress, or battle for wesnoth, or dungeon crawl.

Anywho, as this is the site of probably one of the best freeware games around (tied with wesnoth for me) thought yall mIght have some thoughts on some good games to cover, or interesting ideas for the show, or just general ideas on the concept.

We're definitely going to do a dwarf fortress one, but it's gonna take a while as I'm gonna have to sell the other guys on it. They know enough about the learning curve to be afraid. Although we do have a bloodlines game going on the forum, so I may pull those guys in for a pinch hit.

Anyone else had this problem? There are plenty of iron bolts sitting around, they have quivers, but they don't carry any damned ammo! Sorry for throwing this question right next to another one, but 2 really irritating problems. Any ideas whats causing this?

Edit: I should point out that they do carry wooden bolts to the targets, just when combat comes around they won't carry the good stuff.

I know you don't hAve magma, but I'm thinking about that right now. One idea I have is a generic magma shower with overhead aqueduct that will fill the area between my outer and inner castle walls. Having it fall like 10 a levels.

The other would be a carbonite freezer. Drown them, then make obsidian with their corpses. Or just do it before they drown.

I like the idea of chasing them to a dead end, I was thinking of something similar that would chase them into an underground chamber. If they get there they close the floodgates, but also release the caged hydra.

excellent!

That aside, amazing mod. Very interesting to run across all this crap that I have no idea what it is.

Edit: How do I set them to 2 weapons?

Wow.....I must really be out of it. That was a refuse stockpile, not a food one.

Maybe with the following addendum. No drawbridges to keep the guys at bay until you are ready? Basically have it open into a courtyard where you have to fight them when they show up. + the no traps thing. I can't wait till Toady puts in some stuff for destructible walls. Give me gobbos with catapults, smashing up my walls damnit!