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Admittedly this is rather similar to this thread: Dwarf Fortress MMO

I was playing dwarf fortress while listening to the seige section of the Dwarf Fortress Talk 2 (jeez that thing is long), and I got an idea.  As great as fighting against increasingly intellegent AI civilizations is, what if somehow a multi-player aspect got worked in?

Surely it would not be anything real-time, and hopefully not need to be officially sanctioned/provided for by Bay 12 Games, but what about sending dwarf invasions in a bit of code that would fit in an email?  The implications for interacting with each other through email could be pretty great.... several fortresses can trade with each other, creating a simulated (but not scripted) economy, fortresses can capture other forts, (civilized dwarves do not kill civilians likes elves, humans, and goblins, but rather set up Roman-fashion protectorate states that pay taxes.

Heck, with a little work we could possibly stich several fortress from the same world, where they are free to interact with each other.

There are two problems that I can see with this:  First I have no clue of the technical possiblity or Toadies willingness to create a system to code information such as dwarves or caravans (beam me up Scotty!)
Second, this is very potentially dangerous security wise

Instantly crafting anything makes no sense. Your average branch is a worse weapon than your fists

A. By instantly crafting, I meant transforming that 10,000 Dmu (Dwarven Mass Units?) block of stone(non-weapon) into a much smaller and lighter stone that will fit into your hand, for either chucking at gobos, or for smashing in the heads of imps, this is DF remember?  Where a bar of metal can be stretched out to build a workshop by a mason who stretches it out with his hands, and also where a wooden log can be used to build a windmill, or a wooden earing
B.  Given that we are likely dealing with dried out logs, and not green branches, I would wager that a wooden log could be used by a dwarf as an effective weapon, this is a game where characters go around massacuring entire villages with a leather thong equiped.

What does DENIAC stand for anyways?

The populous should accept arment for a short while.

Long term though they should basically pack up and leave the fortress.

What do you mean by leave the fortress?

Anyways I agree with the knives for everybody, knives were tools that were carried by practically everybody all the time until Industrial revolutions.  I think somebody would only carry a cudgel around if they had a reason to do so, a seige would be a good example....

Even better though, would be dwarves insta-crafting projectiles and clubs from the residual stone left lying on the ground or logs in stockpiles.

The gladius has a point.

Even if it's used to slash, there's a world of difference between a slash with a sword and a swing with an (unbalanced) axe or mace.

I realize the gladius has a point, but soldiers were instructed to use their edge primarily, sorry I can't quote it...

In any case, shield wall means simply that, a wall of interlocking shields, the weapon is irrelevant, plus Scandinavian cultures, armed with mismatched weapons, used the shield wall just like their Helenistic counterparts

Besides, it is not like most of the weapons in DF and similar fantasy games were ever actually used historically.

In counter to the shield wall the gobos propose the bullrush- given enough gobo's pushing the dwarf would be force down flat as the gobo's attempt to hop over the wall

Hollow pyramids are cool as well, especially if you have something extra-dwarfy inside