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I'm not sure there is a moral in a game where women use their own babies as shields or some guy murders the whole fort just because his favorite sock fell in the magma.

If by that, you mean choosing one particular civilization of each race that we will use, then it's an excellent idea, but we couldn't really expect to mandate it and be able to enforce it.

Yeah, that's what I mean.  Enforcing it would likely be difficult, especially with this many people, but it would still be a nice touch to the project. 

Huh, I thought I tried that.  Maybe I didn't do it in the proper order or something.

Sounds interesting, I wouldn't mind making a fort in this world.  I'd probably go just with regular old dwarves, preferably at a non-evil site that has a good mix of cliffs and flat areas.  A river or stream would be good too, but don't really care about volcanoes.  I'd be more interested in creating an elaborate fort to explore rather than cranking out gear for adventurers.  OTOH, I'd probably not bother too much with traps at all, since the fort is meant to be explored.

What do you guys think about choosing a particular civilization to play for each race?

if it's a serious problem (and it shouldn't be), just put a road on the moat.  It'll prevent things from growing.  Or you could get really hardcore and dig that moat down to the first rock layer you hit.

That's how I do it.  My military alert burrow includes the main dining hall, and I keep all my levers there since there's nearly always an idle dwarf around to pull them.

I haven't found the game particularly difficult, but I've also followed some video tutorials, made extensive use of the wiki, and this is the sort of game that appeals to me in the first place.  It's not really outright hard, more like complex, with a lot of things to learn, a good deal of which is optional.  It also helped that I built strong defenses early and keep my fortresses well fortified.

How to have fun? 

In the winter, goblin will come to celebrate Christmas with you.  Make sure to let them into your fort so you can party properly.  You'll need to host them properly and serve refreshments, luckily, you can find some delicious candy deep within the earth.  Make sure you get as much of it as you can for the goblins.  Getting it will also provide your dwarves and the goblins with a great deal of fun, and everyone knows a good party needs entertainment to be a smash.