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...but it seems slightly impolite to begin a conversation assuming everyone knows what you are speaking about...

So change "impolite" to "impracticable" or "inconvenient" or "ineffective". My core point was that I felt like I have walked in on the middle of an ongoing conversation that I could not discover reference to. And the worst part was it sounded like a conversation I would be interested in.


I have seen these listed flaws so infrequently that they have not affected me. This is probably due to game style.

My dwarfs hoard their gems, and so my gem stockpiles behind the leaders official chambers only receive but never give their glory.

Traps do most of the heavy lifting and arrows are in such abundance that I have never noticed an issue.

Hauling kills my forts FPS for a multitude of parallel and simultaneous reasons as my dwarfs harvest all the goblin spoils at the bottom of my weapon trap pits. If part of that is heavy bins to light items instead of vice versa then that is good to know and try to plan around.

Thanks for the list... these are things I am now aware of and will watch for in the future.

I just stream you tube videos on construction or nerdness on my third monitor while playing. My second has Dwarf Therapist of course.

I'm 37. And, whilst acknowledging that there are "no girls on the internet", I'm also female. I know a pretty wide spread of genders who play DF, as well, which seems interesting.

Oddly enough, I can only think of 2 genders that play DF... which does not seem so wide spread to me.

Radish wine is not for dwarfs... it is for Fraggles.

On my last few forts I have built a "great hall". It is 3 levels high. On the highest and middle levels is it a 1x walkway around a open space 12x12. Off the walkway are small 3x3 rooms setup as offices and private dining spaces. On the lowest level it is a "regular" 14x14 dinning room with 4 4x4 cutouts in the sides with fireplaces (charcoal producing workshops) in the sides.

The I smooth and carve all three levels, maybe dig some 1x1 holes in the walls for statues to sit, and mostly try to make a really tall great hall for my Dwarfs.

I build large stockpiles on my mining levels and designate them for specific stone. Then I set up small stockpiles right next to my workshops that take from these. This allows me to get material right where I need it without my Dorfs traveling long distances to fill large stockpiles early on.

Also, I build my floors dedicated to like items (bedrooms, masons, carpenters, etc) around a central stair that has a bend in it before my cavern breach (so I can trap the bottom for the nasties that climb up).

To clarify, I did not say "stupid", I said "not cautious". Dwarves are the fantasy worlds verison of a tank. Low, somewhat slow, but stout as a blockhouse. I just see them focused on mining and to them (in my mind) woodcutting is a vile thing they must do so they can get back underground again.

GWG... don't even get me started on how un-dwarflike it is to not have golden weapons. My dwarfs are screaming for golden axes to give as Dwarven day presents to their little spawn, after all if it ain't a pick it is just a decoration, right?