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I was using this to create a room - memorial to the enemies I have killed.

Sounds like most agree in general with the way migration works. Thinking of the current gameplay how about this as a twofold fix...

Step 1, bring down all Migration waves after the first 2 by a factor of 10 (meaning most migration waves would be between 1-3 dwarves).

Step 2, add a 4th caravan carrying Dwarf indentured servants available for purchase depending on quality of skills. This way you could buy (for an outragous cost) the dwarves you want and players that don't want them can just send this caravan packing. Also, you could "order" skills for the next caravan, but at an increased price. The side affect would be that you would have something to spend money on after year 2 or 3 when I normally stop trading because I don't really need anything they are offering.

Up side, You get a few migrants, you can buy a few more if you wish, everyone except the very poor kingdoms are happy. I mean really, dwarves for the most part don't like to venture above ground... doesn't it make more sense that they would have to be dragged from one fort to another becaue they got into trouble/drank themselves broke/fought the wrong son of a noble.

A similar thought has occured to me, but applied differently. What if on the "Tab" screen there were 4 additional options; Expand map one tile North: Expand map one tile South: Expand map one tile East: Expand map one tile West:

This way you could start a 3x3 and then make it larger if you wanted. There have been times I wished the map were just a little bigger for something I planned. Or how about it you "conquer" your map, set all yor defenses just as yuou like then, then wish to widen your area to add a layer of complextity. Turing your 3x3 into a 5x5 would be just the ticket.

I really like this idea, with a few tweaks. Caltrops should only attack mounts, and on a success should damage a limb and slow down the mount. This would be a good way to "thin out" the attacking force so they don't all get to you at once. I would see sewing them like landmines about the countryside, and I would allow them to be stolen by things like thiefs and Keas.

I continue to think/wish for additional traps when playing the game.

I would like the option of having burrows be active or inactive. I mostly use the burrow option right now to pull all my dwarfs inside when attacked. Once the attack is over I would like a one button deactivate rather than unassigning all 93 dwarves from the burrow.