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Caught up on the thread, or at least the main updates and some of the side stories.  Rather sad how a lot of the main characters are incapacitated or dead at this point.  I am left wondering how you guys are going to close things down.

How many FBs were generated at world start, and how many have you killed?  At the rate you seem to be going, there might not bee too many more left if Dauros and a few of the other soldiers manage to stick it out.

If time permits, I'm going to try and make a nice piece of supplemental record keeping for the fortress, although it may take a week or so, and will only be up to date as of the last save, and will only account for in game dwarven characters.  We shall see... 

RIP Splint.  That was a bit unexpected.

I like the stable.  Would be useful in my current fort.

Nitpicking:

During a human siege (started getting these a lot lately), my Duke, one of the founding seven, decided one of my best and oldest Hammer Lords needed to be imprisoned for almost three months for not making bracelets.  Due to the siege, the hammer lord somehow starved, although I'm not quite sure I understand it.  After over a decade of useless demands and punishments, the fortress has had enough.  This senseless passive murder of one of our most ardent defenders was one crime of madness too many.  Although the remaining hammer lords refuse to execute the Duke, his fate has been sealed.

The Duke has had all his belongs and rooms stripped.  He is now locked in his much devalued new tomb, with space only for his coffin and his slab, behind the crypt of dead humans, including the ones that fell during the siege.  He has been sentenced to the same death the hammer lord received, starvation during imprisonment.  May Armok have  no mercy on his soul.

Awesome! 

Without opening up the save, do we have an accessible brook or water source?  The embark showed a brook, but I haven't seen one of any of the pics, and I am forcing myself to resist exploring the save.  I'm curious to know if we need to try to find the caverns or if we can route some water for wells from a more readily available surface source.

Not to try and cause any drama, but here is a thought:

Should we start an alternate/reserve list for anyone interested in case either 1) turns go fast or 2) someone is unable to complete their turn for whatever reason?

I totally understand keeping the roster small for the purposes of continuity and because Liw made the game, his rules trump.  Just figured I'd toss it out there as an idea in case the game continues to draw interest.

Wasn't bagging on you, Liw, just appreciating the progress.  The first year is always a mad dash to make things possible.  I tend to find the first two years equally annoying and rewarding, in that you accomplish so little, and always end up having to redesign afterwards.  But at the same time what you do in the first few seasons is vital to making the next few years go well.  Farms, basic ways to defend, and then trying to get enough immigrants to come, but not so many you starve yourself out.

I find I hit my stride around 70 dwarves.  Enough to have a militia squad or two, not so many that you have to micromanage the labors.  I'm year six, I think, so I hoping to either kit out the militia and solidify defense, or if that is done, start some sort of mega project.  Forewarning, I love giant mausoleums.  And if things stay too peaceful, trying to find a way to keep the game interesting.

I'd love a dorfing, preferably male, maybe someone with skills in metal of some sort or mining.

Also, I love your exposition fort.  I started up MDF the other day and stopped, because it was bit much for me, having only played for a month or so.  Really enjoying the thread!

I wasn't trying to mandate them, just figured I'd ask how people felt about them.  Then I went down the rabbit hole.  They work best from the start, so it will really depend on how the fps is when I get the fort.

For the elves, one of my current forts has slain about 10 of the 13 elven caravans, and alas no siege.  I'm kind of hoping for one.  What does it take to get the bastards to actually use those birch swords?

Once I find a dwarf I like in the next save's migrant wave, I'll start writing journal entries.