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Yes - all those "open quests" would make the game more fun

No - Just when a Player's relic lands on one of the six Islands of Questing.

[Timeless Bob]

The Relics
Timeless Bob: Diamondbronze a basalt figurine, Fame: 7,200
Saegge: The Eerie Splatters, a coboltite figurine, Fame: 36,000

The Visual Guide (AKA: Ack! Wall of text! Nooooo...)
Part 1
Part 2

Everybody Knows... (The quick guide to what everydwarf should know about the culture of the Mountainhomes)

Part 1: The Old and New Religions
Part 2: A Century of History
Part 3: The Wall
Part 4: Puppetminions

Open Quests:

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Nothing so far...

Turn List:

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Latest save file: http://www.mediafire.com/download/33rab096u03iagm/Turn+2.zip

1) Timeless Bob - The Wall
2) Saegge - Puppetminions
3) 4maskwolf Abducted and eaten by a monster named Real Life
4) CaptainMcClellan July 18th - July 24rd
5) wasara July 25th - July 31st

Game description:

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   Dwarfopoly is a Monopoly based game built with Dwarf Fortress (Masterwork Mod v4g) using both Fortress and adventure mode.  The playing pieces are Holy Dwarven relics and the stories they accumulate as they work their way around the board will be what gives them Fame (Good) or Scandal (Bad).  The point of the game is to become the only remaining artifact in the game recognized as "holy" by accumulating "Fame" and avoiding "Scandal".

Starting the game:

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   Post to the board that you'd like to begin playing and you'll be added to the turn list and notified by PM when that comes up.  When you're notified, download the "latest save" (The link will always be posted at the top of the Turn list so you don't have to go searching for it) and start by keeping all the values in the Masterwork DF launcher unchanged.  On your first turn, build a fortress on the Mountainhome Island (It's the one in the South-east corner.)  Your first Artifact will be your relic.  Store it in a bin on its own and retire the game using the method below.  (If you are unable or unwilling to use this method for whatever reason, save the game without abandoning it and PM Timeless Bob with a link to the saved -but NOT abondoned!- game and he'll do it for you.

Congratulations!  Your artifact has just become a new Holy Relic!  (It begins the game with Fame equaling its worth in dorfbucks.)

Playing the game:

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   So, your sect has a new Holy Relic to show all dwarvendom that your particular version of your Deity is the "True" face of Armok.  All the rest are mistaken and will surely bring the righteous wrath of Armok in due time.  Sure, you know the truth, but how will you show the world that you're not just crackpots mumbling into their beards?  The answer: Take your relic on a holy journey and prove that it's the symbol of the One True Face of Armok!

  Using this online dice roller, enter the name of your artifact and roll two six sided dice ("2d6"), posting the link to your roll on the board.  The total of these two dice becomes the "Destiny" of your dwarves, indicating on how many islands away your sect will be building a Monastery.  On the Mountainhome, the "Megapult" (The royal wagon-flinging catapult) only points to the west, so that is the direction your expedition is flung.  Its aim isn't very good, so once the members of the expedition regain consciousness and they carve out a basic set of living areas in the new Monastery on that island, they'll send a message back to the Mountainhomes and the relic will be sent in the care of a group of pilgrims by the slower, but presumably less risky ground route.

Along the way, the group of pilgrims may choose to undertake any "open Quests" available on the islands they're traveling through, gaining "fame" by completing them and adding to the story of their holy relic.  As you travel through the Islands of the World, you may be required to "pay your respects" at another sect's Shrine, Altar, Temple or Oracle (which transfers Fame from your sect to theirs) that has already been established on that Island, but once you give lip service to their flawed philosophy, you can continue on your way, (possibly even completing an "Open Quest" that will discredit them in some manner before leaving the Island.)

Once your relic has reached its new home, place it in or next to the Monastery and then let your tired relic bearers "retire as a peasant" for a time, safe in the knowledge that Armok is pleased with their continued faith.  Save your game file and post the link into the group.

If your relic is still "in transit" when the one week (RL) turn limit is up, your relic will just have to "wander in the wilderness" for awhile.  Either retire your relic-carrying pilgrim at a nearby shrine, temple or oracle and "pay the rent" in Fame, or "give in to starvation" and let the relic rest unprotected amid the bodies of its martyred faithful. Any relic found undefended, by another sect of pilgrims gets what's coming to it, such as having any maps looted from the still bodies of those who are supposed to be protecting it (transferring those quests to someone else) or losing 20 Fame as the other pilgrims scrawl grafitti all over it in derision and scorn.  So, it's usually a better option to keep at least one guardian alive before saving the game if at all possible.

Of course, in true forum fashion, we all want to hear the details of the journey - that's what makes this version of the game Dwarfy!

Retiring a fort:

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pick and axe v2
DFHACK: Fortress into town
1) "clean all" (improves FPS when visted again)
2) "lair".
3) Loo"k" at an individual ---> 'dfusion' --> 'adventurer tools' --> 'change adventurer'
4) "mode set" --> '1'
5) 'Esc' --> "Retire as a peasant/give in to starvation"

"---" = type this into dfhack console
'---' = choose this option/press this button

Claiming an Island (Buying Property):

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When a sect is the first one to claim an Island, they symbolize that by building a Monastery with a bridge connecting it to an adjacent Island, (funneling any pilgrims through the choke-point which is also known as an Island's "Gateway".) It costs a certain amount of Fame to establish your Monastery, (the price generally goes up as you continue on around the ring of islands), but once you have established it, yours is the only sect allowed to build Shrines, Holy Altars, Temples or an Oracle on that island. (Giving you a better chance of stealing another (false) sect's Fame in the process.)

One of the joys of claiming an unnamed island is that whomever claims it for the first time gets to name it whatever they want, which it will then be known as for the duration of the game.

Building Minor Shrines, Major Shrines, Temples and Oracles (Houses/Hotels)

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   So you've Claimed an Island by building a Monastery with a Gateway.  Now what?  Now you can use the Fame of your sect to build new sites featuring Minor Shrines along the path between your Gateway and a bridge or safe crossing on the other side of the island.  When pilgrims treading this path, (usually from "false" sects - the poor deluded fools!), stop at one of your sites to rest for awhile, (ie: "retire as a peasant"), they're exposed to how your sect's clerics worship Armok.  Inevitably, some of their people will change their minds about which one is correct about what is the "One True Face of Armok" and your Fame will increase while theirs diminishes. (In Monopoly, this is called "Paying rent".)

   When the requirements are met, you can re-embark at one of your religion's Minor Shrines (generally the one most of the pilgrims have been stopping at to get the "most bang for your buck") to upgrade it into a "Major Shrine" by spending the amount of Fame shown in the list below and building an Altar there.  Obviously, pilgrims will be much more impressed by your sect's philosophy at a Major Shrine, so the gain of Fame will be more each time pilgrims stop there.  By meeting further requirements, Major Shrines can be further upgraded into Temples and Temples into an Oracle.

Requirements:

   Unlike vanilla Monopoly, there is no limit to the number of shrines or temples an Island is allowed to have.  If a sect has the Fame and is willing to spend it, they can build however many they wish.  However, each sect can only ever have one Volcanic Oracle at a time and there are limited numbers of pilgrims who will be visiting sites, so the gain in Fame from them is limited by that fact.

Any time a relic is able to traverse the entire ring of Islands and return to the Mountainhomes, it has established (or re-established) its sect as a proven Dwarven religion.  New converts will flock to see the holy relic, which will gain the sect +20,000 Fame. Not bad, eh?

However, in the event that a religion has the misfortune to be reduced down to no Fame whatsoever, it may choose to "donate" another religion one or more of its religious sites and receive 1/1000th it's worth in Fame for doing so.  (Ex: Suppose a Major Shrine embark is worth a total of 898,765 dorfbucks.  Donating this to another religion would give the donator 898 Fame to continue the Long Journey. 

In the event that a religion has been reduced down to no more Fame and is unable or unwilling to donate any of its religious sites to another religion, it has lost all of its followers and any remaining religious sites become immediately available for by the first band of Pilgrims to get there and conquer them by slaying any inhabitants.  (Of course, doing so may piss off any dwarves related to the ones at those sites, so there may be some FUN attached to conquering another religion's former holdings.)

Questing:

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Each time a "Quest" is generated, (either by landing on one of the Questing Islands or (according to the present results of the poll) when a new Shrine or Temple is built, it will be posted on the board as an "open" quest.  The Player who completes the quest will get the fame associated with it and that quest will be removed from the board.  The Quests that carry penalties will cause the relic of the Player who generated that quest to lose Fame unless they are the one to complete that Quest.

This "Random Quest Generator" will be used to create the quests:

Activity:
1 Create
2 Aquire/Assist
3 Find
4 Deliver/Journey to
5 Conceal
6 Destroy/Kill

Target:
1 Location
2 Resource
3 Item
4 Person
5 Monster
6 Lore

Result:
3d6: (Total of three dice rolls added together)
3 Double Trouble!  Two Quests are generated instead of just one!  Roll a quest on this chart as normal, but add one to the total. When you are finished, repeat this process.
4 -40 Fame per Shrine (Either type), -120 Fame per Temple if quest is failed
5 -25 Fame per Shrine (Either type), -100 Fame per Temple if quest is failed
6 -150 Fame if quest is failed
7 -100 Fame if quest is failed
8 -50 Fame if quest is failed
9 Kidnapped by Pirates if quest is failed
10 Quest target located on an island 2d6-7 away (2 dice rolls added together then subtracting 7 from the total) +100 Fame
11 Kidnapped by Pirates if quest is failed
12 +100 Fame
13 Agree to a Faustian Bargain (1 automatic escape from Pirates)
14 +20 Fame
15 +25 Fame
16 +45 Fame
17 +150 Fame
18 +200 Fame
19 Divine Favor (everyone else loses 20,000 Fame)

Locations:
1 City Surface
2 City Underground
3 Village Surface
4 Village Underground
5 Wilderness Surface
6 Wilderness Underground

Resource:
1 Mineral
2 Wood
3 Food
4 Drink
5 Metal
6 Cloth

Item:
1 Workshop
2 Furniture
3 Clothing
4 Armor/Shield
5 Weapon
6 Trade Item (figurine/cut gem, ect...)

Person: (Named)
1 Civ leader (ally)
2 Non-leader Noble (ally)
3 Commoner (ally)
4 Civ leader (enemy)
5 Non-leader Noble (enemy)
6 Commoner (enemy)

Monster:
1 Animal
2 Night Creature
3 Undead
4 Titan
5 Forgotten Beast
6 Demon

Lore:
1 Map (roll on "Target" to determine objective.)
2 Book/Journal (roll on "Target" to determine subject)
3 Research
4 Historical record (roll on "Target" to determine subject, rerolling another "Historical record" result)
5 Message/Letter (roll 2x on "Person" for sender/recipient)
6 Power/Secret

Example:  Roll a die for "Activity"= 5 (Conceal)
               roll a die for "Target"= 3 (Item)
               roll dice for "Result" =  1+3+1 (Total of 5 = -100 Fame)
               roll a die on "Item" table = 2 (Furniture)

The Quest becomes "Conceal Furniture, or <named relic's sect> will lose 100 Fame to a Scandal."

The quest is to find a piece of furniture linked (somehow) to the playing piece on this island, then hide it or lose 100 Fame.  Obviously, this piece of furniture is carved with or in some way associated with something that detracts from your playing piece's pristine reputation.  Find the damning piece of furniture and hide it in a place no-one will (probably) ever find it to avoid tarnishing your relic's good name.  Of course, if anyone ever finds the offending bit of furniture and shows it to an allied NPC, the named relic will then lose 100 Fame in the resulting scandal.

Special Islands:

     The Mountainhomes

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   This is the homeland of the dwarven race.  There are so many competing sects here that no-one really knows which one is the "correct" one, so everyone just watches the various religious groups with interest, entertained by their antics.  Queen Umom decreed in 67 that no religious group had any right to claim to even BE a religion until they had proven their sect's devotion and Armok's good will by having one of their relics circle the entire world.  (She figures it's a good way to get these loonies off of "her" island and give her a little time to enjoy some hunting without having to hear them bellow at each other all the time.) To help them on their way, she had the Megapult built aimed to the west to "help them along their Path of Destiny." She grins in toothy satisfaction every time she hears the great THUNK! of the Megapult followed  by the rapidly dwindling cries of yet another wagonload of religious zealots.

     The Jade Isle

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   Some believe that Armok has a cruel sense of humor (gasp! I know, right?), because the home of a very pragmatic and cynical people just so happens to be four Islands to the west of the Mountainhomes.  These people are unmoved by miraculous tales or flashy rituals - they've seen it all, won't be taken in by your "flim flam" and demand proof of your sect's claims instead. In the face of such adversity, your sect's Fame will lose either 200 Fame or 10% of it's total Fame, whichever is greater. (Oddly enough, this will suddenly create an "Open Quest" worth the same amount of Fame, on the Island of Glory.  Weird, huh?)

     The Islands of Tracking

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   Exactly equidistant from all Corners of the World are the Islands of Tracking.  Each of these marks the midpoint of a strand of islands, the first occuring right after The Jade Isle.  Any group claiming this Island who also uses minecarts to transport pilgrims or defend it from enemies may add +10% to any Fame they may get from pilgrims visiting their Shrines, Temples or Oracle.  Minecarts are an integral part of being a dwarf, after all, and every time a weary pilgrim sees a minecart go whizzing by maybe there's gold inside! Or jewels! or even ...admantine!, it lightens their hearts and quickens their step, which makes your holy site that much more fondly remembered. (Oddly enough, this only seems to work on the Islands of Tracking.  Only Armok knows why.)

     The Isles of Questing

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   There are six Islands where Armok presents tests of faith for the sects whose Destinies have brought them there.  The first is just two Islands to the west of The Mountainhomes, the second is three Islands to the east of The Isle of Suffering, the third is three Islands to the south of the Island of Glory, the fourth is two Islands to the east of The Island of Glory, the fifth is three Island south of The Cursed Isle and the last is four Islands north of The Mountainhomes.  A sect who is sent to one of these Islands by the two dice of "Destiny", immediately generates a new quest.  Depending on the quest, the chance to gain fame or to keep the fame you have will be offered.  How your sect responds to that is their own choice.  All dwarves know that "free will" means being able to stab your buddy or your own foot at any time.

     The Island of Suffering

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   Any group whom Destiny directs to rest here has been chosen to either punish the wicked or pay for their wickednesses, for this is the Island of Suffering.  All Shrines, Temple or Oracle built on this Island that also use (probably) non-lethal torture, cages, prisons or other like designs are able to charge 10% more Fame from the pilgrims "resting" there than they would normally.  Labyrinths,  Colleseums or other tests of courage and daring  also receive this bonus on the Island.   By building these, you're providing a service, after all: Pilgrims who survive your "purification rituals" will certainly help spread your views whether they agree with them or not.  Once again, this kind of thing only works on the Island of Suffering.  Maybe it's the tropical air mixed with the knowledge that home is far far away.  Only Armok knows.

     The Island of Mechanisms

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   Only two Islands to the north of The Island of Suffering, the Island of Mechanisms presents a much different culture.  On this Island, complicated gizmos and their mad creators hold highest esteem. The gnomes say that the Mainspring of the World winds from the Key Perilous (The famed Axis Mundi) buried in a fabulous structure deep in the bowels of this  Island.  It's said, if you lie very still in a place of absolute silence, you'll hear the winding mechanism "tick" in its measured rotation and be able to triangulate its position from that slight sound. "He who winds the Key, claims the World", as the old superstition goes.  Whether thats true, or just old gaffer's tales, something about this Island makes people zany about machines.  Any Shrine, Temple or Oracle that uses powered machines as its overall theme will receive 10% more Fame than they normally would from pilgrims resting there.  There's just something about pulling a lever and seeing an entire system change at your merest touch that inspires respect for divinity.

     The Island of Glory

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   Regardless whether a sect's Destiny has chosen them to build an enclave here, or whether they are but pilgrims passing through, this Island will test the military righteousness of all.  Claimed by a fearsome foe and filled with opportunities for Fame or Scandal, this Island can make or break a sect's chance to prove their Truth.  Many a mighty warrior has become legendary here, but a great many more still, have met their violent ends.

     The Isle of Water

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   The canals and waterworks of this peaceful Isle  bring their serenity and everflowing peace to those who makes their homes here or even merely visit.  Known for its abundant life, healing ways, its gentleness and its relentless eroding pressure on all who resist, (for such is the nature of water), this place is only two Islands to the west of The Cursed Isle.  Any Shrine, Temple or Oracle on this Island that uses "water" or "abundant life" as its theme gains +10% more Fame than they regularly would from any pilgrims resting at their site. As they say on the Isle: "If you listen to the water... you may hear eternity."

     The Cursed Island

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   As the result of a Quest result or "Destiny" indicating that your pilgrims must end their journey on the Cursed Island, either will result in Frogmen Pirates attempting to kidnap the relic's pilgrims and everything they was carrying will be confiscated. (The relic will be left behind as trash by the barbarians who thankfully don't know its true worth!)  The pilgrim's  destiny now has them Enslaved on Pirate Island.  (It's right there in the center). Your sect can choose to either
   a) Lose 250 Fame because your pilgrims are deemed too pitifully worthless for the Frogmen to even WANT to enslave,  so they just leave in disgust
   b) Your sect can spend the "Faustian Bargain" your sect made with the demonic Pirate King. (Nobody but you and he knows what nefarious and terrible terms you agreed to have such immunity...)
   c) Your pilgrims avoid the scandal by finding a one-use "Magic Portal" to return you to where you were taken, and succeeding in escaping their enslavement.
(Both Faustian Bargains and Magic Portals are one-use only.  Once a "Magic Portal is used, it vanishes without a trace - good thing too, otherwise angry pirates could come right through behind you!)

Escaping Pirate Island:
   Choose an adventurer who's profession is "kidnapped slave" - they'll be based on Pirate Island.  Using that adventurer, you must attempt to find a way into the "Magic Portal Chamber" of a fortress built by a previous other player and "tuned" by adding a special feature on the north side.  If you are able to survive the many traps and trickeries in your way, you've escaped and must rename the adventurer's profession "escaped slave" before retiring.  To provide proof that your "escaped slave" found a Magic Portal, post the description of the special feature (statue, slab, carving or something else) on the board and any other people trying to escape using that Magic Portal will find that it's already been used.
 Whether you've escaped, have been recaptured or have perished while "on the run", each turn spent on Pirate Island you'll have to build a tricky, trap-laden fortress with a special "Magical Portal" workshop somewhere inside.  (The workshop's name will be "Expedition Starting Point").  If you've spent three turns trying without success to escape Pirate Island, the Frogmen find you and eat your legs as a punishment for trying to run away. (It's a delicacy in their culture.)  The sect will lose 50 Fame because the Pirates boast about the enemies they've slain, how worthless they were and how much they enjoyed eating their legs.  Still, with that embarrassing time past, the relic will be available to be recovered and moved again by other pilgrims.

     The Island of Remorse

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   Some who have taken the Path of Destiny and who see the spires of The Mountainhomes on the horizon to the south hasten in their journey to once again be welcomed home to thier familiar hearths and burrows, but many more tarry awhile on the Island of Remorse, carving slabs or building mausoleums to those fallen on the long journey. The thoroughfares are somber, the returning heat lies heavy upon the land and many pilgrims wait longer than necessary in the cooler tunnels and dim, deep rooms before once again attempting to travel.  It is into these chinks that doubt creeps and faith is lost.  Everyone whose destiny has them tarry here for a turn loses 75 Fame.  Not to Scandal, but to doubt and second thoughts and sometimes, to the private terror of once again being loaded onto the Megapult.

[Solymr]

Pointlessly big, needlessly complex and absolutely no practical utility. It's perfect 
Why not use artifacts as playing pieces?

[Timeless Bob]

I thought artifacts were bugged - that they'd get lost between one save and the next.  If that's not the case, though, artifact items would be perfect.  I guess I'll need to experiment a bit.

[Solymr]

If that's still the case I think you could work around it by making a building with it.
And one idea about the cards: back 3 spaces = get thrown back 3 spaces by champion wrestler.

[brokegamer]

Monopoly is very dorfy, the games last forever and they usually end in violence. I'll be watching this one 

[Timeless Bob]

Watch if you like, what I need are PLAYERS.  Monopoly by yourself is just sorta...dull.

[4maskwolf]

INININININ!

[Dolwin]

This sounds like fun.  I'd need to brush up on my Adventure mode skills and the railroad/utilities forts sound like they are above my current skill level, but I'd still like to play if thats ok.

[sangennaro]

I'd like to join!

[Timeless Bob]

2d6=3

Success!

I think this crazy game's finally ready to begin.  I'll PM 4Maskwolf but then it's bed for me.  (This is the second night in a row I've spent trying to whip this crzy game into shape - my brains all marshmellowy)

[4maskwolf]

PM received, will start game within two days, exam week.

[Saegge]

this just sounds *perfectly* sane. Give me dat spot on teh list. Time for some try-hard adventuring

Also: Do I need a catchy name for my sect to get my fellow count going?

[Timeless Bob]

this just sounds *perfectly* sane. Give me dat spot on teh list. Time for some try-hard adventuring

Also: Do I need a catchy name for my sect to get my fellow count going?

Nope, you just need to decide which deity you want your artifact to symbolize (You can choose at the time the first artifact is made, if you'd like - it's often a religious experience for the artifact maker that they survived the process.)  Your sect will form around veneration of that artifact as a physical representation of a deity that also happens to be the True Face of Armok.  Every dwarf in this world knows that Armok is the one true god, it's everyone else that are wrong about how He chooses to show Himself to His creations.  Can you imagine how embarrassed those other fools will be when they realize they've been worshiping Armok's left testicle, and calling it His face?  Hopefully, they'll be embarrassed TO DEATH. (Serve 'em right).

So your sect's full name will be "<name of artifact> the <item type>, the most holy relic of <deity>, the True Face of Armok".  However, you can shorten that to a nifty acronym or just refer to the item type when you are not trying to impress the heathens and those idiots from the other sects.  Of course, if you should happen to want to think up humiliating names for the other sect's useless baubles that they claim are holy relics and attempt to throw them out of any handy window, that's perfectly permitted.  That's called "theological debate".  (Don't believe me?  Just read about the history of the word defenestration).

[Saegge]

I think I'll end up as Armok's rear kidney, which won't stop me from representing the true look of blood and magma he casts on us. What's wrong with his damn anatomy, though?!

[Timeless Bob]

It will certainly be a refreshing twist in the debates, everybody hotly espousing this or that is the True Face when your sect pipes in with a blistering diatribe about how they're all missing the point entirely, how it's Armok's KIDNEY that's of prime importance.

(This'll be a great game, I can feel it in my spleen.)