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Sappho:
I've started a new series on my YouTube channel consisting of short tutorials on specific aspects of the game. I did this once before with the Minecraft modpack Sevtech: Ages and it was pretty well-received, and I think DF could really use something like this for newbies who prefer to watch a video rather than read a tutorial. I'll be adding new ones as often as I can manage, probably around once a week at least. My hope is that I'll do my part to help newcomers better understand the intimidating interface and mechanics by breaking it into small chunks. All videos are done on a vanilla copy of DF with no plugins or launchers.

Check out the playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVn_gKZIx41Un39T7zgR7NZbN5-Ct7_HQ

I've also started doing the occasional "teaching stream" where I play the game very slowly and describe in detail everything I'm doing, also taking questions from the audience. I'll try to remember to post here when I am going live, but the most sure-fire way is to subscribe to my channel and/or join my Discord server (link to that in the descriptions of each of my videos). Previous streams are also always added to my "stream archives" playlist.

I know how scary DF can be when you first start. Never fear, new players! We'll break it down for you. And it's absolutely worth the learning curve. :D

Current Mini-Tuts:
How to Disable Aquifers
Generating a World
Reading the Embark Screen
Getting Your Bearings

Bradders:
I remember a number of distinct stages to my DF learning, but the worst and most intractable set of interfaces is the Military panels.  You can get by only so long with a single squad, but past that it gets hairy quick; setting up training areas, proper equipment loadouts and matching preferences and skills, getting them to actually equip things, cursing at bolts in bins (or just bolts in general), and then the monumental task that is understanding the Scheduling system.  A great 3rd tut would be how to properly set up and defend your front door, a 4th would be setting up training and going over equipment, and maybe just leave the whole scheduling system alone lol.

Sappho:
Heh, well, military is probably a ways down the line, to be honest. The people who asked me to start this series in the first place are absolute beginners, so I need to take them through how to read the embark screen, how to find a good embark, how to navigate and use the various look commands, how to designate your first trees/plants/digging, how to create and place furniture, etc. I certainly would like to get to military stuff eventually but I think that would be a big scary jump from "this is how you make a world" to "this is how you create custom uniforms and training schedules for your military". :P It's on the list for sure though! The long, long list....  :o

Iduno:
"And this is how you make a perpetual motion minecart that makes deliveries of magma every 30 seconds. I don't remember why."

Zeeneri:
Maybe go through finding a site? how to use the search tools, what all the different screens when you tab through mean and how to read it. What towers are and the risks they pose, goblins, etc.

Btw I stumbled across your videos independently already. They were really good! I can't imagine how useful they'd of been when I was starting out, as well as if there were a plethora of them.

A lot of my issues on DF tutorials stem from how long and ambling they are. Your concise and edited approach is really easy to digest without cutting any important information out.

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