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I attempted to play DF in high school many years ago, booted it up and was immediately overwhelmed. I ended up uninstalling it and forgetting about the game for

I attempted to play DF in high school many years ago, booted it up and was immediately overwhelmed. I ended up uninstalling it and forgetting about the game for a long time. Recently I remembered the game and gave it another shot, and have been having a lot of fun [0]. Having the noob pack available to try out some titlesets made it a lot more approachable as well. And there have been a lot of quality of life improvements for new players; I think the Steam release will add a lot more in this direction as well. There is also a large community of content creators who play the game and post the stories of their fortresses. This can be an interesting place to jump in. I enjoy Kruggsmash's videos [1] and if you haven't heard it yet, a classic DF story is Boatmurdered, from the Something Awful forums. I recently listened to this reading of the story: [2] [0] https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=Fun https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=Fun [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/kruggsmash https://www.youtube.com/user/kruggsmash [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZF59Dkk73g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZF59Dkk73g

eindiran 6y ago
In case anyone wants to try out the game, these are two great tutorials for very recent releases: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtQyRNNEMRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtQyRNNEMRA * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTeQJOC1H38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTeQJOC1H38 Head over to the Bay12 Games forums (https://bay12games.com/dwarves/ https://bay12games.com/dwarves/) and find one of the noob packs for your platform (there are versions for macOS, Windows, and Linux). Download and install it. It'll take a few hours to create the world, so let it run over night or plan to watch DF tutorials while it runs.
- genocidicbunny 6y ago
  Create a smaller world with a shorter history and it shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes. No need to overnight it -- not like a new player's going to get quite as much out of the extensive history of the world, so might as well get to playing sooner.
dmonitor 6y ago
I can see it being very fun for a certain kind of person, but I don’t think most people will get a ton of pleasure from just making your base bigger without any end goal
- austhrow743 6y ago
  I'm an "aiming to win in a fixed round" type gamer myself but I think lack of an end goal is less of an issue for more players than you think. Minecraft is huge. Animal Valley is currently all the rage. The Sims was once upon a time the shit. Farmville once (still?) dominated facebook. People love base or society building for the sake of base and society building. If anything, playing to win/end is the minority in gaming.
  - andrewzah 6y ago
    > Animal Valley Do you mean Animal Crossing? Stardew Valley drew inspiration from Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon.
    - genocidicbunny 6y ago
      Sounds like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley wires got crossed.
      - austhrow743 6y ago
        Yep. Was meaning to reference Animal Crossing specifically here.
- andrewzah 6y ago
  The fun comes from logistical planning as you get more dwarves and they do more sophisticated things. The !!FUN!! comes from events/creatures that can kill your dwarves and cause issues.
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eindiran 6y ago

In case anyone wants to try out the game, these are two great tutorials for very recent releases: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtQyRNNEMRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtQyRNNEMRA * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTeQJOC1H38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTeQJOC1H38 Head over to the Bay12 Games forums (https://bay12games.com/dwarves/ https://bay12games.com/dwarves/) and find one of the noob packs for your platform (there are versions for macOS, Windows, and Linux). Download and install it. It'll take a few hours to create the world, so let it run over night or plan to watch DF tutorials while it runs.

genocidicbunny 6y ago
Create a smaller world with a shorter history and it shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes. No need to overnight it -- not like a new player's going to get quite as much out of the extensive history of the world, so might as well get to playing sooner.

dmonitor 6y ago

I can see it being very fun for a certain kind of person, but I don’t think most people will get a ton of pleasure from just making your base bigger without any end goal

austhrow743 6y ago
I'm an "aiming to win in a fixed round" type gamer myself but I think lack of an end goal is less of an issue for more players than you think. Minecraft is huge. Animal Valley is currently all the rage. The Sims was once upon a time the shit. Farmville once (still?) dominated facebook. People love base or society building for the sake of base and society building. If anything, playing to win/end is the minority in gaming.
- andrewzah 6y ago
  > Animal Valley Do you mean Animal Crossing? Stardew Valley drew inspiration from Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon.
  - genocidicbunny 6y ago
    Sounds like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley wires got crossed.
    - austhrow743 6y ago
      Yep. Was meaning to reference Animal Crossing specifically here.
andrewzah 6y ago
The fun comes from logistical planning as you get more dwarves and they do more sophisticated things. The !!FUN!! comes from events/creatures that can kill your dwarves and cause issues.
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