Category Archives: Dwarf Fortress

The Beginnings of a DF Succession Game

2009-04-21 – 0:04:47

The semester’s coming to a close, and I’ve got that dwarfin’ urge comin’ over me.  I’m starting a DF “succession” game with my friend Garrett (AnUnfortunateSquig).  We’ll be rotating control of the fortress on a yearly basis.
Summary of this Warm 3×6 region:
Mountain and Tropical Freshwater Swamp
Felsite, Obsidian, Gabbro on the mountain (untamed wilds)
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Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress

2009-03-13 – 23:10:29

During my tri-weekly visit to Penny Arcade, I found a nice link for new aspiring Dwarf Fortress players.  The Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress is a 12-part series of walk-throughs that should be able to help any dwarf get started fortressin’.
Also, awesome to finally see DF get a mention on PA.

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Dwarf Fortress Is Coming to Linux

2008-12-26 – 11:41:25

Straight from Toady’s mouth (12/23 and 12/24) .  Let us rejoice!

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Dwarf Name Generator

2008-12-26 – 2:44:54

Some anons over at /tg/ just posted a table for randomly rolling dwarven names so I PHP’d up a nice little script for all to enjoy.
Source code is available under the terms of the GNU GPL, as usual.

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Things to Come

2008-11-18 – 20:16:16

In the near future I’ll be doing book reviews (mostly RPG books for now) and documenting my experiences running a game of D&D (4th edition).  This particular game should interest some people, as it involves converting a world generated by Dwarf Fortress for use as a D&D setting.  Those who have no interest in DF [...]

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