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[TheChosen]

Ya! Its yet another combination of Lets play/forum game, and this time its something we cant defeat! Its...

DWARF FORTRESS

Whats a Dwarf Fortress you say? Its kind of a strategy/RPG, a mixture of Rogue, Dungeon Keeper and the Sims spiced up with some extra violence. Its about running a dwarf fortress, building a society, making crafts, weapons and food and such and making sure everyone stays alive.

Staying alive? Thats the hardest part. Its easy to survive from being starved to death, but then there's all kinds of accident that can happen; wild beasts, evil creatures like goblings and of course, the twisted imagination of the player. However, its said that problems and losing is part of the fun of dwarf fortress. And honestly, who doesnt want to see the results of a burning dwarf walking into a warehouse full of booze?

And its freeware too, so anyone can enjoy it. Its however, in ASCII so it might not be for everyone (might want to try out graphic packs though). Its also extremely complex at the beginning. Its also not finished: Its in Alpha state. However, even in this condition the game is extremely playable and if there's bugs, they just make things even more entertaining.

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ - Get the game here and give it a try.

Oh, and the forum game? Its your basic "Lets name the dwarfs after forum members and see what happens", with roleplay and all that. However, this one is slightly more interactive, as anyone can join in provided that they at least know how to play Dwarf Fortress.

When does the game end? Never. Its one of those sim games that go on and on and on and on, until all the dwarfs in the fortress are dead or the player gives up.

A succession game (Or Bloodline-game as some call it) players take turns. A player rules the fortress for one year (in-game time of course) in however the way he/she wishes. After the year is gone, save file is zipped, upped here and the next player will continue. Old players can take another turn, provided that no one else wants to join. The player in turn of course posts reports and pics in here.

For a example of succession game, there's three Lets Play's from Something Awful forums, "Boatmurdered", "Headshoots" and "Syrupleaf". I advice reading them, as theyre not only fun, but really show how weird and evil the game can get, not to mention violent.

http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Boatmurdered/
http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Headshoots/
http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Syrupleaf/

So yeah, If a dwarf is named after you, its most likely gonna die, even if its not in a military.

Okay, so Im asking right now who's thinking of joining in for ruling the fortress? I require that player knows how to play this game, but it doesnt matter If you're good or bad. I of course start, and I intentionally will pick up someplace dangerous (but with wood and water). If you just want a dwarf named after you, post here and If you have any wishes for a profession (although that doesnt mean dwarf wont do other kinds of jobs, or suddenly get drafted into army to fight dragons).

NOTE: When writing reports, you dont have to go all roleplaye like in the examples.

CURRENT STATUS OF THE GAME

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Current overseer: Eagle of Fire
Next overseers: TheChosen, Fubb
Past overseers: None

PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DWARFED

Name and Title
Eagle of Fire (Expedition Leader)
TheChosen (Future Legendary Hero)
Fubb (CCIT (Crazy Commander In-training))
Suppa_Mario (Useless Dwarf)
Angry Axe (Axe Dwarf Extraordinaire)
Panthro (Carpenter)
El Quia (Joyful Dwarf)

PEOPLE WAITING TO BE DWARFED

Name and Title/Career wish
Tomekk (Something related to swords)