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Losing is fun!

Dwarf Fortress is an ASCII game which includes both a roguelike adventure mode, and the more popular Dwarf Fortress Mode, which focuses on the creation and survival of a small dwarven settlement. It has a very steep learning curve, partly due to its ASCII graphics, but also due to the fact that it is one of the most complex games ever released. Dwarf Fortress is completely free.
Before you play, you must generate a world to play in, which persists until you create a new one. World generation can be time consuming, even on modern computers, but be patient. It's worth it.

Dwarf Fortress has three major game modes and a fourth non-game mode:

* Dwarf Fortress Mode: In this mode you manage a number of dwarves whose task is to create a fortress.
* Reclaim Fortress: Once you have created and abandoned or lost a fortress, you can take a band of military dwarves to fight the monsters that now inhabit it. If you succeed, the fortress is yours to play in once more, just like in the standard dwarf fortress mode.
* Adventure Mode: In this mode you explore the world in a fashion similar to Rogue, NetHack, or Angband, completing quests and killing monsters. In adventure mode you can uncover details about your world's legends.
* Legends: In the fourth mode you can read more about the legends of your world, provided you've discovered them through adventuring.

Guide to starting your first fortress.


Best. Game. Ever.

I AM IN WHOLESOME SUPPORT OF THIS THREAD!

Also, it needs a colaboration fortress from the forum. Like Boatmurdered. I suggest one-year turns?

I tried playing this, but it's so complex I can't even begin. I even downloaded a new tile set.

Soooo, it's basically the Hobbit?

City under the mountain (Dwarf Fortress Mode)
Reclaim mode (or whatever(more like Smaug invasion))
Adventure mode (getting Bilbo/ taking back and restoring city under the mountain)

I just read the Hobbit, so you know...

Although I am totally in support of this game and hope more people play it, I can't say I'm terribly interested in investing time in it.

I'm glad to see that it has become so popular despite it's obtuseness and esoteric nature. Hopefully it will encourage people to start playing games by other indie/experimental developers, like Cactus and Nifflas.

Yes quite.

I love Within a Deep Forest so hard.

:D

Gee this game is complex. I like it though.