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est:
Update!

I tried my hand at irrigating my plump helmets (hurr hurr) and although it was executed less than elegantly I did succeed in pouring water onto the fields then draining the water away.  I am hoping that this makes the fields grow more helmets, raising my food production!

Oh shit, I just read the last entry I made in this thread and realised I didn't post an update for the results of my third (and ongoing) game.  I re-started in a temperate area with a nice amount of trees, a running stream and some hills.  I dug into the hills and carved out a few rooms.  Turned one into a barracks (shared bedroom), one into a meeting hall (dining room), and set up a farm area.  I set up doors all over the place because apparently Dwarfs like rooms with doors.  I set up some traps at the entrance, too.  To do this I had to put up a bunch of workshops and stuff.  I am definitely learning a lot about how to do certain things, and as a result it's becoming more and more fun.

One interesting thing that I attempted/failed at/recovered from was channelling the stream halfway across the map into a nearby pond to keep the water fresh and provide better access to fish, etc.  I channelled the stream toward the pond, running into a few snags here and there along the way.  Once I got to the pond it promptly drained out because it was on a higher level than the stream.  Pretty cool!  I had to channel down deeper and create a fake pond with some stairs leading down to it to achieve my goal, but then again this is ok because I realised that the stream is on the same level as the first level of my fortress, and once I go down another level it'll be an even better source of water.

My current plans include:
- learning about the trading system/crafting and such
- finding out how to better control the irrigation system I put in (by using levers) both for the planted crops and the fresh water from the stream for drinking & fishing
- creating some traps and some cages to capture a couple of the mountain goats around.  Hopefully a male and a female.  I want to tame them and see if I can milk them.
- doing the same for some of the deer around and hopefully breeding them for meat
- expanding the underground areas so that I can move the stockpiles and workshops down out of the rain
- tunnelling down another level into the marble (it's currently only sand, which is hardly a fitting material for Dwarfs to live in.  You can't even smooth the walls!)

More later after I've tried a few more things, perhaps with pictures if it's interesting enough.

edit:  just looked up the goats.  Looks like I can't milk them.  Fuckers!  I may actually edit some files to make male and female mountain goats and make the females milkable, because goat's milk is the staple of many mountain-dwelling people and Dwarfs usually have a kinship with them.  Seems a bit silly for them to not be milkable.  I mean, I'd hate to have to resort to filthy Human practices of keeping cows for their milk.  Next thing you know I'll be living outdoors.  Fuck.  That.

KvP:
NERD

Melodic:
SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW TO ENJOY THIS GAME.

est:
I explained it to my friend today as being like a digital antfarm, only one in which you can give your ants tasks to do and get stories about their lives.  Also, the ants are ale-swigging Dwarfs.

Johnny C:
Yesterday I unlocked the One-Man Army achievement in GTAIV.

NUMBER OF MAGMA SMELTS I HAD TO BUILD: 0

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