Contagion
April 24th, 2008
I caught Dwarf Fortress. It’s been going around. I blame Kevin for infecting me with it, and I think he got his infection from, oh, that filthy forum he visits, and Neil. I was utterly useless for a few days, but yesterday I started to gain some limited functionality back. Today, well— well, the goblin attack yesterday only killed 6% of my population, but it sort of destroyed morale in my happy river valley. And the hippy elven traders never have anything to trade. I kind of want to start a new Fortress with all the things I learned in this one, but I can’t afford that kind of relapse, not until I finish this manuscript. So I suppose I’ll nurse this one, letting it linger along. Maybe I’ll have to form up a military. Bleah.
Categories: Updates From the Void | Tags: Games
Woo hoo, you have been assimilated into the dwarven kingdoms! Welcome to the underground!
6% on the first serious goblin raid isn’t too bad. I think I lost 12 dwarves, including most of my military, along with a visiting caravan the first time the goblins came by in force. Morale will probably recover… and if it doesn’t, you get a site to explore in adventure mode.
Yesterday the elves came by, lectured me for cutting down trees, and then traded me the fifty logs they’d brought for a goblin sock (I checked — there was no foot in it).
It’s like kosher rules. Elves know the wood they have is elf-kosher. They don’t know if the wood you have is elf-kosher. And if you buy wood from them, and then try to sell it back, how do they know you didn’t rub cheese and pork all over it while you (briefly) owned it?