So I've started to try and pick this game up, and I am amused, to say the least. It's pretty interesting. My only problem seems to be with stairs and setting up different Z-levels. I actually lost a miner because he couldn't come back up! I've checked out the Wiki, but to no avail. Anyone have any tips?
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Staircases need to be on top of each other, generally you want to build up/down staircases. Ups obviously only go up, down only goes down. You need a staircase on every level that is accessed.
You might have told your miner to remove the staircase with the
remove up-staircases/ramps designation. Otherwise you may have blocked the staircase exit or had him channel himself into a corner.
The simplest way to get a dwarf unstuck is to designate a nearby wall as an up or up/down staircase and then dig staircases up to the floor you need to get to.
An finally, don't worry about dead dwarves. I've already killed 2 in this bloodline fort. Its all part of the fun. Feel free to ask for a turn with the bloodline anytime, I'd try get a fort to survive for 2-3 game years first, but there's no requirements to join. (You are absolutely welcome to "accidently" kill every dwarf in the bloodline fort)
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17th Sandstone 204
Six migrants have arrived and the fortress had another birth
11th Moonstone 204
A miner is taken by a fey mood and a goblin siege has arrived. They brought 25 soldiers. On the plus side they brought no crossbowman so we'll have the advantage.(correction for the last invasion it was 10 goblins not 5)
Its a statue! That means actually usable! 91800☼, the most valuable artifact yet.
8th Opal
I've decided to chance the siege. We'll see how it goes. Note to self: Build deathtrap entrance.
15th Opal
I've called it off due to gross incompetence of the squads ability to stand in the front hallway in order or fight. Somebody else can give it a try.
10 Obsidian
The Great Cistern is pumping itself full. Yay!
18th Obsidian
Shadow Addict nearly drowned with high pressure water when I was filling the well from the great cistern. He likes to walk through the aqueduct too much. He was lucky there was a dwarf 4 steps from the lever required to save him. Shadow Addict is now a dabbling swimmer. Note to self: Build Dwarven Washing Machine.
19th Obsidian
Momuz Tishakdodok GET OUT OF THE AQUEDUCT! I'm trying to flood it!
20th Obsidian
The well is filling! Slowly, I should have put the pressure reset closer to the well. (There is already a working backup well near the tower-cap farm if the meeting hall well doesn't have enough water)
1st Granite 205
Our fortress is worth over 1 million dwarfbucks! Praise the miners! (Remember we are mid siege)
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On a side note the fortress is just now worth 1 million dwarfbucks, I've been reading the ☼ symbol as another zero and multiplied the real value by 10, oops. The obsidian works is 1/3 finished, magma input is active, needs the water input and a bridge to dump water.
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Who has the next turn?
