The end of Laboredanus was eventual. The Countess had just had a miscarriage, a tragic instance for dwarves and women alike. She grew estranged from her Consort, and took to roaming the forgotten halls of the lower sub-levels, bewailing her misfortune. Still, orders had to be made, and she demanded the production of black bronze scepters, for ( Read more... )

Somebody on the DF forums drew fan art of Smush the Boogiegoblin.


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The tragical tale of Smush, the goblin thief who wouldn't leave ( Read more... )

The bearded ants of Laboredanus have been continuing to forge their village into a proper county for a year or so, including the completion of a gigantic obsidian paved road, not one but TWO triumphal arches, and a brand new SUPERMOAT, which successfully prevents any invasion that doesn't attack the main road from occurring ( Read more... )

This year in Dwarf Fortress went amusingly, and the game cranked up the difficulty factor as Laboredanus hit a population of 150. I built my first Shop (I'm not quite sure how it works... and I think I built it in the wrong/inefficient location?). New discoveries in a game I thought I had understood!! WHEEEE ( Read more... )

The glory of Of Montreal's "False Priest" seems to fit my current goblin siegery quite well. Weird ( Read more... )

An interesting Catholic tradition is the blessing of various household objects as they pertain to their various saints, for use in sacramental activities throughout the year. Candles are blessed on St. Theresa's Day to be lit during storms, animal and pet supplies are blessed on the Feast of St. Francis, and bottles of wine are blessed on St. John ( Read more... )

Dwarven babies and cats are insatiably curious. They want to "check it out" whenever they see a new thing. I have, therefore, constructed another giant tower that features two drawbridges to nowhere, activated by safety levers and pressure plates. If the safety lever is released, the pressure plate become active, and the next thing that steps on ( Read more... )

In a stroke of luck, I got a string of legendary artifacts that, individually, did little, but COMBINED, are put together to create THE GREATEST WELL IN DWARF HISTORY ( Read more... )

Just another day of construction, nothing terribly strange, outside of a rather odd artifact.

The dwarves are busy expanding on the "Physics-Ignorance Room" to build a radiating tower with four different dining halls in it, so as to view the countryside while devouring Plump Helmet Biscuits.

Another construction is new royal death chambers, as ( Read more... )