Dwarf Fortress can turn from the most relaxing game to the most stress-inducing game in an instant.

Carving a surface castle out of a mountain is top tier dorf mode though. Start on a mountainside embark. Cut away (channels out) the perimeter of the mountain so you leave a huge block of freestanding stone on a flat plane, and then dig out that stone block as your castle.

Here's part 2 of this fortress (building a lava moat): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7CHhqVn386uhpc.html

Yessssss i am here for the DF, Rimworld and Kenshi!!

31:00 absolutely slaps

I miss Castle Stonesense. I think that was the best build you've done with DF.

14:25 "You can't just throw letters away." Okay Mr Favorite Flavor Color, U silently crying in a corner ;)

Volcano? Lava Moat? Super Forge! Dorf

I love dwarf fortress. I just hate how bogged down it gets at 200 dwarfs

2:10:40 you need to do the 4gb patch install and use graphics rules maker to get sims 2 running on modern systems.

here i was creating water canals to do farming

This is relaxing😊

Praise Ontinti!

Stone castle, bamboo drawbridge right :)

Just by the way, this series isn't in the dwarf fortress: Steam Edition playlist. Only found it through YT recommendations

I used to play this back in the early 80s

DORFS!!!!!!

Must.... Dig.... DEEER!

Iit looks like an afghan compound xD

@Nook D'you remember (did you read?) my long msg several months ago of a step-by-step reliable clean water cistern guide requiring no channelling? I'd /really/ like you to demo it sometime to see what details I missed & to cover any other potential problems; I can repost if desired.. ofc in an area with aquifers it's fairly unnecessary, but it does still demonstrate how channelling is pretty much redundant in DF except for specific requirements IDK; starts in an absolutely perfectly protected spot for a 'standard' underground 'plex, then builds a castle anyway! You be you, Nook (& other "For the CONTENT!!" creators out there) :)) "Just have a nice clean language, like English." BEST DAD JOKE IN HISTORY!!! :)) Once again, stone pots are often far easier to make than barrels for food/drink storage, plus they're vermin-proof! If you can get out of the habit of using DFHack for repeating orders, the Manager tasks work v well if set up correctly. Queue up repeating bed, door, chair etc jobs, then you can optionally add conditions to check for required materials (eg wood for charcoal, beds etc) & not be plagued by 'job needs materials' cancellation spam. If you set the wok order to eg 1/day you know you'll always have 1 of each in a stockpile, your initial few 'shops won't get jammed with making eg 20 of an item before starting on the next, & you won't have stockpiles filling up with currently unnecessary spares. It also ensures you have enough eg furniture to allow planning of multiple placements I'll finish watching the final couple hours & maybe comment more..

Nook, why do you always play at super easy economic difficulty? It makes all games way too easy. Next time you generate a world try mineral rarity at 85000 or higher. We like 85k here, feels that rare metals are rare. Makes the game more interesting. Having a fortress that has most metals, coal and other thing underneath is baby difficulty.