Category: Episodes
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Episode 12: From CopperStreams to CopperCrypts
Episode 12 brings you updates from Kristin’s fort, BellBlade, and the epic ending of Drew’s fort, CopperStreams. Topics (not digressions!) include animal training and how/when to specialize dwarf labor. **NOTE** Corrected version dropped at 1:41pm EDT. Apologies! Extra info: Transcript(see README for more details)
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Episode 11: Just Keep Digging!
We’re back to playing our individual forts AND we’re digging deep into the topic of caverns. Who knew we could fit so much content into one episode? Digressions include keeping dwarves happy after there’s been a massacre. Extra info: Transcript(see README for more details)
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Episode 10: Our Spooky Shared Fort
For our tenth episode, we played a succession fort. What does that mean, you ask? Well, we passed shared fort in a HAUNTED biome back and forth for a total of four dwarf years. Fun was had. Digressions include windmills and the titles of consorts baron/ess. Thanks for sticking with us for TEN EPISODES! Extra…
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Episode 9: Death By Slippery Slope
It’s the safety requirements that’ll kill ya, folks. Drew tells us all about how to build a waterfall at your fort entrance, Kristin wonders if merchants are dumb or bugged, and we both share some weird fiction from our new forts. Plus, we reflect on how storytelling is an integral part of the game.
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Episode 8: Hell Is Just a Hot Aquifer
We talk fort reclamation, aquifers, and HELL! Seriously, though, we cover a lot of ground in this episode. Drew is trying to dig to hell, Kristin reclaimed an old fort, and aquifers ooze uncontrollably. In other words, it’s a normal day in Dwarf Fortress.
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Episode 7: Age and Ages
Two weeks may feel like an AGE between episodes, but we’re back and we’re ready to talk about AGES of time… okay, there’s nothing there. Regardless, we’ve got weird news from our forts, and we delve into world generation and how history passes in Dwarf Fortress. We also talk a bit more about FPS problems,…
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Episode 6: Embarks, Sparkles, and Aquifers
We’re back! Welcome new listeners! We’re talking embark locations, including surroundings and how to deal with aquifers. We both have new forts and lots to say about them, and we mourn the demise of both Ragdreams and Daubedpages. Kristin also had a knock-down, drag-out fight with the microphone about a quarter of the way through…
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Episode 5: Should I Abandon My Fort?
Nothing says romance like zombie entrails and olm people skeletons. We’re both facing some troubles with our forts, and it might be time to move on. Drew’s linked location (Dungsville?!) is having some economic success, and Kristin cannot get rid of the zombies. Should we call it quits and embark anew?
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Episode 4 – Rank My Fort
Welcome to our fourth episode! Drew shares the military exploits of Daubedpages, Kristin laments the misery that is Ragdreams, and we talk briefly about fortress tears. Are you a hamlet or a village? How about a duchy? Who knows!! As a bonus, Kristin shares a tragic short story about our friend Kol Copperleopard. (You’ll be…
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Episode 3: Fort Design
No, not a fort called design; we’re talking about designing your fort! We also have some fun news from our forts, and a lamentation about the casualties of well-digging.
A Strange Mood 