Episode 7: Age and Ages

03/14/23 • 55 min

A Strange Mood: The Couple's Dwarf Fortress Podcast

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, managing trash in your fort, and digging straight to hell.

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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 this episode, so the sound quality changes for the better after 12ish minutes.

Riftflaxen the violence of treaties, a damn fine siltstone mug Bluntblossomed the patterned lamentation,
a white table engraved with bogeymen. Plural. A standard masterwork llama wool coat

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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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