Ancientlizards - 1056 Late Summer by Buggy

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My first fortress in the new version.

The Limestone gatehouse overlooks a nice wooded valley with a brook flowing through it.

Thankfully, seiges are bugged or it would have been wiped out several times over. While I have been busy making the gate tower and the grand hall, several things have been neglected, one of those being an actual military to use the gatehouse.

Happiness has also been a low priority for this fort. It does not have nearly enough bedrooms and not all are even assigned. The first part of the grand hall has been carved out, but no engraving has been done, nor have there been any tables or chairs set up. If unhappiness is what is causing the intermittent freezeups, there is plenty to go around here.

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Submitted by: Markavian` - 2007-11-08 to 1056 Late Summer

Cool, I like the multi-leveled great hall, definitely feels much roomier now with the height involved and all the winding passages leading around the edges.

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Δ 17. Gatehouse
Probably bigger than I need. Should have room for archers and siege engines though. Will probably also have grates over the entrance hall (AFIK, shooting through a grate will be allowed.) To bad z-level shooting is bugged.

All the mountain spaces on the south side of the tower will be cleared out for better coverage from the fortifications, and some from the north. The stairs up along the side are temporary access so that my miner will have access to the areas that need to be cleared.

One mistake I made on this fort was to build the interior before doing the gate. A better method would be to rough in the gate first and use that as living quarters and production area until the rest of the fort is dug out. That should leave me ready for sieges by the time they start coming in the second or third year. - Buggy
Δ 17. Work area
Four Masons and two Stonecrafters are busy turning the excess stone into blocks and crafts. Being able to make vaults through multiple z-levels makes the fort much more efficient. Dwarves can be only a few steps away from a lot of different stockrooms.

Hauling is still a neverending task though. - Buggy
Δ 15. One of everything
And the useless road.

My first casulty in the new version was a failed mood. When my armorsmith went moody, I immediately started building every workshop here, not knowing that he wouldn't go for a newly built shop.

All this clutter should be cleaned up and all production moved to the safety of the fort. - Buggy
Δ 14. Great Hall
The manditory great hall. It will have seating for about 120 Dwarves at once. Should be more than enough for even a large fortress. All prepared food and booze is stored in the basement beneath this room.

The multiple useless levels of open space above it were quite a time consuming task to carve, since only one miner could do the work, and designating chanel digging zones so that he left nothing hanging took up a lot of my time and fortress time that could have been spent making the fortress better.

Housing and specialised workshops (like jewellers and other decorators) will be built to the left and right sides of the hall. Originally I was planning to have workshops placed above or below the living area of the dwarf assigned to the shop, but that might not work out so well.

The main walkway down the center will eventually head northward into the mountain to where the main metalsmithing operation and mines would be placed. - Buggy

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Fortress Name: Ancientlizards
Map Year: 1056 Late Summer
Author: Buggy
Submitted by: Buggy
Date Added: 08/11/2007