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The Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress – Part 5: “Onwards to Victory!”
I’ve written a book – Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress, available at O’Reilly and Amazon! It covers the current version and takes you from knowing nothing to being a confident Dwarf Fortress player!
Welcome to Part 5! This will be a bit of a short tutorial as I’m away for the weekend, but we’re going to cover some important information, none-the-less. So stay tuned for more dwarfy goodness! Read more…
The Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress – Part 4: “It almost makes sense!”
I’ve written a book – Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress, available at O’Reilly and Amazon! It covers the current version and takes you from knowing nothing to being a confident Dwarf Fortress player!
Welcome to Part 4 of the Dwarf Fortress Complete Newby tutorial. No nancying around, lets get right back into it! I hope you’ve diligently completed your homework. If you look below, you’ll see I have…
The Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress – Part 3: “Dwarf whatnow?”
I’ve written a book – Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress, available at O’Reilly and Amazon! It covers the current version and takes you from knowing nothing to being a confident Dwarf Fortress player!
In this tutorial we’ll set up some more living space for our dwarfs as well as more workshops and stockpiles. This will just be a short one as I’m going to give you some tasks to do on your own at the end. Are you up to the challenge?! Lets do it! Read more…
The Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress – Part 2: “No, srsly, WTF?!”
I’ve written a book – Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress, available at O’Reilly and Amazon! It covers the current version and takes you from knowing nothing to being a confident Dwarf Fortress player!
I’ve written a book – Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress, coming to O’Reilly soon! It covers the current version and takes you from knowing nothing to being a confident Dwarf Fortress player!
Lets continue on with our exciting and fascinating Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress! In this section we’ll work on getting some workshops set up and we’ll dig out a lot more space for our shorties. There’s lots to do, so lets get cracking! ** Note: Discovered in 2010 is the fact that a dwarf doesn’t have the masonry labour enabled. If nothing happens when you try and get the masonry workshop up, jump to tutorial 6 and read about enabling different labours. **
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The Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress – Part 1: “WTF?”
I’ve written a book – Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress, available at O’Reilly and Amazon! It covers the current version and takes you from knowing nothing to being a confident Dwarf Fortress player!
Note: This version is not the current build. You can still learn how to play DF with this tutorial and you will learn enough to play the new build.
If you follow a link to the DF Wiki then try and read the pages for version v0.23.130.23a (see links at the top of each wiki page). Newer versions may have significantly different information.
Dwarf Fortress is an extremely interesting and complex game, but one which people find exceptionally difficult to get into. Although it isn’t hard to find tutorials, many assume some basic knowledge of the interface and what the player is looking at. They also don’t take into account different tilesets and versions and the difficulty new users have in finding a good site for that first fortress.
But all that is in the past as AfterActionReporter.com is pleased to present The Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress! It comes with a pre-made world and save and full game download for you to play along with. And a ton of screenshots. Yes, many, many screenshots.
So grab a drink, get your thinking cap on and be prepared for some dwarfy fun! And carp. Never forget the carp… Read more…
Theater of War 2 AARs and videos
When Theater of War was first announced I was working at Codemasters, which was due to be the game’s publisher. The wargame geeks among us were very excited, TOW seemed to offer all the groggy geekiness of Combat Mission combined with great visuals, and we were going to get to see it first! But after some delays the game ended up being published by Battlefront instead, gathering mixed reviews in the process.
Six or so years on from those early Codemasters days Theater of War 2 is on the horizon, and I’m quietly optimistic that the problems with the first version will be fixed. Read more…
Conquest of the Aegean AARs
Earlier this year I picked up Conquest of the Aegean, a fantastic wargame from a Australian developer Panther Games. COTA, as it is known among fans, is a wargame which takes advantage of that magnificent technological innovation called “computers”. In COTA, Panther Games have done away with the table-top wargaming ideas of turns and hexes in favour of realistic, move anywhere maps and pausable-real time.
But COTA is no RTS click-fest. For my money it’s the most realistic simulation of operational warfare you can buy. COTA is replete with a realistic chain of command and orders system, the intelligent use of formations, detailed ORBATs and complex yet believable combat resolution.
But COTA is not without its learning curve. Read more…
How-To AAR (Successfully!)
Before I hop into my AAR, I was thinking; “What makes a successful after action report?” I sent Peter an email, and we decided that, as an early starter, we’d write a How-To. This will be a basic bare bones outline but we will go into more detail in time.
So lets get cracking.
First In-House AAR
Hey everyone! I’m the other main contributor here at After Action Reporter. Though both of us will be writing updates, my first is going to be the introduction to a classic game, one that not many have played, regardless of the brand it sits in.
I’m talking about Shogun Total War.
Combat Mission Campaigns AAR
Anyone who has played a wargame in the past ten years has probably heard of the Combat Mission series, the fantastic tactical wargame from Battlefront. And chances are that if you’ve played Combat Mission you’ve dreamed of playing a map-based wargame where the tactical battles are resolved in Combat Mission. Read more…
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