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User talk:Draze
The Journey to FUN[edit]
So you have decided to start playing Dwarf Fortress...
You may be wandering what the big deal is about this game, since it doesn't really have any graphics to speak of.(If you want to enhance your playing you should check out the Tilesets[1])Or that it looks ridiculously complex to a newcomers.Or that you willlose Tons of Fun in every game you play.
No one really know what pools you into the game Verify please (supposedly the blackest of magic, on par with twilights popularity)
Enough of that now, Its time to start having Fun!
How to start Playing Dwarf Fortress[edit]
This Talk guide is expressly for fortress mode... I have yet to play adventure mode...
If this is your first time then you should generate your world. I'd recommend setting every setting as low as possible... less hassle and quicker to get started... Once you are more experienced you can start to get aquatinted with World generation...
Now after the world is generated you should Start playing, go to fortress mode, which takes you to the world map to find your embark point. Now you can choose where ever you want... be for warned that some locales are Funner then others... I suggest a place with No Aquafiers, or those blueIm having so much "FUN" 19:43, 22 November 2010 (UTC)es on the layer menu... and beside a river, with no evil places in the vicenity...