Dwarf Fortress, A Computer Gaming Challenge Options

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Dwarf Fortress is a (semi/quasi/exceedingly) realistic fantasy world simulator.
Build your own Mines of Moria, there are treasures deep within the mountains!
Adventure, explore the world (get eaten by wolves!), maybe even slay a giant (or start over and hear him tell you how much your last (five) characters sucked!)
You don't even need to be trained in combat, even a child can get lucky and slay a giant bronze colossus in a single punch!
Though, training like a merchant is certainly one way to survive (thrown coins are deadly in skilled hands!)
Back in the fort, manage your troupe of dwarves as they battle against hoards of goblins, an ambush! Quick! Pull the level and drop a bridge on them!
Build a tower into the sky or dig deep and battle demons from below!
Bring enough booze, start a farm, get digging, Urist Rothub is struck by a fey mood! He needs metal bars and wood for his artifact!
Rigoth Umamnil, Cat has given birth to kittens. Hey! Fresh meat! Its no coincidence that "kittens" rhymes with "mittens!"
Brutal combat! The spear hits the dwarf in the head! It pierces through completely! The spear hits the dwarf's left eye! It is mangled!
The spear hits the dwarf's right ear! It is bruised! The spear hits the dwarf's brain! It is broken!
The dwarf has been struck down.
All this and more, every world has over 200 years of history to explore! You enter the town of Rusted Cudgel of Bruising. The human has died of old age. x40

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"Travel quietly like a big fortress. Ah, desolation! All fortresses command dark, rough dwarves. The rugged carp roughly loves the fortress."


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