Episodes
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April 17, 2022
Ep. 66: In Which The Gang Asks, “What IS Dwarf Fortress, Anyway?”
This episode, we take a step back and consider how we’d describe Dwarf Fortress to someone who hasn’t played before. We also get off track and talk about dogs as mayors. Mayor Max Support Dwarf Fortress at Bay12Games.com Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable on Patreon
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March 27, 2022
Ep. 65: In Which User Comments and Questions Are Investigated
Special Thanks to Tekkud for the Dwarf-O’s spot! And keep those emails coming! Tekkud
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March 7, 2022
Ep 64: In Which We Find Roadmap Navigation and Baron Talk
We are back to talk a bit more about the roadmap release and barons in the fortress. Roadmap Post
March 2, 2022
DF Roundtable Extra: Roadmap Released!
This is a short non-episode to quickly chat about the exciting new roadmap. In it we also namecheck Ultima Ratio Regum and Roguelike Radio
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Feb. 13, 2022
Ep. 63: In Which Tekkud Joins The Gang To Discuss Bloodline Forts
Thanks so much to Nathan for stopping in to talk about the Singemetal bloodline fortress (among other great stuff). Bay 12 Games February Report Alexandra’s Steam News Splatterface III DFHack Hermit Script Roland’s and Nathan’s Singemetal Streams Tekkud Youtube Channel
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Jan. 30, 2022
Ep. 62: In Which A Wren Woman Betrays Singemetal
And we’re back! Season 4 kicks off with the gang catching up and discussing their various over-the-break activity. Fix fat dwarves with DFHack Roland’s Twitch channel Deep Rock Galactic Timberborn
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Dec. 13, 2021
Ep. 61: In Which Season 3 Is Wrapped
Everyone have a safe and joyous year end. We’ll catch you in a couple months! New World Map Pixel Art Roland’s Twitch CLAIM=fc5b0ec2276bf7e47860d336148d9b37f57c29aa=CLAIM
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Nov. 28, 2021
Ep. 60: In Which FPS Death Is Averted and Mixed Squads Are Judged
Hey there folks another beautiful autumn day in the world of Dwarf Fortress. hope you enjoy the banter. Paranoid Metroid and Roland’s bloodline BlindIRL reviews patrol setup
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Nov. 7, 2021
Ep. 59: In Which Listener Questions Are Pondered
Today’s episode catches up with several listener questions we’ve received. We’ll probably be having a “part two” next episode. Link to our Topics page, which incluldes the full text of Tony’s letter Capn Duck DFVIDTUTS Tutorials
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Oct. 25, 2021
Ep. 58: Tales of Palacegulf and Pickhour (Dragon Attack)
In what is probably our most conversational episode yet, we talk a lot about fortresses that Tony and Jonathan are currently running. Not many real links here — though we do mention Paranoid Metroid and Kruggsmash YouTube channels. Also, the featured image is an example of a dragon, as depicted by TSR Games’ Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (1978)
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Oct. 10, 2021
Ep. 57: In Which Complaints Are Lodged Against the Undead
We are all over the place this episode, but a recurring theme seems to be undead attacks . Future of the Fortress with message about renaming the mason workshop PeridexisErrant’s tutorial Das Tastic Tutorial
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Sept. 26, 2021
Ep. 56: In Which Whiprule Is Honored
We are finally back from summer hiatus. In this episode, we catch up with each other’s dwarfy gaming. Paranoid Metroid – YouTube July Tarn Steam Update Tarn’s Spiral Stairs Update Clinodev’s Annotated Craftlords Embark Profile PeridexisErrant’s Starter Pack
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July 18, 2021
Ep. 55: Let’s Play Some Dwarf Fortress
Hey folks – Summer hiatus starts today – hope you enjoy listening to Jonathan and Tony playing some DF 😀 Support Dwarf Fortress at Bay12Games.com Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable on Patreon Image Attribution – This episode’s featured photo is a mashup of two Creative Commons Attribution License images from Wikimedia.org. And the Dwarf Fortress Urist Head, modified with DFRoundtable headphones. Feel free to download any of the pictures to decorate your computer desktop. File:Glasnost & Goodwi...
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July 4, 2021
Ep. 54: Learning How to Play with Nathan from Paranoid Metroid
This episode we talk a lot about tutorial videos and other resources to learn how to play and improve your Dwarf Fortress skillsets. Thanks again to Nathan for joining us for another episode. Paranoid Metroid YouTube Channel PerridexisErrant’s DF Walkthrough The Sixth Annual Dwarf Fortress Gladiator Tournament info Support Dwarf Fortress at Bay12Games.com Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable on Patreon
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June 20, 2021
Ep. 53: In Which Cheese is Considered and Mail is Read
This episode follows up a few threads from previous episodes. And we also cover some listener email and comments. It’s a bit shorter (and a bit more chaotic) than usual because due to scheduling issues, we recorded two episodes on the same day. Another consequence of this is that there will be no live-stream next week. But we should be back for another livestream recording on July 11th. Kruggsmash Fun with Minecarts video Dev News: Beekeeping Support Dwarf Fortress at Bay12Games.com Support Dwa...
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June 6, 2021
Ep. 52: Traps! With Nathan from Paranoid Metroid
We welcome in community member Nathan to talk traps, stockpiles, and other dwarfy subject matter. Nathan also has a new YouTube channel called Nekruxx Paranoid Metroid – though it wasn’t launched at the time of recording so we don’t mention it during the main recording session. Enjoy! Nekruxx Paranoid Metroid YouTube Channel Kruggsmash’s Kingtrap – the fort with the flood trap. Bay12Forums thread by Kipi on room value Support Dwarf Fortress at Bay12Games.com Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable o...
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May 23, 2021
Ep. 51: In Which Stockpiles Are Analyzed
This episode we’re talking a lot about how we deal with stockpiles and getting resources to our workshops. Bay 12 Games Report Future of the Fortress Support Dwarf Fortress at Bay12Games.com Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable on Patreon Featured Image is “Warehouse at Hackeberga Castle” by Mackmyra Svensk Whisky AB is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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May 2, 2021
Ep. 50: In Which the Gang Gets Meta
This episode, we’re reviewing the short history of the podcast. It’s a bit self indulgent to be sure, but we hope you enjoy the chatter nonetheless. The Vampiric Tales of Aleth Joychannels by Lodott1 Support Dwarf Fortress at Bay12Games.com Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable on Patreon
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April 18, 2021
Ep. 49: In Which A Skull (and Poor Management) Destroys A Fortress
Nothing groundbreaking this episode. Just the podcast people chatting about Dwarf Fortress, dev notes, and the like. Be sure to check out Roland’s epic reading of ThreeToes’ April Mission Status. The Stack Exchange Article We Brought Up April Bay 12 Games Update Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable on Patreon Support Dwarf Fortress at Bay12Games.com Musical Attribution – Thanks so much to Kevin MacLeod for making his awesome music available to content creators! Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod Link...
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April 4, 2021
Ep. 48: In Which We Talk Community With Kitfox Games’ Alexandra Orlando
Alexandra Orlando is Kitfox Games’ community manager, and she visits with us about fostering community in Dwarf Fortress. Alexandra’s YouTube Channel Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable on Patreon Support Dwarf Fortress at Bay12Games.com Musical Attribution – Thanks so much to Kevin MacLeod for making his awesome music available to content creators! Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Fo...
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March 21, 2021
Ep. 47: In Which We Discuss Dropping Goblins With Blind
Blind joins us as we chat about lots of stuff, including how goblins go “splat’ and how pretty windows are. Sprite sheet with elves Dwarf Fortress Wiki Gravity page Blind’s Twitch and YouTube channels Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable on Patreon Support Dwarf Fortress at Bay12Games.com Musical Attribution – Thanks so much to Kevin MacLeod for making his awesome music available to content creators! Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin Lice...
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March 7, 2021
Ep. 46 In Which We Visit With Blind
Thanks so much to Blind, of Twitch.tv streaming fame! He stops by to talk Dwarf Fortress with the gang, discussing fortress optimization, pop cap, streaming DF and guilds. Blind on Twitch and Youtube Archcrystal at Bay 12 Games Noclip’s Tarn Adams Interview Blind’s Tarn Adams Interview Kruggsmash Link to Clinodev’s Caveat Emptor release Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable on Patreon Musical Attribution – Thanks so much to Kevin MacLeod for making his awesome music available to content creators!...
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Feb. 21, 2021
Ep. 45: In Which We Consider Entropy and Soap
A Clean Dwarf is an Organized Dwarf. —Urist Orderedsoap Blind interview with Toady One Soap procedure at DFWiki — and it sounds a bit more complicated than we let on in the show 🙂 Also at the DFWiki… Islands Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable on Patreon Musical Attribution – Thanks so much to Kevin MacLeod for making his awesome music available to content creators! Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin License: http://creativecommons.org/l...
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Feb. 7, 2021
Ep. 44: In Which We Review v0.47.05.
A new release is upon us! Today is all about the newest offering from Bay 12 Games. Bay 12 Games: Dwarf Fortress : Link to the release announcement. Link to Clinodev’s Caveat Emptor release McArcady’s Linux Dwarf Pack Alpha-zero Support Dwarf Fortress Roundtable on Patreon Musical Attribution – Thanks so much to Kevin MacLeod for making his awesome music available to content creators! Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin License: http://...