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by Peter Tyson; Tarn Adams

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Dwarf Fortress may be the most complex video game ever made, but all that detail makes for fascinating game play, as various elements collide in interesting and challenging ways. The trick is getting started. In this guide, Fortress geek Peter Tyson takes you through the basics of this menacing realm, and helps you overcome the formidable learning curve.

The book s focus is the game s simulation mode, in which you re tasked with building a dwarf city. Once you learn how to establish and maintain your very first fortress, you can consult the more advanced chapters on resource management and training a dwarf military. You ll soon have stories to share from your interactions with the Dwarf Fortress universe.

  • Create your own world, then locate a site for an underground fortress
  • Equip your party of dwarves and have them build workshops and rooms
  • Produce a healthy food supply so your dwarves won t starve (or go insane)
  • Retain control over a fortress and dozens of dwarves, their children, and their pets
  • Expand your fortress with fortifications, stairs, bridges, and subterranean halls
  • Construct fantastic traps, machines, and weapons of mass destruction

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  • Title Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress: Learn to Play the Most Complex Video Game Ever Made
  • Author Peter Tyson; Tarn Adams
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition INTERNATIONAL ED
  • Pages 245
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher O'Reilly Media, n
  • Publication date 2012-06
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781449314941 / 1449314945
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.19 x 7 x 0.51 in (23.34 x 17.78 x 1.30 cm)
  • Category Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords
  • Library of Congress subjects Computer games, Free computer software
  • Dewey Decimal Code 793.932

About the author

Peter Tyson created the AfterActionReporter blog in February 2009 for reporting on, listing and writing great after action reports (game reviews through storytelling). He created the online resource The Complete and Utter Newbie Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress. Tim Denee is an illustrator from Wellington New Zealand.

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