Of all the wonderful things you can do in Dwarf Fortress, one of the glaring omissions is the lack of a multi-player mode. Fortunately, the rabid Dwarf Fortress community has thought of a great way around this – the Succession Game! For those of you unfamiliar with Dwarf Fortress, check out this post. The game is a real-time simulation of a Dwarven colony. So each player takes over the running of the fortress for a single year, handing over the reigns to a new player, who must deal with the situation left behind as best they can.
One of the most well-known and best loved succession games tells the story of Boatmurdered. This town was beset by numerous problems, including a never-ending feud between the Dwarfs and the seemingly endless supply of rampaging killer elephants, a population of useless and lazy nobles, miasma, floods and criminals. The whole story can be read here. The game was played right the way through from embarkation until the fortress was finally abandoned by its 2 sole survivors, the mass murderer Guerilla Burialgears and a child, Dodok Sabrefrenzies. The tale is extremely funny, and even those completely unfamiliar with Dwarf Fortress should find it amusing.
“Welcome to F@#%ing Boatmurdered!”
