Future of the Fortress

2026-02-12T00:10:42Z

185.220.101.17: Added recent FotF replies.

'''Future of the Fortress''' is the name of a series of threads on the [[Bay 12 Forums]]. [[Toady]] will periodically get around to a "Future of the Fortress reply", where he will answer any unanswered questions. Other forum members answer questions if the answers can be found elsewhere or the question is a repeat.

==History==
Future of the Fortress threads started out as discussions of the [[Dwarf Fortress Development|development logs]], called "Future of the Fortress" at the time. They eventually changed into a question and answer format.

===Threads===
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
! No. !! Title !! Start date !! End date !! Days active !! Replies !! Replies per diem !! Notes
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|1
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=2286.0 Future of the Fortress]
|2006-08-17
|2006-08-17
| style="text-align:right" | 1 day
| style="text-align:right" | 9
| style="text-align:right" | 9.0
|
|-
|2
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=1788.0 Future of the Fortress]
|2006-08-27
|2007-09-21
| style="text-align:right" | 391 days
| style="text-align:right" | 2529
| style="text-align:right" | 6.5
|Has the same top post as #1.
|-
|3
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=2287.0 Future of the Fortress 2]
|2007-09-21
|2008-01-25
| style="text-align:right" | 127 days
| style="text-align:right" | 1097
| style="text-align:right" | 8.6
|
|-
|4
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=1709.0 Future of the Fortress 3]
|2008-01-25
|2008-06-03
| style="text-align:right" | 131 days
| style="text-align:right" | 1033
| style="text-align:right" | 7.9
|
|-
|5
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=2102.0 Future of the Fortress 4]
|2008-05-31
|2008-07-28
| style="text-align:right" | 59 days
| style="text-align:right" | 945
| style="text-align:right" | 16.0
|
|-
|6
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=21498.0 The NEW Future of the Fortress]
|2008-07-24
|2009-06-04
| style="text-align:right" | 316 days
| style="text-align:right" | 2216
| style="text-align:right" | 7.0
|
|-
|7
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=30026.0 Future of the Fortress: List of Remaining Items]
|2009-01-21
|2010-03-31
| style="text-align:right" | 435 days
| style="text-align:right" | 15974
| style="text-align:right" | 36.7
|
|-
|8
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.0 Future of the Fortress: The Development Page]
|2010-07-01
|2011-05-11
| style="text-align:right" | 315 days
| style="text-align:right" | 5118
| style="text-align:right" | 16.2
|
|-
|9
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=84398.0 Future of the Fortress]
|2011-05-11
|2012-02-15
| style="text-align:right" | 281 days
| style="text-align:right" | 4460
| style="text-align:right" | 15.9
|
|-
|10
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=100851.0 Future of the Fortress]
|2012-02-15
|2014-07-13
| style="text-align:right" | 880 days
| style="text-align:right" | 11217
| style="text-align:right" | 12.7
|
|-
|11
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.0 Future of the Fortress]
|2014-07-13
|2016-07-01
| style="text-align:right" | 720 days
| style="text-align:right" | 4579
| style="text-align:right" | 6.4
|
|-
|12
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.0 Future of the Fortress]
|2016-07-01
|2018-03-01
| style="text-align:right" | 609 days
| style="text-align:right" | 3158
| style="text-align:right" | 5.2
|
|-
|12
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf//index.php?topic=169696.0 Future of the Fortress]
|2018-03-01
|2025-02-12
| style="text-align:right" | 2541 days
| style="text-align:right" | 6195
| style="text-align:right" | 2.4
|
|-
|13
|[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183066.0 Future of the Fortress]
|2025-02-12
|data-sort-value="2026"|''Ongoing''
| style="text-align:right" data-sort-value="17 days"|''Ongoing''
| style="text-align:right" | 51
| style="text-align:right" | 3.0
|
|}

==Future of the Fortress replies==
:''This is an incomplete list.''

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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg5998938#msg5998938]
| January 30, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6067817#msg6067817]
| February 27, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6133060#msg6133060]
| March 30, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6133062#msg6133062]
| March 30, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6203701#msg6203701]
| May 01, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6270848#msg6270848]
| June 01, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6345218#msg6345218]
| July 01, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6415242#msg6415242]
| August 01, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6481893#msg6481893]
| September 01, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6528473#msg6528473]
| September 29, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6583653#msg6583653]
| October 31, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6700479#msg6700479]
| December 29, 2015
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6781176#msg6781176]
| February 01, 2016
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6843526#msg6843526]
| February 29, 2016
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6907640#msg6907640]
| March 31, 2016
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6970205#msg6970205]
| May 01, 2016
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf//index.php?topic=140544.msg7028217#msg7028217]
| June 01, 2016
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg7073587#msg7073587]
| July 01, 2016
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf//index.php?topic=159164.msg7115531#msg7115531]
| July 31, 2016
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf//index.php?topic=159164.msg7156980#msg7156980]
| August 30, 2016
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf//index.php?topic=159164.msg7195424#msg7195424]
| September 29, 2016
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf//index.php?topic=159164.msg7246240#msg7246240]
| November 02, 2016
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf//index.php?topic=159164.msg7281525#msg7281525]
| December 01, 2016
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7312290#msg7312290]
| January 01, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7345984#msg7345984]
| February 01, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7384205#msg7384205]
| March 07, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7410016#msg7410016]
| April 01, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7440882#msg7440882]
| May 02, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7472363#msg7472363]
| June 02, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7657221#msg7657221]
| January 02, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7500594#msg7500594]
| July 02, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7526005#msg7526005]
| August 02, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7553641#msg7553641]
| September 02, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7583807#msg7583807]
| October 04, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7606864#msg7606864]
| November 01, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7632503#msg7632503]
| December 01, 2017
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7657221#msg7657221]
| January 02, 2018
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7681762#msg7681762]
| February 01, 2018
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159164.msg7701845#msg7701845]
| March 01, 2018
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7724609#msg7724609]
| March 31, 2018
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7749313#msg7749313]
| May 01, 2018
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7775903#msg7775903]
| June 01, 2018
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7797284#msg7797284]
| June 30, 2018
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7821549#msg7821549]
| August 01, 2018
| Introduction of postlinks, when part of an answer was given by a forum user other than Toady. This replaces the section thanking those users, found in previous replies.
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7845170#msg7845170]
| September 02, 2018
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7864338#msg7864338]
| October 02, 2018
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7880729#msg7880729]
| November 01, 2018
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7894820#msg7894820]
| December 01, 2018
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7908714#msg7908714]
| January 01, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7924237#msg7924237]
| February 02, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7937882#msg7937882]
| March 03, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7952064#msg7952064]
| April 01, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7963854#msg7963854]
| May 01, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7977325#msg7977325]
| June 01, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg7990286#msg7990286]
| July 01, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8004239#msg8004239]
| August 01, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8020553#msg8020553]
| September 05, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8032567#msg8032567]
| October 01, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8050372#msg8050372]
| November 03, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8061645#msg8061645]
| December 02, 2019
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8071983#msg8071983]
| January 01, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8083871#msg8083871]
| February 01, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8099137#msg8099137]
| March 02, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8117326#msg8117326]
| April 01, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8134419#msg8134419]
| May 02, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8148050#msg8148050]
| June 02, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8162224#msg8162224]
| July 02, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8173424#msg8173424]
| August 01, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8185557#msg8185557]
| September 01, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8195533#msg8195533]
| October 01, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8206593#msg8206593]
| November 01, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8219280#msg8219280]
| December 02, 2020
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8230378#msg8230378]
| January 02, 2021
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8243222#msg8243222]
| February 02, 2021
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8254142#msg8254142]
| March 01, 2021
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8275328#msg8275328]
| May 01, 2021
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8284471#msg8284471]
| June 02, 2021
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8292042#msg8292042]
| July 02, 2021
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8300987#msg8300987]
| August 02, 2021
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8309877#msg8309877]
| September 02, 2021
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8316954#msg8316954]
| October 01, 2021
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8325696#msg8325696]
| November 02, 2021
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8333690#msg8333690]
| December 02, 2021
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8341484#msg8341484]
| January 02, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8349015#msg8349015]
| February 02, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8356405#msg8356405]
| March 02, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8364199#msg8364199]
| April 01, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8371140#msg8371140]
| May 01, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8378595#msg8378595]
| June 02, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8385967#msg8385967]
| July 01, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8395484#msg8395484]
| August 01, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8403423#msg8403423]
| September 01, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8413511#msg8413511]
| October 01, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8424286#msg8424286]
| November 02, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8431542#msg8431542]
| December 03, 2022
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8442542#msg8442542]
| January 04, 2023
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8451817#msg8451817]
| February 02, 2023
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8458051#msg8458051]
| March 03, 2023
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8466422#msg8466422]
| April 05, 2023
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8473211#msg8473211]
| May 01, 2023
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8481803#msg8481803]
| June 08, 2023
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8486538#msg8486538]
| July 02, 2023
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8493064#msg8493064]
| 2023-08-08
| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8500481#msg8500481]
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8500723#msg8500723]
| 2023-09-14
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8504471#msg8504471]
| 2023-10-02
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8510300#msg8510300]
| 2023-11-01
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8514574#msg8514574]
| 2023-12-01
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8521879#msg8521879]
| 2024-01-03
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8528036#msg8528036]
| 2024-02-02
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8535048#msg8535048]
| 2024-03-27
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8535650#msg8535650]
| 2024-04-02
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8539821#msg8539821]
| 2024-05-09
| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8540544#msg8540544]
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8542611#msg8542611]
| 2024-06-01
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8545478#msg8545478]
| 2024-07-02
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8549274#msg8549274]
| 2024-08-02
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8552570#msg8552570]
| 2024-09-01
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8556023#msg8556023]
| 2024-09-29
| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8556165#msg8556165]
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8559832#msg8559832]
| 2024-11-01
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8562778#msg8562778]
| 2024-12-03
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8565801#msg8565801]
| 2025-01-01
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| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8569496#msg8569496]
| 2025-02-03
| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8569664#msg8569664] [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183066.msg8572172#msg8572172]
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| [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf//index.php?topic=183066.msg8582520#msg8582520]
| 2025-05-05
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== See Also ==
* [[Dwarf Fortress Talk]] podcast
* [[List of Dwarf Fortress developer interviews]]

[[Category:Game development]]

Dwarf Fortress Wiki - User contributions [en]

Future of the Fortress