It's hard to believe, but Dwarf Fortress burst onto the scene two decades ago. The original version of the game used chunky ASCII graphics--but when an updated version with improved graphics was ...

Dwarf Fortress is massive in scope, not least because it’s been around for twenty years. But is there a tutorial so jumping into it doesn’t feel so daunting? After all, Dwarf Fortress is a game that, ...

This is the maintained version of Splintermind's Dwarf Therapist (itself a heavily modified version of the original Dwarf Therapist). The Dwarf Therapist guide source and releases have their own ...

Quin Callahan is a professional writer with over eight years of experience creating gaming content. In addition to games writing, he's also produced TTRPG content for a variety of tabletop publishers.

Quin Callahan is a professional writer with over eight years of experience creating gaming content. In addition to games writing, he's also produced TTRPG content for a variety of tabletop publishers.

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally in 2010 because an opportunity presented itself ...

Adventure mode was one of my favourite things about Dwarf Fortress, mainly because it made the infamously complex management game more approachable by letting you play it like a more traditional ...

Choosing World Generation Settings in Dwarf Fortress is as important to the quality of your game as choosing a balanced breakfast is to your health. Your fortress does not exist in a vacuum, and like ...

For almost two decades, there was only one programmer working on Dwarf Fortress. Now, following a big launch on Steam and Itch.io, that’s finally changed. For almost two decades, there was only one ...