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Bay 12 Games: Dwarf Fortress features (2006)

Adams, Tarn. 2006. “Bay 12 Games: Dwarf Fortress features (2006).” Bay 12 Games.

Cite as
Bay 12, Dwarf Fortress features page, October 2006
Original
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/features.html
sha256
d42ecd816ae5237cba76315fc223698fc6199487136ba373c80a813e71147514
Archived
https://web.archive.org/web/20061025063247/http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/features.html
Accessed
2026-10-26
Licence
© 2002-2006 Tarn Adams / Bay 12 Games; Wayback capture
Credit
The developers' own feature list for the first release, describing both fortress and adventure mode and the persistent generated world.
Notes
Primary description of what the game was and how it played in its release year, before later versions and the Steam edition.

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Bay 12's 2006 features page describes a single-player fantasy game in a randomly generated, persistent world, played as a dwarven outpost or as an adventurer, and notes that the game was still a work in progress.opening linesopening linesworld listPublisher
The 2006 features page lists adventurer mode: exploring the world without plot restrictions, meeting adversaries from previous games, and retiring a character to meet again later.adventurer listadventurer listadventurer listPublisher
Bay 12's 2006 features page lists, for the fortress: commanding dwarves as they search for wealth in the mountain, crafting treasures and furniture from many materials and improving them with precious metals and jewels, defending against hostile civilizations, the wilderness and the depths, keeping the dwarves happy, and building floodgates to divert water for farming or to drown adversaries.fortress listfortress listPublisher