Time to sit down and start singing about it going gold. Or, at least, the next version, which is as close as we get in the world of the ever-epic short-chap-simulation Dwarf Fortress. A list of mirrors can be found here and the full list of changes here. In short, lots of simulation improvement - including, intriguingly, souls which store an individuals mental attributes and skills. Also, fatness for tubby dwarves and - ooh - a massive expansion to the underground. Be a dwarf! Dig! Dig! Anyway, as I said, get from here, see tutorials from the last version here (i.e. obsolete, but enough to get the jist) and generally get stuck in. But Remember: initial releases tend to be a bit twitchy. It's also interesting to read their April report, saying what they're up to, including the amount of donations they get for hard-stats indie-number-crunchers.
