I have not played in quite some time, but if you are looking at playing: after you get the rough hang of things, make sure you look for mods. Specifically bug-fixes. There's a (small) community around the `dfhack` tool that fix a lot of game-breaking bugs. Masterwork [1] is a comprehensive mod that lets you turn off some of the "flavor" in exchange for a more performant game (about 25% or so). For example, the default game has dozens of types of leather. Do you really care if your dwarf's mitten is made of cow leather or bull leather?
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I have not played in quite some time, but if you are looking at playing: after you get the rough hang of things, make sure you look for mods. Specifically bug-fixes. There's a (small) community around the `dfhack` tool that fix a lot of game-breaking bugs. Masterwork [1] is a comprehensive mod that lets you turn off some of the "flavor" in exchange for a more performant game (about 25% or so). For example, the default game has dozens of types of leather. Do you really care if your dwarf's mitten is made of cow leather or bull leather?
[1] http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=125633.0