A Strange Mood: The Couple's Dwarf Fortress Podcast

A Strange Mood: The Couple's Dwarf Fortress Podcast

A married couple makes a humorous attempt to understand and inhabit the world of Dwarf Fortress.

Episodes

Episode 40: Oh God, Not The Kittens!

November 13, 2024 • 49 mins
We’ve got fort updates, strange characters, and artifacts galore! Drew tells us about his monster encounters, and Kristin shares her new favorite weirdo, Shem the Shirtless Fisherdwarf. As a bonus at the end, we talk a little about some other games we’ve tried, including Elin, the game that feels like Adventure Mode! Extra Info: Transcript (see README for […]
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Episode 39: Stephen From Story Dwarves

October 29, 2024 • 48 mins
“For Gods Sake, Someone Pull The Lever!” Today we’re visited by a very special guest, who brings along his process, stories and great Dwarfy tips! Stick around in the episode for another great bop? ditty? (idk, I’m old – Drew) from Stephen! Extra Info: Transcript (see README for more details)
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Episode 38: Dwarf Magic School

September 24, 2024 • 49 mins
This week, we actually played Dwarf Fortress! Drew has a cool new fort with some artifacts, and Kristin has a new fort that will be cool eventually, probably… hopefully? For the start of spooky season, Kristin talks about Mind Over Magic. And finally, Drew tells us all about Amazing Cultivation Simulator and how it doesn’t […]
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Episode 37.5: Critter Cove

September 11, 2024 • 34 mins
We’ve got a special episode all about Critter Cove! This is 100% a Kristin Game, with cute creatures, exploration, crafting, and much more! We tell you all about the game and then discuss the concept of early access, and our experiences with games in development. Note that Kristin raises some questions about game features and […]
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Episode 37: Hot Dwarf Summer

September 4, 2024 • 48 mins
We’re back with an update about all the games we’ve been playing. There are dwarves, we promise! Extra Info: Transcript (see README for more details)
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Episode 36: Games Other Than Dwarf Fortress

July 23, 2024 • 39 mins
We’re alive! We’ve returned briefly from our summer interlude to discuss what we’ve been up to, and Drew tells us all about his recent Rimworld experience. We’ll be back soon with more dwarfy goodness, we promise! Extra Info: Transcript (see README for more details)
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Episode 35: This. Is. RimWorld! … Not Really.

June 25, 2024 • 52 mins
We’re back from summer break! Kind of! Indiana is going crazy in the heat, yo, but we’re staying cool with Dwarf Fortress, Rimworld, and all the good settlement games available right now. Extra Info: Transcript (see README for more details)
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Episode 34: A Squirrely Town of Crabmen (and Lobsterwomen)

May 7, 2024 • 35 mins
Kristin starts settling a volcano start location, and realizes it’s a bit more fun than she thought it’d be. Drew continues with the adventure mode beta, making best friends with a hermit-crab-man and his platonic life partner, a master swordsman squirrel-man. Together with their cuddly pet giant war turtle and giant war bear they attempt […]
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Episode 33: Onward, To ADVENTURE!

April 23, 2024 • 63 mins
We’re back, this time with more goblin murder! We talk in the first 20ish minutes about adventure mode, some of the reactions we’ve seen to it, and how we’re feeling about the current state of the beta. Then, in the last 40ish minutes, you can hear us create an adventurer and almost immediately become murder […]
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Episode 32: A Shocking Amount Happened Today

April 9, 2024 • 50 mins
We’ve got so much going on! Drew has a metropolis, Kristin has a city, and we have all the encounters that go along with a larger population! Forgotten beasts, creepy underworld creatures, and artifacts galore. Plus, we talk a little about the Stardew Valley update and probably way too much about what manga and anime […]
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Episode 31: There’s Good Eating on those Rutherers

March 26, 2024 • 41 mins
Drew and Kristin talk about how things are going too well at their forts. Also sorry for the talk of dissection of animals in a school context at the end. Idk, it’s Dwarf Fortress! Extra info: Transcript (see README for more details)
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Episode 30: What Is Dwarf Fortress’ Endgame?

March 13, 2024 • 49 mins
And where does the apostrophe go when fortress is possessive? We have fort updates, goblin animal trainers, and a deep dive into story progression and endgame in simulation games. Plus, poetry corner and disappointing artifacts! Extra info: images Transcript (see README for more details)
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Episode 29: This Is Your Brain on Mandrake Juice

February 27, 2024 • 46 mins
This week, we’ve got tons of dwarfy news, musings on how Dwarf Fortress allows for so much creativity, and updates from our forts. Kristin has a wereracoon problem, and Drew’s mayor has a vendetta against mandrake juice. Plus, we’re both very tired and silly for this Monday recording, so enjoy some digressions into dwarven poetry […]
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Episode 28: Get those Dwarves on the Assembly Line

February 13, 2024 • 47 mins
Drew makes Kristin compare Dwarf Fortress to other logistics / survival base building games. Spoiler alert: Dwarf Fortress is better. Also, for the SEO: Palworld, Palworld, Palworld. Meanwhile Kristin’s fort goes artifact crazy, while Drew’s fort turns into a drunken tavern nude elf orgy. Speaking of, we also recommend the (elf-loving) anime Frieren, which gets […]
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Episode 27: Friends and Other Myths

January 30, 2024 • 45 mins
Kristin strategically games and mourns her hamster bard's passing, while Drew shares how DFHack simplifies trading and recounts a gripping tale of sibling rivalry for a queen's favor in his fortress. From hamsters to heirs, this episode is worth a listen. Also, check out the Discord and the DFHack link for more !!FUN!!
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Episode 26: New Year, New Worlds!

January 16, 2024 • 47 mins
We’re back, this time with mods! After a long break, we’ve spun up new Dwarf Fortress worlds and are getting back into the swing of things. Come for Dwarf Fortress talk, stay for our discussion of other games we’ve played during the break. Digressions include dralthas and how decapods wear shoes. Extra info: Transcript (see README for […]
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Episode 25: The Fall of Fordcudgel. Merry Fortmas!

December 5, 2023 • 38 mins
We’re back! But then we’re taking a long break! But we’ll also be trying to drop some interstitial content! We’re excited! Alas, Fordcudgel has fallen, while Glazecradled has been abandoned by their goddess in favor of an exciting new volcano fort. Will the HOT HOT magma be enough to save their world from the ignominy […]
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Episode 24B: We’ve Been Struck by a Syndrome!

November 21, 2023 • 3 mins
Sorry all, we’ve had a confluence of bad days this week which means you’re getting an apology and not much else right now. We’ll be back in a week or two with a last pre-holidays spectacular, but for now, enjoy some random Dwarf Fortress news and say your prayers for us to your preferred lungfish […]
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Episode 24: (Post)Halloween Spookies!

November 7, 2023 • 47 mins
It’s a little after Halloween, but we’ve got spooky stories to thrill and chill you AND your dwarves! Plus fort updates: a lot of dwarves died at Kristin’s fort, while Drew’s dwarves have been taken by many strange moods. Digressions include basically everything because we’re having construction done on our house this week and are […]
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Episode 23: Ruh-roh, Shaggy! Ghosts!

October 24, 2023 • 48 mins
We’re back for episode 23 with strands of meat and spooky stories! Kristin has gone mad with power and is tackling all the industries at once, and Drew is trying to console a very angry craftswoman. We talk about how ghosts work in Dwarf Fortress, and we’ve got a fun new recurring topic: what’s on […]
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