Dwarf Fortress Short Forts: Kingtrap #1

[@theblackpantslegion]

Glory to kruggsmash, pride of the mountainhomes.

[@jordandunn7804]

All HAIL CARGONIA

[@SireBab]

Woah, you're also into kruggsmash? I see you are also a man of culture.

[@kruggsmash]

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[@thatguynameddan2136]

Hail Cargonia and the Mountainhome! Certainly I am also amongst men of culture.

[@Yarkoonian]

Kruggsmash huh?

[@lordfriedrick7911]

You made a giant toilet for goblins You flush down the invaders and the trap is self cleaning I love it

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

I really cannot stress that you keep my week propped up with me knowing in the morning on Thursday there's another dose of Krugg. Thank you so much for your art and storytelling my friend!

[@kruggsmash]

SO damn good to hear, m'dude- truly :)) Thank you so much for the kind words. I'll keep doing my best!

[@peterdixon7673]

@@kruggsmash Your upload consistency is a really strong asset. Keep it up!

[@Kolohelph]

>Red, 5 pointed star I now cannot stop picturing soviet goblins, goddamn it Krugg you wonderful person. Can't wait for the next one.

[@Erikreaver]

Only thing more poetic would be to lock 'em up and starve 'em out, hur hur.

[@Altorin]

It's closer to a Canadian maple leaf in design lol

[@noahmiller8042]

same!

[@Giguv05]

For the Motherpits, gobrade!

[@fus132]

Overall soviet/communist theme fits them surprisingly well.

[@monkeibusiness]

I don't know how seriously you take all the compliments, so I'm just here to assure you they all come from heart. You've carved out a nice little fortress of positivity in this corner of the eternal youtubes. Also, life is better now than 2 months ago, thanks for your response back then. :D Now excuse me, I have a video to watch!

[@kruggsmash]

I do take it all to heart! Definitely :) Just gets so damn hard to respond to everyone nowadays! I really wish I still could! Glad life is doing better for you m'dude!

[@mspjb2]

Hey Kruggsmash, a quick tip to make dwarves stop hauling whatever they're holding when they're heading to an emergency burrow. The dwarves will drop whatever they're holding once you disable the alert. So all you need to do is disable and then re-enable the alert. For anyone interested: I only managed to figure that out after I desperately needed a dwarf to stop hauling a wounded dwarf who was infected with a werecurse (and about to turn soon) right into the fortress. Figured it out just in time ... to make the hauler drop him in the middle of the entrance hall. Suffice it to say that that ended in lots of fun.

[@arthurbarros5189]

Dude, that is an advice I really needed.

[@HanTheNah]

I thought you were gonna lure the king to the fort at a dying civilization and trap him. Lol.

[@dennytampubolon3259]

Yeah, I thought he was making Revolutionary fort/trap to overthrow the Monarchy.

[@DakkaBert]

No you're thinking of scorchfountain ;D

[@Zirkalaritz]

1:50 _I am looking to build a trap that can repel everything_ *Boatmurdered lava trap intensifies* 11:43 Oh god, it begins...

[@agihammerthief8953]

Everything includes the dorfs, the fortress and the great outdoors, so it all checks out.

[@Bob-Roberts]

I guess we know which side of the Kobold debate Kruggsmash is on.

[@kruggsmash]

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[@Kubolons]

What Kobold debate?

[@MrMickio1]

@@Kubolons kronk or cutebold.

[@archbishopmactasty76]

@@MrMickio1 So what does that mean?

[@MrMickio1]

@@archbishopmactasty76 some people draw DF kobolds as basicly cute little idiots "google cutebold" while other thinks theyre just being scalies making something thats cleary monsters into cute things. google "kronk kobold" or some such

[@trippyzero8612]

"Over here we can see a..." Me: A k? KOBOLD! IS IT A KOBOLD?! I BET IT'S A KOBOLD! "A kobold." Me: AHA! YES! I don't even play Dwarf Fortress but I'm learning anyways.

[@Arcanua]

Let's hope this elephant doesn't cause another Boat Murdered. xD

[@sniksnak5018]

...or hope that it does

[@kruggsmash]

Honestly now. Ha!

[@MisterUnlikely]

We won't because there aren't any monarch butterflies holding the doors open for them.

[@firmanimad]

Could iguanas be the new elephants?

[@minoxiothethird]

Elephants aren't even a threat unless you change the graze value from 100 to 500 or higher because they can't each as much grass as they need to survive for any period of time.

[@AtomiskZabaleta]

Gotta love that consistancy. You're like a regular saturday morning cartoon. Except on thursday

[@Ninjastyle124]

That Wasp artwork is really great. Might be one of the best drawings you've done yet!

[@guypalperson928]

To quote a wise man: "Monstrous size has no intrinsic value... Unless inordinate exsanguination be considered a virtue."

[@serpentwolf5582]

I love the idea of a wasp trying to choke out someone with a buff muscular wing XD

[@alashellcat]

The illustrations are especially beautiful this episode, I love your portrayal of the jungle!

[@denolaj]

Those goblin armour designs are very cool! With the ribcage motive and skull shields and all! Sweet! Also, great faces!

[@sephiose]

A good way to start off the morning with some Dwarf Fortress! Edit: I never knew Iguanas were so brutal, fighting titans and pushing people into brooks to bite them to death.

[@kruggsmash]

good to hear it! Honestly now! Those damn iguanas are brutes apparently might have to get some of our own, eh?!

[@Cowables]

I really love your videos. Your artwork and setup really helps draw out the little stories and details that get lost in the game's mountains of text. Keep up the great work!

[@Allcozeltser]

That's a cool fort, and a cool trap! Althou, I think it would also be great to sometime see a fort fully dedicated to smithing & military!

[@kruggsmash]

Ohhh i totally agree with that. I just wish the dwarves didn't freak out so badly whenever they fight anything!!

[@LupisLight]

@@kruggsmash You could always mod the dwarves to be harder to stress out. It always seemed a little odd to me that ANYONE living in a DF world would be so unused to violence and death, all things considered.

[@LetsGoGetThem]

The only time my dwarves did something badass fighting was a dwarf opposing a dragon down a staircase with his shield, beating the thing to death!

[@matthewcecil8552]

All the art looked really great this episode. Also, you talked about the meta-game in this episode more than you usually do, and it REALLY made me want to play Dwarf Fortress.

[@oz_jones]

Matthew Cecil do try! Just remember that the learning curve is pretty steep and you should not be disheartened when you lose.

[@BaDSPLeR]

As always Kruggsmash thanks for keeping up the amazing content! You are the best bearded bastard I know!

[@kruggsmash]

Psh, thanks fr watching, m'buddy. truly! Wouldn't even be here without ya!

[@kevinconyers8744]

"Legends tell of the legendary fort Etaregal. Deep within the Learned Jungles. Never broken in siege, never taken in conquest. The fort now lays in ruins, fallen due to some unknown internal struggle (some dwarf couldn't find the right color or linen for his master work and we all know how it goes from there). None dare brave it's depths, as the tale of the King Trap hidden within it's bowels echo even now, in our modern age of heroism." Setting of my next DnD campaign, thank you very much Kruggsmash, your videos are always a pleasure to watch and always inspire my own endeavors.

[@jaredconley3350]

Krugg your videos always come out in the middle of my graveyard shifts.... Makes the work night so much better.

[@alashellcat]

This is a very dwarfy name for a fortress, can't wait to see what shenanigans are gonna take place here

[@turnerburger]

I have no idea what the hell this is but I’m entertained

[@TinLemur]

All time favorite dwarf fortress youtuber honestly keep it up and don't let anything discourage you!

[@JennyfaninSweden]

Love the picture of the titan with it's face in the brook!

[@weeaboobaguette3943]

Damn it, why would you recommend me these damn video, youtube. Curse you, the fire of the forge is drawing me in once more, i can feel it. I didn't play for like, 5 years, so i guess i missed one or two updates.

[@kruggsmash]

Come back to the fold, my bearded brother. The anvil calls.

[@caliburncelt1987]

Dwarves and Elephants co-existing? I don't believe my eyes or ears.

[@Robert-vk7je]

It makes me nervous, too! *cough*boatmurdered*cough*

[@JohnDoe33932]

So glad I stumbled upon your channel. Thanks for the great stories!

[@jambojomes4955]

Found your channel a couple of days ago, been using your videos to fall asleep to. I find the simplistic graphics of dwarf fortress and your lovely, descriptive voice with the lightly coloured visuals to be the perfect thing to doze off to.

[@kruggsmash]

Well that's good to hear! Glad to be able to help you out like that :) Thanks for watching!

[@spoderman8414]

I'm glad you're doing more Short Forts. These are really fun to watch and it was a pleasure to binge on them when I first found your channel.

[@julianmartus]

Did you change the graphic set? The dwarfs look somehow different then I'm used too :)

[@kruggsmash]

I did, yes! Just a couple little changes here n' there. I did it with the last short fort too!

[@julianmartus]

@@kruggsmash i noticed that too ;) I prefer the newest variant, although ... And I'm horribly sorry to say that ... they do remind me a bit of a night elf hero(keeper of the Grove) from Warcraft3, when they are green

[@holymegadave]

What a joy seeing your videos Krugg!! They are amazing. Excellent storytelling... amazing structures. I love the art.. you and rycon are the best in roguelike games.. he plays CCDA and you DF. With this two channels i have tons of content to watch and enjoy. Sometimes i download your videos as mp3 and listen to that stories in the cold of the night.. with the wind blowing at my window. Keep up your fine work! Its really really a good content.

[@deafmetal7370]

Kruggsy, make a series where your people make sacrifices to an underworld god (forgotten beast or titan) in a giant pit.

[@obscureobsessiongames]

Ah! I'm loving this as much as the last short fort! Also, a really killer graphic set~! Thank you yet again for another fabulous morning!

[@dragonexer1]

These grand trap designs really make for some amazing highlights, aside from odd fort premises like the sea and underwater forts that you have also done an amazing job making videos for. It continues to impress me how well this game does fluid dynamics considering the tile based system limitations.

[@soshp]

The Kiss goblins are the best! I want a full series with Simmons inspired baddies. Brilliant!

[@Kyrkby]

That has got to be the cutest interpetation of Beak Dogs I've ever seen.

[@kruggsmash]

Pretty adorable, right?

[@AlessandroRodriguez]

So glad to have found this DF channel, with so many interesting and fun histories. Kudos for your work Krugg, keep your pen shark and strike the drawing.

[@kruggsmash]

Well, i'm glad you found your way here too, m'dude! Really I appreciate you watching!

[@YuubiTimberwolf]

Back from work,about to visit the doc for stuff but your videos keep me smiling through this! Thanks!

[@MassiveBreaker]

Congratulations on getting really close to 50k! Your growth spurted really high in the past couple of weeks!

[@Randy-tc3mv]

Your illustrations are super neat. It ties everything together visually really nicely.

[@npiper]

You'll still want to bring a doctor, you never know when a random giant cardinal is going to knock a gatherer out of a tree.

[@markcochrane9523]

Looking forward to Kingtrap Ep 23: Weaponizing the Werezebra

[@lucasunger1020]

Ooh, a new short fort! And another trap one as well, I'll admit I was immediately reminded of Gomathzon when you said this was gonna be a drowning trap. But good on ya for adapting it to the new stress system and how much it's affected fortress stability. Hopefully that works out better in the long run, even though you can't get the goblinite from the drains this way. Also, loved the expressions on the goblins in this episode, it was hilarious to see and they keep getting better and better. All the expressions on everyone were. The armor was very well done too. And the element of the name being of the signature trap rather than the fortress itself was also very nice, very immersive. In fact the symbols were very on point this episode too. Just excellent work man, keep it up! Looking forward to the next episode of this, or if you choose to do yet another short fort. Hope you and everyone has a great week in the meantime!

[@Odragonkingo231]

Yes! Right before I was about to call it a night and settle in. Another nice video to wind down on.

[@kruggsmash]

Haha, yep! Alright, but after this you gotta go to bed! You need your sleep y'bearded bastard!

[@thonktank1239]

It's been a week already? Oh boy, here wo go again! Love this content, dude.

[@Quitu1849]

You should call the chamber Drowning Pool One: Nothing Wrong with Me

[@lixore]

I love this fortress; would so very much not mind this becoming a longer series! Happy for more krugg no matter what though.

[@adammccraw7379]

I'm just getting started, inspired by your videos. You put so much care into your videos, thank you for making them!

[@averageinternetuser1457]

I really appreciate how you don't use any over the top tilesets, it makes it a lot easier to understand what's going on and the hand drawn images help tie everything together.

[@KhancoDrestus]

I appreciate the change to the dwarf sprites, makes them much easier to see. Nice work with the arrows too

[@AndPennyThought]

Always happy to see more videos from you! They're great!

[@parallacksg]

Man these are so fun! I got introduced to the series with the fort in the sea and couldnt stop laughing. I'm a beginner when it come to dwarf fortress so it's so cool to see all the things that are actually possible with this amazing game. Thanks for the awesome content can't wait for the next episode!

[@moonman2051]

I never know how much I miss this until you release a new episode

[@sirkharuse3019]

Super drawings, once again, Mr. Kruggsmash and fantastic coloring, Mrs. K! Always look forward to every Thursday morning because of your show. Just masterful underwater drawings. Now, throw it on the pile... ;)

[@sirkharuse3019]

...and get back to work! Long live the king!

[@Sqwaush]

Minecart based traps are way more violent and entertaining. To make a shotgun, fill a minecart with heavy / sharp items and have it gain lots of speed via ramps / impulse ramps until it abruptly hits a track stop. Also just having a minecart hitting something by itself is very violent and entertaining. And if you really want to get creative, it is also possible to shoot magma at invaders via minecarts.

[@williamwiiwill2319]

1:34 '' hey peter , remember when we starred in a short fort made by kruggsmash ? ''

[@szadek1337]

that was such a nice episode! :D very educational! ;) making the trap with magma ofc, would also take care of the corpses not piling up.. try have one jaded dwarf that dont care to see corpses be the scavener in the caverns, looting all the goblin stuff into wagons that gets send up above, with food and drinks getting thrown down to him ;) you could put all the gobbos weapons into weapon traps.. the king need teeth to bite the filthy invaders

[@JP-pf5pz]

Buddy, you are the best content creator. You should be proud of your creativity and artistry.

[@kruggsmash]

Bah, i'm nothing. Just some dude with too much time on his hands. Thank you though :)

[@GreatgoatonFire]

Kruggsmash does not believe in Cutebolds it seems.

[@jade_capricorn]

So sad. :(

[@kruggsmash]

I don't really get em', lol.

[@thetyler101]

Identify yourself!

[@sirkharuse3019]

Old school - all the way - Kobolds are monsters.

[@personplaceson4488]

@@sirkharuse3019 Monsters deserve love to right?

[@Lucasfghjsokfdkjheu]

I don't know if you read the comments, but I just want to say that you make a game I'd never be interested in playing EXTREMELY entertaining. I just breeze through your videos and I guess I just want to thank you for your effort. Keep up, man. You're great.

[@kruggsmash]

Thank you so much my good buddy! Yes, I do read MOST of the comments, but unfortunately it's gotten to the point where I can't reply to everyone anymore :p Wow, it really is good to hear that I can make Dwarf Fortress entertaining to watch! I mean, it sure IS a strange game, isn't it? So deep and complex though, you gotta love it :)

[@ramonmontejo6152]

You deserve waaay more views my friend, your storytelling is awesome.

[@WolfOfLegend]

My routine when I get a Kruggsmash notification: -Click on the video -Like the video -Watch the video -Love the video All in that order. You have such consistantly high quality videos that I know I am going to love watching every single one before it even begins. Keep up the good work Krugg

[@captainnemo6765]

How you can pump out amazing content week after week is so amazing!

[@ZakTheFallen]

Honestly, it's the art and production quality that takes him a week to make a single episode, still it's very impressive that he's adapted to pumping out a new episode every week.

[@JefersonCarvalho522]

I want more of this, this is exactly the type of content that i craved for years. This is amazing!!!

[@LetsFail96]

Oh man... you are so great just setting the scene in first few minutes, just great! I was in an mood not knowing what to do, and *pling* new Krugg vid :) saved my day. Keep on going with the graet work!

[@waterbears9874]

For some reason seeing the goblins split up and get scared and stuff seems super impressive to me

[@NEprimo]

Kruggsmash!!! I found your channel this past week, and good lord what a wonderful discovery it's been. You're doing something so simple but also so fucking compelling! I hope you continue to grow in subs, what a wonderful thing you have here.

[@CrusaderGundam]

those are some hard core iguanas. I think it might be neat to see how many sieges this fort can take. looking forward to more of this one.

[@cjohnson2916]

That iguana, black mamba tag team was the real star strategy.

[@Curtisimo5]

As always, another wonderful episode. Just an idea; to ensure that all the trash from the siege is washed away, have you considered turning the maze into a twisty, turny, single-file walkway, with gaps on both sides? That way, when the water rushes down, the invaders will be pushed off of the walkway, down into the gaps, and be flushed away to whatever garbage collection room you want to create.

[@apila4859]

I just finished watching Honeystoker and can I just say that that was a reakky neat way to wrap up a series :D

[@MsGuildenstern]

love the art in your videos they make the story so mush better

[@Dewey_the_25U]

Beautiful work as always King Bastard! We look forward to seeing the king feast, these are but appetizers to the main course! I'm Imagining a single dwarf from Kingstrap coming up to there towns and throwing a moist goblin mace recovered from the caverns. "Come and get it ya big Beardless Bastards! We can take ya' ALL!" Before running off or killing a few then running off.

[@reallyidrathernot.134]

1:46 "Yesterday, we're going to be..." I like the video, I'm just trying to feel clever pointing something out.

[@kingcrimson4133]

"Yes, today" not "yesterday".

[@arcaneowls9102]

Liked and subscribed. I like your videos, you make a great narrative out of your experiences in this game and your drawings add a lot of flavor!

[@zadokaspinall3752]

Kruggsmash: No I swear it's just a short fort Me: *Notices part 1* Me: HMMMMMM

[@erike5865]

This reminds of one of my first fortresses, where my defense was a thin walkway over a large pit of water, where rock falls traps would cause Invaders to dodge out of the way, over the edge and into the water.

[@wraith1771]

i love your drawings for the videos. really adds great visualization.

[@mathieuroussel9422]

Those beakdogs are so derpy I love it!

[@ianflowforever]

Absolutely beautiful fort! I love how well your trap works, definitely something to learn from

[@kyzylalchemy9776]

New job assignment: Corpse Scavenger - picks up spare weapons and armor from the remains of seigers.

[@bloodrunsclear]

Those beak dogs are too adorable to slaughter!

[@Silvahhhhhhhhhh]

This perfection really deserves a series look at how amazing it looks

[@burnzy2639]

I would like to thank you for finally making me play this game. Haven't tried fortress mode yet, but adventure mode is amazing.

[@ExileRika]

I'm still very new on your channel but I have to say I'm really impressed of the work you put into all your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@Agora2021]

All of those goblin civs actually have some pretty cool names.

[@AndyLaneOlson]

I do not play dwarf fortress at all. I randomly stumbled upon your channel. I am here for the stories you create and bring to life. I could probably after months figure out how to play this complicated game. I could never make the stories out of my experience that you do though. Thank you for your hard work.

[@kingcrimson4133]

Dwarf Fortress is what makes the stories. You just get to experience them.

[@weaponizedpizza8825]

I can't believe it, you actually made a short fort short.

[@ChronoTriggerHappy]

I imagine the Iguana's having herp-a-derp faces and just walking through attacks without a care in the world and taking out everything

[@Fluffybullets2]

One of the best KZbin channel’s in years :)

[@splnter648]

Dwarf fortress is a great story teller. Kruggsmash is a great narrator. No wonder he’s popular!

[@friendlyplayer92]

Wow! Never played this game but man... This content is impressive, great stuff!! And I love those drawings ^^D thank you

[@alphastark8883]

I found your channel recently and Just dinged honeystoaker happy to catch a video on release day.

[@callusklaus2413]

When the dark elves are laying siege to the fortress but you have a show to put on, and you'll be damned if you have to cancel your tour over a little warfare

[@ProfessorVuubik]

Install a “siege path” using sets of bridges cornering off the pathways leading into kingtrap so that invaders deviate a little less. Great episode.

[@SuperCharlesCharlie]

watching you play this game is more entertaining than actually playing it myself