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Partner: "What the hell are you playing?"

Me: "Dwarf fortress! It's that game I used to play when I was in college working at the IT helpdesk. They finally added graphics!"

Partner: "I wouldn't exactly call those graphics..."

Me: pulls up copy of DF Classic

Partner: "...I see your point. And this game is fun?"

Me: "Imagine The Sims, if your sims could fight and you can only instruct them to build rather than building it yourself. And then set it in Lord of the Rings."

Partner: "Oooookay. How long have you been playing today?"

Me: looks at clock looks at clock again "Would you be mad if I told you six hours?"

Partner: "...I'm going to leave you to it."

11/10, amazing game. So happy for Tarn and Zach, they deserve every last penny of this.



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