“What is Dwarf Fortress?” is not an easy question to answer. Sure, there’s a quick answer — Dwarf Fortress is a colony simulator game — but that glosses over so much of what Dwarf Fortress is. It’s a ...

Dwarf Fortress is obviously enormously complex and will only continue to grow more so as more elements are added. I can’t even imagine the concept of politics coming in. That’s an entirely new realm ...