You should keep your Dwarf Fortress artifacts tucked away in a safe place. Even if you want to heed my advice, don't come crying to me if some scoundrel sneaks into your fortress and steals your prized possessions.

Now that the new Dwarf Fortress update is out, that's probably your biggest worry. But the best part is that if the bad guys take your artifacts (you will be notified if they do), you can interrogate people while hunting down the culprits. The information gathered will generate a report and a counterintelligence screen will appear. This is detective stuff! If you can catch a thieving dwarf, you may learn the name of his master, or you may be involved in a larger conspiracy. It sounds like an adventure.

This happens in fort mode, as does receiving petitions from guildhalls and temples. It is up to you to fulfill their request. If they want a temple, they will need a priest who can preach and calm stressed dwarves. Dwarves will be more stressed because they can now have multiple lovers, divorce, and have children before getting married.

Adventure mode has also not been omitted from this update. Although limited for now, you can still interrogate and intimidate people in this mode. However, new conversational variables like confidence and upset are available. Additionally, if you don't entertain people, they won't be able to tolerate the conversation. Thank God for Dwarf Fortress.

When you start a new game in adventure mode, you will be able to choose your starting background, religion, starting point, and equipment, including mounts and pets. Also, with this update, you can now create party members from different civilizations. Most important to me, however, is the ability for pack animals to carry items for you. There is nothing I would like to do more than that now.

Other additions include slowly filling the aquifer, using Judge of Intent to see your partner's mood, a fortune-telling shrine with working dice, and gifts for party members. And I'm kidding when I say that the biggest concern of this update should be the villain. That title is definitely given to the "horrible things" that necromancers and demons summon when they get bored. Better host a ball or something for the skeletons and keep them happy.

Dwarf Fortress has yet to be released on Steam. However, given that this villain update is said to be the first of many updates to this idea alone, it is unlikely that it will be released anytime soon. With a game this interesting, do we really need a release date?