For anyone who is thinking about giving it a spin for the first time, do yourself a favor and don&#x27;t get this .01 version. Either wait for a few patches or download the far more stable and mature 0.40.24 (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bay12games.com&#x2F;dwarves&#x2F;older_versions.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bay12games.com&#x2F;dwarves&#x2F;older_versions.html</a>)<p>Dwarf Fortress is basically a perpetual beta with lots of major bugs as it is, but especially brand new major versions like this one usually have multiple game-breaking bugs, including crashes, corrupted saves, etc. It would be a shame if people willing to give it a try would give it up due to the poor quality of the initial release of a new major version.<p>Dwarf Fortress is a truly unique game and really worth putting in the effort to learn simply due to the stories it generates as you play.<p>Here&#x27;s an example of a story that happened to me. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;dwarffortress&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1mb0cw&#x2F;the_sad_story_of_môsom&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;dwarffortress&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1mb0cw&#x2F;the_s...</a> Note this story is in no way embellished by me. Everything described there was actually simulated within the game.