All production is done in kind, and dwarves take from common resources at will even if that means you want to wear so many crowns that you can barely walk. The only non-communist part is the nobles, but their titles are fake, and if you don't give them a dungeon or police all they can do is be sad (and be involved in tragic accidents). I tend to kill them off until all I'm left with is a mayor again, and they're democratically elected.

Ngl, if they ever add back in the capitalism mechanics, I'd mod it out immediately. It's my little bronze age drunken communism simulator.

don't forget to yeet your nobles using a drawbridge, it's fun for the whole fortress

I would like to point out that Toady previously made the very funny Liberal Crime Squad.

Dwarf Fortress devs themselves effectively defied capitalism and the game was simply donationware for the first 20 years of game development. Always respect when devs are able to do that and commit to it.

The official graphical versions now actually cost money on Steam, but they still release the underlying game for free (and plenty of free graphic mods out there if ASCII isn't modern-graphics enough for you).

Dwarf Commune can't stop winning

I knew I liked Dwarf Fortress for a reason.

Fred

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

• yewtu.be
• inv.nadeko.net
• yt.artemislena.eu
• piped.video

Wow the dev started from creating a fun game about dwarves to simulating the inevitability of the failure of capitalism and the liberation of the workers.

Full support to the dwarven proletariat