No visitors if on an island?

[Hræfn]

Did I make the mistake of building on a large island? Is that why i'm getting no visitors?

[Sinclair]

When you are selecting where to embark, you will have a list of neighbours. If this list is empty, nobody will come to your fort.

[AlP]

Originally posted by Hraefn:

Did I make the mistake of building on a large island?

Yes.

[Hræfn]

Originally posted by AlP:

Originally posted by Hraefn:

Did I make the mistake of building on a large island?

Yes.

RIP

[shoopy]

Your own civilization that you come from can always reach you. Nobody else can.

[Basterbane]

Could this be exploited in some way? Limit pop to only those 7 dwarfs. Deck them out with good items and exile them all ending the fort. Would that work?

Remember their names or give them a nickname and hope they come in another fort as migrants.

[Guided]

don't abandon your fortress to ruin, this will mean you can not really go bk, your dwarfs will leave.

but if you retire your fortress, the dwarfs you left behind will carry on without you, having kids, and maybe exploring more of the island.

that way, you get to play a new fortress, but kinda keep the old one going. later you may even decide to make another fortress on the island so the decedents of your first fort will visit you to trade, or maybe even join you

[Guided]

I've also heard of ppl bridging across to islands, but not done it myself