@duodec I think you have the right idea. The focus shouldn't be on the material but rather the occupancy. A fort should be able to hold at least fifteen people put only have a max occupancy of one unless you feel generous, two.
@elimanningface Room for two plus canine packmates. Running water, flushing toilets. Food as appropriate, libations and spirits for the spirit of the enforted, places to sleep, read, work, play, eat. Gigabit Broadband. Power and backup power. If you're going to fort up do it properly.
Any home fort can be a great one if it is part of a good game or story.
I remember touring the solar system with a three year old. We went to planets I hadn't even heard of before that adventure. We landed on the surface of Venus, where it is 900 degrees, and it rains acid. The blankets on the outside of the spaceship didn't show any damage.
The three year old was an expert pilot/astronaut/navigator, he got us safely back to the bedroom floor in time for dinner.
@hamjudo When I was much younger, Venus was still a hot jungle planet with monsters and strange creatures; humans were settling there, and could take their dogs along too. Good thing because I don't think my Grandma-made birdy blanket/tent would have withstood 900 degrees and acid like yours did ;). Huzzah to your pilot.
we always set up a folding card table or two and put blankets over them. Our mom eventually sewed us a thing made to go over the table that looked like a house on the outside complete with flap door. We still added addition rooms w/ other tables and blankets. Lots of pillows and sleeping bags in the inside.
But what if you want a grown-up fort? Preferably something designed to keep the kids out?
@duodec I think you have the right idea. The focus shouldn't be on the material but rather the occupancy. A fort should be able to hold at least fifteen people put only have a max occupancy of one unless you feel generous, two.
@elimanningface Room for two plus canine packmates. Running water, flushing toilets. Food as appropriate, libations and spirits for the spirit of the enforted, places to sleep, read, work, play, eat. Gigabit Broadband. Power and backup power. If you're going to fort up do it properly.
Ability to withstand a direct hit from mortar fire.
@Fen_Star
My last fort didn't have enough protection from enemy mortars.
sigh...
Any home fort can be a great one if it is part of a good game or story.
I remember touring the solar system with a three year old. We went to planets I hadn't even heard of before that adventure. We landed on the surface of Venus, where it is 900 degrees, and it rains acid. The blankets on the outside of the spaceship didn't show any damage.
The three year old was an expert pilot/astronaut/navigator, he got us safely back to the bedroom floor in time for dinner.
@hamjudo When I was much younger, Venus was still a hot jungle planet with monsters and strange creatures; humans were settling there, and could take their dogs along too. Good thing because I don't think my Grandma-made birdy blanket/tent would have withstood 900 degrees and acid like yours did ;). Huzzah to your pilot.
@hamjudo That's a wonderful story!
Chairs...heavy chairs.
No girls allowed.
@G1
@FroodyFrog @G1
An ample supply of drugs.
we always set up a folding card table or two and put blankets over them. Our mom eventually sewed us a thing made to go over the table that looked like a house on the outside complete with flap door. We still added addition rooms w/ other tables and blankets. Lots of pillows and sleeping bags in the inside.
Lumber. And nails.
And defensibility. From fallen apple/water bomb attacks.
Tungsten. 2nd highest melting point of all elements, and way cooler looking than carbon.
booby traps
@Lotsofgoats
playboys and hustlers, can't have a fort without them
A box fan to inflate the sheet to an igloo-like shape.
I thought it said "What's the most important element of a good home fart?" I was trying to decide between volume and duration.