Miners: Miners are clearly the best at producing value, but, as others have pointed out, some forts seem to inexplicably die if they have a lot of miners. I’m too lazy to do some deeper analysis of whether some combinations of metals make this more or less likely or something, so I’m just gonna cap our miners at 4.
Food: 2 farmers + 2 warriors or 1 farmer + 1 brewer + 2 warriors seems to be (exactly) enough for such a small expedition in all cases, and a single brewer seems to be good for value
Value: As many miners as possible, at least one crafter and smith.
Fuel: We should be good with one woodcutter, in light forest at scarce coal.
for the last 2 dwarves, I’m going with one smith and one crafter. I’m not sure the 3rd smith does anything (one smith can make bronze gear, the other iron gear, while the silver goes to the crafters who maybe also get stuff from the woodcutter).
My selection:
4 miners, 2 smiths, 1 woodcutter, 1 farmer, 1 brewer, 2 warriors, 2 crafters
Considerations:
Miners:
Miners are clearly the best at producing value, but, as others have pointed out, some forts seem to inexplicably die if they have a lot of miners. I’m too lazy to do some deeper analysis of whether some combinations of metals make this more or less likely or something, so I’m just gonna cap our miners at 4.
Food:
2 farmers + 2 warriors or 1 farmer + 1 brewer + 2 warriors seems to be (exactly) enough for such a small expedition in all cases, and a single brewer seems to be good for value
Value:
As many miners as possible, at least one crafter and smith.
Fuel:
We should be good with one woodcutter, in light forest at scarce coal.
for the last 2 dwarves, I’m going with one smith and one crafter. I’m not sure the 3rd smith does anything (one smith can make bronze gear, the other iron gear, while the silver goes to the crafters who maybe also get stuff from the woodcutter).