Dwarf Fortress Succession Game?

[Solmyr]

I can generate and play the first year, just need some info on what we want.

257x257 large world ok?
Evil location ok, provided it has various other stuff we want?
Basic mountains/river/forest setup?
Do we want any "extra" stuff like magma, underground rivers, chasms?
Embark area size, 6x6, 4x4, or something else?

I will select the starting dwarves' skills/equipment once I know what kind of location we start in. Or you can let me decide all that, of course.

[Jaron]

That all sounds fine to me. Take whatever you think you'll need to survive the first year.

[DisturbedPervert]

It's not that difficult.  Here's this easy to use forty part video tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koZUS2h-Yzc

[Habbaku]

[Josquius]

That sums me up totally.
I've tried many a time but always just immediately go 'wtf is going on here...'