There’s a nice example of someone coming up with a good UX for this game, in the form of an iOS app that lets you play against a remote instance of DF called DF Remote (http://mifki.com/df/). I learned about it here on HN and I’ve found it to be a really impressive example of what the UX could be like. It’s not a 100% complete UI — but what’s there is pretty consistent and intuitive.