Friday Highlights - February 20th

Sul Sul friends!

Another week done, it's time for the Friday Highlights! How is your trip in Ondarion going? Is everything going smoothly, or is chaos ensuing in the realm? I want to know all about your court dramas 🍵

Check out what’s new:

• Only one news this week, with the latest epatch that was released on Thursday. Make sure to update your game, and you can find the patch notes here! 

A quiet night in Verdemar, posted here by Simmerville​

And now, it's time for the highlights!

• 🤭 Let’s kick it off with a classic Did You know Thread on Royalty & Legacy started by catloverplayer​ , who has been sharing the most important information, which is that cats can wear crowns (yay!). Lots of you are also sharing fun facts about the new pack, such as discovering the hidden notes scattered around the new neighborhoods, or the fact that both female and male sim can wear glass slippers (can we talk about how uncomfortable a glass slipper would be in real life for a second?). There are plenty more interesting bits about the game so I strongly encourage you to check it out directly, and make sure to share your fun discoveries with the pack!
  
  
• 💭 If you have been playing with Royalty & Legacy lately, you might have had some fun with picking Dynasty Values, mixing and matching, and checking which ones work the best (or the worst!). So HollownessDevour​ is asking you what is your Dynasty Set up and what kind of results did you get, after noticing that a lot of skills related to nature (like gardening, or natural living) pair very well with the Nature-Loving ideals, and are very effective for gaining Prestige ✍️ If you need some inspiration or are not sure what to pick and what to expect, this thread will be perfect to get you started. And if you have picked different sets of options, make sure to share those with us and let us know how that went (especially if it went terrible!).
  
  
• 🏰 This week, come discover Cevans1962​’s beautiful Forteresse de Pierre, a French Country style family home located in Windenburg. This build includes three bedrooms and two bathrooms, a spacious open kitchen and living room. You will also find other neat amenities such as a little office space, a nice terrace to relax, and a fitness and yoga studios located in the towers. Most rooms are decorated with white and light-coloured floors and walls with pops of black, brown and grey. The children's bedrooms are the only exception, with colourful and cute items. From an outside perspective, the house is simply stunning with the stone walls and the tower at the side! Make sure to check out all the details, and you can download it from the Gallery if you think that this could be a fine addition to your game!
  
  
• 📖 Next up, belalucina​ is picking up an older story that was started a couple years ago: The Girl Who Fell Between Worlds - April’s Story 2.0. The plot is set in Strangerville, where April joined the military and met her colleague Ted, to investigate curious cases of missing sims. After finding all the missing people and revealing the culprit, April was also suspecting that General Grunt has been behind some shady business. Before she could follow this lead, she was brought to a different timeline and woke up with little memories of her past. This first chapter follows April navigating in this new and yet familiar universe as she tries to remember what happened to her. If you’re in look for a next mystery story, this one looks very promising! Stay tuned for the next chapters!
  
  
• �� Finally, Tamijo1444​ has a few chapters up of their new story, Yamamoto & the Orphanage. The story originally starts with Masaki Yamamoto, who emigrated from Japan with her husband. After his passing, she moved to Appaloosa and now lives with her son Yasuhito, her daughter-in-law Hana and her grand-children. The town also includes an orphanage with a couple of children, handled by Erin Scholler and Nicklaus Butler. With full autonomy on, all those sims are basically creating their own story! Will they make the wisest choices, or will they try to figure out things as they come? Will Nicklaus keep getting into shady activities? Will Yasuhito’s and Hana’s couple make it to the end? And will the children at the orphanage learn to clean their plates? Time will tell, but in the meantime, we’ll be happy to follow each character’s adventures!
  
  

And that concludes another week! As always it was a pleasure, have a great weekend folks and happy simmin!

Dag dag ✌️

Cath