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Build-n-Share Challenge #190 - Mr Boddy's Mansion
Challenge Deadline: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017, Midnight EST
You stare at your current client in confusion.
"I'm sorry. I must have misheard you. The person who wants me to build them a house is...deceased?"
Michael Ryunoten, attorney and happy client, nods a bit ruefully.
"I know this seems a little odd. And normally, its not a case I would handle. However Mr. Boddy was my very first client when I was starting out in law and I continued to handle his transactions even after I transitioned to business law. When we made out his will, he was very specific about what he wanted. And very insistent."
"Ok. And what exactly is it he wanted?" you inquire, feeling more than a little hesitant about this.
"He wants a mansion built to some unusual specifications." He pulls out a document. "Mr. Boddy demands that his mansion be at least 2 stories. The first floor is to contain an entrance hall, leading to a central foyer. Off of this central foyer he requires a kitchen, dining room, lounge, ballroom, conservatory, billiard room, library and study. All of these are to be separate rooms. There is to be a fireplace in each of these rooms except the kitchen and conservatory. The conservatory must contain a pool. It doesn't have to be big, it simply has to be there and useable. The kitchen must have low end appliances."
You lower your pen in astonishment and disappointment. "Michael that doesn't make any sense!" you protest. "Why low end appliances?"
He gives you a regretful smile, "I am not at liberty to explain. I'm truly sorry."
He clears his throat and resumes reading. "Upstairs there are to be no less than 6 bedrooms with adjoining bathrooms, to be outfitted accordingly. However there is to be only 1 single bed in 2 of the rooms."
Suspicious now, you ask "Really Mike. You're pulling my leg now. You cant be serious."
"I'm very serious." He hands you the pertinent section of the will so you can read it for yourself.
"Each bedroom is to be decorated in one of 6 colors: red, purple, blue, green, yellow, white."
"It doesn't mention here what kind of style he wants the house built in," you observe.
"He didn't care." Mike response, leaning back in his chair a little. "You have free reign. The total budget for the house is 250k."
"Nice." You say, dubiously. Such a strange list of requirements is more than a little...disconcerting.
"And of course there's your fee." Mike gives you a number that makes your jaw drop. The amount of money being offered would pretty much leave you debt free for the next five years, and pay for that trip to Al Simhara you've been wanting! Even if you are suspicious, its hard to say no to that kind of freedom.
"Well..."
Brief:
Budget: 250k
Any architectural style you wish
6 bedrooms, with baths
Each bedroom decorated in either red, blue, purple, white, yellow or green
2 story mansion
Landscaping
Ballroom
Kitchen with low end appliances
Dining
Lounge
Study
Entrance Hall
Library
Billiards Room
Conservatory with pool
All rooms must have doors
All first floor rooms must have fireplaces except the conservatory and the kitchen
Bonus points for additional methods of potential death from the other expansions.
Optional Challenge
Play clue with Mr. Boddy's guests!
Mr. Boddy is a vengeful ghost out to get the sims he feels had a hand in his death. So he invites them to the newly built mansion. Rules are simple: First determine order of play. Miss Scarlett always goes first. Then roll a dice to determine who goes next. Once order of play is established, roll for the room Miss Scarlett is sent to. All doors are to be locked between dice rolls. No wandering sims. You have 8 sim hours to kill the sim in that room with the rooms method of death. Example: Miss Peacock gets sent to the observatory. You have 8 hours to drown her in the pool. After the 8 hours, you can let her out of the pool but she must stay in the observatory until her next turn.
After the 8 hours of potential death are up, each sim can amuse themselves or fill whatever needs are available to fill in that room. They may not leave the room till their next turn though. You may have turns concurrently. Example: Miss Peacock has to drown, so you lock her in the pool. You can then roll for the next sim and send them to the room of their potential death. You may have multiple sims in the same room, attempting to die the same way. If you wish to drag out the game play, you can insert a bonus round and give 1 sim the chance to recover their needs to keep them going longer.
The winner and inheritor of the estate is the last surviving Sim. They just have to live with the ghost of the murderous Mr. Boddy for the rest of their lives.
Entry List
Beginners
N/A
Intermediates
NAME: creativemetaphor
LINK TO LOT: Give Me A Clue Note that this uploaded build is a modified version and does not fully conform to the requirements of this contest (includes better kitchen appliances, beds in all rooms, access to secret passages, access to 7th upstairs room)
Mr. Boddy and his Guests
LINK TO MEDIA: Give Me A Clue: Morte Mansion
OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: n/a - I created the characters and ran them around the mansion a bit but didn't kill any of them off.
LEVEL: intermediate
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40 lot, final cost $249,951, 96 True Terrace, Midnight Hollow
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/15756359/#Comment_15756359
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Yes, please
CREDIT TO SIMMERS FOR CUSTOM CONTENT USED: n/a
NAME: Kgaff
LINK TO LOT: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9091888
LINK TO MEDIA: Please be warned, this is a big place so there are a lot of pictures http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/KGaff/slideshow/BnS 190 Mr Boddy
OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: n/a
LEVEL: intermediate
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40, 647 Farmer Valley Road, Riverview, 213,956 final cost
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: Boddy Manor
Was it Mrs. plum in the library with the candlestick or possibly Col. Mustard in the lounge with the revolver? Or did Ms. Scarlet get eaten by the cow plant in the conservatory. Come explore the Boddy Mansion and play a game of clue.
I didn't want to make a dark, scary, gothic mansion so I went with a more contemporary McMansion style. I think it still has a sense of foreboding on the inside with the dark blues and reds I used.
I used the board game for the initial layout of the first floor rooms to keep the feeling and flow of the original game.
Instead of the empty hallways at the front of the house, I put in a small powder room and a cloak room.
The upstairs is completely made up by me There are the six bedrooms with baths for the game characters and one room for the body of Mr. Boddy.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: "yes"
CREDIT TO SIMMERS FOR CUSTOM CONTENT USED: n/a
Advanced
N/A
Results
Beginners -:
1st Place: N/A
Optional Challenge: N/A
Intermediates -:
Comments
1st Place: @creativemetaphor
Optional Challenge:
Advanced -:
1st Place: N/A
Optional Challenge: N/A
Challenge Deadline: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017, Midnight EST
You stare at your current client in confusion.
"I'm sorry. I must have misheard you. The person who wants me to build them a house is...deceased?"
Michael Ryunoten, attorney and happy client, nods a bit ruefully.
"I know this seems a little odd. And normally, its not a case I would handle. However Mr. Boddy was my very first client when I was starting out in law and I continued to handle his transactions even after I transitioned to business law. When we made out his will, he was very specific about what he wanted. And very insistent."
"Ok. And what exactly is it he wanted?" you inquire, feeling more than a little hesitant about this.
"He wants a mansion built to some unusual specifications." He pulls out a document. "Mr. Boddy demands that his mansion be at least 2 stories. The first floor is to contain an entrance hall, leading to a central foyer. Off of this central foyer he requires a kitchen, dining room, lounge, ballroom, conservatory, billiard room, library and study. All of these are to be separate rooms. There is to be a fireplace in each of these rooms except the kitchen and conservatory. The conservatory must contain a pool. It doesn't have to be big, it simply has to be there and useable. The kitchen must have low end appliances."
You lower your pen in astonishment and disappointment. "Michael that doesn't make any sense!" you protest. "Why low end appliances?"
He gives you a regretful smile, "I am not at liberty to explain. I'm truly sorry."
He clears his throat and resumes reading. "Upstairs there are to be no less than 6 bedrooms with adjoining bathrooms, to be outfitted accordingly. However there is to be only 1 single bed in 2 of the rooms."
Suspicious now, you ask "Really Mike. You're pulling my leg now. You cant be serious."
"I'm very serious." He hands you the pertinent section of the will so you can read it for yourself.
"Each bedroom is to be decorated in one of 6 colors: red, purple, blue, green, yellow, white."
"It doesn't mention here what kind of style he wants the house built in," you observe.
"He didn't care." Mike response, leaning back in his chair a little. "You have free reign. The total budget for the house is 250k."
"Nice." You say, dubiously. Such a strange list of requirements is more than a little...disconcerting.
"And of course there's your fee." Mike gives you a number that makes your jaw drop. The amount of money being offered would pretty much leave you debt free for the next five years, and pay for that trip to Al Simhara you've been wanting! Even if you are suspicious, its hard to say no to that kind of freedom.
"Well..."
Brief:
Budget: 250k
Any architectural style you wish
6 bedrooms, with baths
Each bedroom decorated in either red, blue, purple, white, yellow or green
2 story mansion
Landscaping
Ballroom
Kitchen with low end appliances
Dining
Lounge
Study
Entrance Hall
Library
Billiards Room
Conservatory with pool
All rooms must have doors
All first floor rooms must have fireplaces except the conservatory and the kitchen
Bonus points for additional methods of potential death from the other expansions.
Optional Challenge
Play clue with Mr. Boddy's guests!
Mr. Boddy is a vengeful ghost out to get the sims he feels had a hand in his death. So he invites them to the newly built mansion. Rules are simple: First determine order of play. Miss Scarlett always goes first. Then roll a dice to determine who goes next. Once order of play is established, roll for the room Miss Scarlett is sent to. All doors are to be locked between dice rolls. No wandering sims. You have 8 sim hours to kill the sim in that room with the rooms method of death. Example: Miss Peacock gets sent to the observatory. You have 8 hours to drown her in the pool. After the 8 hours, you can let her out of the pool but she must stay in the observatory until her next turn.
After the 8 hours of potential death are up, each sim can amuse themselves or fill whatever needs are available to fill in that room. They may not leave the room till their next turn though. You may have turns concurrently. Example: Miss Peacock has to drown, so you lock her in the pool. You can then roll for the next sim and send them to the room of their potential death. You may have multiple sims in the same room, attempting to die the same way. If you wish to drag out the game play, you can insert a bonus round and give 1 sim the chance to recover their needs to keep them going longer.
The winner and inheritor of the estate is the last surviving Sim. They just have to live with the ghost of the murderous Mr. Boddy for the rest of their lives.
Entry List
Beginners
N/A
Intermediates
NAME: creativemetaphor
LINK TO LOT: Give Me A Clue Note that this uploaded build is a modified version and does not fully conform to the requirements of this contest (includes better kitchen appliances, beds in all rooms, access to secret passages, access to 7th upstairs room)
Mr. Boddy and his Guests
LINK TO MEDIA: Give Me A Clue: Morte Mansion
OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: n/a - I created the characters and ran them around the mansion a bit but didn't kill any of them off.
LEVEL: intermediate
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40 lot, final cost $249,951, 96 True Terrace, Midnight Hollow
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/15756359/#Comment_15756359
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: Yes, please
CREDIT TO SIMMERS FOR CUSTOM CONTENT USED: n/a
NAME: Kgaff
LINK TO LOT: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9091888
LINK TO MEDIA: Please be warned, this is a big place so there are a lot of pictures http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/KGaff/slideshow/BnS 190 Mr Boddy
OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: n/a
LEVEL: intermediate
LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: 40x40, 647 Farmer Valley Road, Riverview, 213,956 final cost
LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: Boddy Manor
Was it Mrs. plum in the library with the candlestick or possibly Col. Mustard in the lounge with the revolver? Or did Ms. Scarlet get eaten by the cow plant in the conservatory. Come explore the Boddy Mansion and play a game of clue.
I didn't want to make a dark, scary, gothic mansion so I went with a more contemporary McMansion style. I think it still has a sense of foreboding on the inside with the dark blues and reds I used.
I used the board game for the initial layout of the first floor rooms to keep the feeling and flow of the original game.
Instead of the empty hallways at the front of the house, I put in a small powder room and a cloak room.
The upstairs is completely made up by me There are the six bedrooms with baths for the game characters and one room for the body of Mr. Boddy.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: "yes"
CREDIT TO SIMMERS FOR CUSTOM CONTENT USED: n/a
Advanced
N/A
Results
Beginners -:
1st Place: N/A
Optional Challenge: N/A
Intermediates -:
Comments
1st Place: @creativemetaphor
Optional Challenge:
Advanced -:
1st Place: N/A
Optional Challenge: N/A
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