Thanks, I was really hoping to play both but i guess not. That was very helpful thank you.
@Ameliaiscoolio You can switch back and forth between the two houses if you like. Only one can be under your control at a time, and the other will lose any assigned dreams and opportunities. Still, you can play any number of families rotationally. Some people who do this turn aging off for part of the time, so it's as if the other households are paused while you're not controlling them.
Occasionally the game will move a family out of town while you're not looking, but for me at least, this has always happened around 1-2 am. So if you want to avoid this, you could save the game each day just before midnight and check on your favorite households from map view in the morning. That way, if you have to quit without saving, you'll only have lost a few sim-hours of sleep.
