Decades Challenge
I've just started making and playing my decades challenge on youtube and the rules are too long for the description box. I figured here would be the perfect place to put them so I can link to them. ...
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The rules I used for this challenge:
Each new decade starts once the children age into teens.
1890’s
Partner must be same ethnicity and opposite gender
Outhouses (no toilets)
No electricity - only candles or lanterns
Must always “try for baby” instead of woohoo
Girls born may only have the creativity bonus
Women may only take care of the children, tidy the house, and garden as a “career”
Female children may only move out once married
Male heirs only, if there are no boys, a married girl's husband may inherit fortunes
Wooden furniture only (No upholstered beds only quilts and blankets)
Old fashioned stove and fridge
No showers only bathtubs
No jobs, money made through gardening (have a cowplant), painting, or woodworking
Wooden walls and floors
House must only be decorated with impressionist or classic paintings
1900’s
Indoor plumbing (only bathtubs, toilets, and sinks)
Electric lighting allowed
Upholstery allowed
Wallpaper allowed
Phonograph music player allowed
Jobs allowed (males only)
Business career to level 6
Culinary to level 5
Entertainer – musician branch
1910’s (War Years)
Male young-adults “go off to war” (move into a military base lot for 3 days and randomize chance of survival through randomizer) survival traits-
Gloomy
Hot headed
Clumsy
Insane
Lazy
Squeamish
Mean
Non-committal
Men of the family cannot work until they transition from young adulthood to adulthood
Carpets allowed
Painted walls allowed
Jobs (Male only)
Business – Management branch
Culinary – Chef branch
Entertainer – Musician branch
Painter – both branches
1920’s (Women’s Rights)
You may now throw parties
Women can work as a painter or musician until the first child is born
Careers opened
Criminal – Boss branch
Culinary – Mixologist branch
Ear piercings allowed – only for females
1930’s (Great Depression)
Anyone in a career loses their job and cannot do anything to make money
Bills may only be paid after the electricity and water have been cut off
1940’s (WWII)
Male young-adults “go off to war” (move into a military base lot for 3 days and randomize chance of survival through randomizer) survival traits-
Gloomy
Hot headed
Clumsy
Insane
Lazy
Squeamish
Mean
Non-committal
Men of the family can only work as teens, adults, and elders
Women may only work in one of the following careers:
Painter
Culinary
Entertainer
Every house must have a garden that only women may tend to
One meal per person per day
1950’s (Korean War)
Young-Adults “go off to war” (move into a military base lot for 3 days and randomize chance of survival through randomizer) survival traits-
Gloomy
Hot headed
Clumsy
Insane
Lazy
Squeamish
Mean
Non-committal
Cheapest TV Available – only shows programs from 6am to 10am and 6pm to 12pm
Cheapest PC available – may only be used for writing
Athlete – only professional Branch available
Writing career available
Showers allowed
Private pools allowed
1960’s (Sexual Revolution and Civil Rights)
Birth control - you no longer need to try for a baby with each woohoo
Careers available:
Astronaut
Secret Agent
Marriage available regardless of ethnicity
Better televisions allowed (time restrictions still apply)
Women may take time off for the birth of your baby
Tattoos allowed
Ear piercings allowed for males
1970’s (End of Vietnam War)
First two children (Of either gender) “go off to war” (move into a military base lot for 3 days and randomize chance of survival through randomizer) - must take a survivor trait
Gloomy
Hot headed
Clumsy
Insane
Lazy
Squeamish
Mean
Non-committal
Environmentalist Movement – Every child born must have one of the following:
Active
Self assured
Loves outdoors
Outgoing
1980’s
All computers available for writing and playing games only
Yuppie Era – Every child born must have one of the following traits:
Self Assured
Foodie
Ambitious
Materialistic
Snob
One person in the family must have the business career
You are now allowed to go camping
1990’s (Invention of Internet)
Computers have no restrictions
You are now allowed to use your mobile phones
2000’s (Climate Change)
All careers now open
Fathers may take Family leave just for their baby’s birth
Flat-Screen TVs allowed
2010’s
Gay marriage allowed
Each new decade starts once the children age into teens.
1890’s
Partner must be same ethnicity and opposite gender
Outhouses (no toilets)
No electricity - only candles or lanterns
Must always “try for baby” instead of woohoo
Girls born may only have the creativity bonus
Women may only take care of the children, tidy the house, and garden as a “career”
Female children may only move out once married
Male heirs only, if there are no boys, a married girl's husband may inherit fortunes
Wooden furniture only (No upholstered beds only quilts and blankets)
Old fashioned stove and fridge
No showers only bathtubs
No jobs, money made through gardening (have a cowplant), painting, or woodworking
Wooden walls and floors
House must only be decorated with impressionist or classic paintings
1900’s
Indoor plumbing (only bathtubs, toilets, and sinks)
Electric lighting allowed
Upholstery allowed
Wallpaper allowed
Phonograph music player allowed
Jobs allowed (males only)
Business career to level 6
Culinary to level 5
Entertainer – musician branch
1910’s (War Years)
Male young-adults “go off to war” (move into a military base lot for 3 days and randomize chance of survival through randomizer) survival traits-
Gloomy
Hot headed
Clumsy
Insane
Lazy
Squeamish
Mean
Non-committal
Men of the family cannot work until they transition from young adulthood to adulthood
Carpets allowed
Painted walls allowed
Jobs (Male only)
Business – Management branch
Culinary – Chef branch
Entertainer – Musician branch
Painter – both branches
1920’s (Women’s Rights)
You may now throw parties
Women can work as a painter or musician until the first child is born
Careers opened
Criminal – Boss branch
Culinary – Mixologist branch
Ear piercings allowed – only for females
1930’s (Great Depression)
Anyone in a career loses their job and cannot do anything to make money
Bills may only be paid after the electricity and water have been cut off
1940’s (WWII)
Male young-adults “go off to war” (move into a military base lot for 3 days and randomize chance of survival through randomizer) survival traits-
Gloomy
Hot headed
Clumsy
Insane
Lazy
Squeamish
Mean
Non-committal
Men of the family can only work as teens, adults, and elders
Women may only work in one of the following careers:
Painter
Culinary
Entertainer
Every house must have a garden that only women may tend to
One meal per person per day
1950’s (Korean War)
Young-Adults “go off to war” (move into a military base lot for 3 days and randomize chance of survival through randomizer) survival traits-
Gloomy
Hot headed
Clumsy
Insane
Lazy
Squeamish
Mean
Non-committal
Cheapest TV Available – only shows programs from 6am to 10am and 6pm to 12pm
Cheapest PC available – may only be used for writing
Athlete – only professional Branch available
Writing career available
Showers allowed
Private pools allowed
1960’s (Sexual Revolution and Civil Rights)
Birth control - you no longer need to try for a baby with each woohoo
Careers available:
Astronaut
Secret Agent
Marriage available regardless of ethnicity
Better televisions allowed (time restrictions still apply)
Women may take time off for the birth of your baby
Tattoos allowed
Ear piercings allowed for males
1970’s (End of Vietnam War)
First two children (Of either gender) “go off to war” (move into a military base lot for 3 days and randomize chance of survival through randomizer) - must take a survivor trait
Gloomy
Hot headed
Clumsy
Insane
Lazy
Squeamish
Mean
Non-committal
Environmentalist Movement – Every child born must have one of the following:
Active
Self assured
Loves outdoors
Outgoing
1980’s
All computers available for writing and playing games only
Yuppie Era – Every child born must have one of the following traits:
Self Assured
Foodie
Ambitious
Materialistic
Snob
One person in the family must have the business career
You are now allowed to go camping
1990’s (Invention of Internet)
Computers have no restrictions
You are now allowed to use your mobile phones
2000’s (Climate Change)
All careers now open
Fathers may take Family leave just for their baby’s birth
Flat-Screen TVs allowed
2010’s
Gay marriage allowed
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