We were having a wonderful bookstore discussion in the cottage living positive thoughts thread so I thought we could continue that discussion here along with whatever other preparation and plans you have for Cottage Living. Will you be starting with a new family, playing with one of the families that might come with the world, or moving an existing family to Henford-on-Bagley. What shops or community lots are you planning? Are you leveling up some of your sims' cooking, baking, gardening skills? I'm sure we'll have lots more to discuss as more information is released.

I am not going to do a lot of prep. My plan is to take my fav occult family (Vlad, his added wife and five daughters) and have him decide to buy a house in the countryside. He'll fight with her (as usual when he is autonomous, their friendship bar always ends up red even though the love bar is strong) and pack up his kids and move there (with the fox and raccoon I made for them back when there was only four daughters). His eldest daughter will then become the country vet and I will play through each of their struggles embracing rural life.

I don't want to do too much prep as I'm not sure exactly when I will buy it (I want the bonus items, but I also want to bundle it, just hoping they don't become super greedy and withhold it from bundling that long).I'm going to convert the 64x64 in Brindleton Bay to a farm lot so I may start building that as I won't need so many new items as I want it to fit in with Brindleton Bay still.I also may build some shells with basic furniture/layouts and the terrain done so I can have a headstart in building in the new world.I'll want to make new sims (or maybe some of my sims will have kids that move out), but probably will wait as I'll mostly want to use new CAS for them.

I have the perfect sim for this pack which for ages I have had no storyline for. He lives in glimmerbrook (is not a spellcaster) as a reclusive, outdoorsy gardener who spends more time alone on holiday in granite falls around the nature so maybe moving to henford on bagley may inspire more of a storyline for every day to day play and finally breathe a bit of life into his character as I have no enthusiasm to rotate to play him at the moment.

This is an awesome idea for a thread! Looking forward to hearing everyones ideas! :)

Lol about the bookstore, that was kind of off topic (and sorry, I did contribute to that).I do not usually prep for a new pack, I just plonk it into my game and go forth from there. I will probably be reviving a previously played couple though. I used to play them in Glimmerbrook in an OTG lot and do a mini version of farming crops, so they will be happy to move to the English countryside and farm for real. I will do the lot challenge with them that requires fresh ingredients.

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elliandre
4 years ago
"Elisdream;c-18028810" wrote:
My original idea was to move out with my main family. They're currently a couple of young adults living in a small flat San Myshuno as they both just graduated. I'm going to make the girl pregnant and they'll decide to keep the baby. As both of them lived all their childhood on Windenburg, they'll soon realise they want the best environment for their baby, so they'll decide to move to somewhere with more nature; they'll end up moving to a cheap, small, old cottage with lots of repairing to do but with a beautiful big garden and gorgeous surroundings. ♥

My other idea was to play with this family that has a little bit of a background. Carol and Ethan where a young couple, living with Ethan's mom on the countryside. One day, they went to a vacation trip to Sulani. They were enjoying their trip, the beaches, the little extra sun, but what they didn't know was they've been watched by a Mermaid all this time. This mermaid had "adopted" a little girl originally from Mua Pelam, when she found her alone after a volcano explosion on the island. ? She had been taking care of her for a while, waiting to find her the perfect family. She was about to leave her with some locals, when she saw this couple of foreigners who seem very sweet. The baby's name was "Joy" because the mermaid knew every sim child carried a name, and that was one of the only words she knew in simlish by hearing the locals talk on festive days, and while smiling, so she thought it must had a beautiful meaning. She had been following Carol and Ethan really close, and on the last day of their trip, while they were waiting for their cruise back home, she left the baby on a basket made of plantain leaves with an illegible note with her name. The mermaid tried to write "Joy" , but she didn't quite know how to write, and the only legible word on the note was a "J". The young couple felt somehow choose, and they decided to keep her on the last minute. As they read the "J", they decided to call her "Josie", and bring her home with them to Henford. ? ♥ ? ? ?‍♀️

Aww I love your background story for your Sim family! :heart:

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