Home Fellowship Gathering?

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I've been thinking of having my Sim start a home fellowship gathering in her home. Modeling it after the Saturday morning men's group that I'm in IRL, the group would meet in my Sim's home, start with breakfast, then have a time of group singing, followed by a time of study/discussion. The maximum group size (to get everyone to do things together) is 8, so I figured that would be a good size for the gathering, even if it's possible to invite more guests to some events.

Breakfast - Inviting everyone over and serving breakfast is easy. My Sim has hosted plenty of dinner parties.

Singing - This I'm less sure about. The ads for the Adventure Awaits expansion pack showed Sims singing around a campfire, while one Sim played the guitar. Something like that would be great, only they wouldn't have a campfire. They would be sitting in my Sim's home.

Study/Discussion - This I'm less sure of. Can Deep Conversation happen in a group? Or maybe my Sim could use the Tell Story action, but it's really more "book club" and less sermon. Maybe I could have them read a book together?

The Get Together expansion pack adds Clubs, which look like they might help with something like this. I might even be able to model this after one of the existing Clubs (book club, singing club, breakfast club, etc.). Is there a particular expansion that adds group singing (my Sim playing guitar and everyone else singing along)?

Right now, I'm playing the vanilla base game. If there are particular expansion packs that would help make this kind of gathering easier, that would be good to know. But I'm just starting out, and don't want to add dozens of expansions.

Thanks in advance!

dbmcgrew · Answer

Does anyone have suggestions for the best expansions to enable group singing, or group studying/discussion?

crocobaura · Answer

They sing together I think for holiday grand meals, holiday lights/candles and the menorah and kwanzah kinara. You click on the object and there will be an option to sing. These are base game objects, came with the free holiday pack.

With the Adventure Awaits pack you can host a getaway for your sims and can schedule the activities they will engage in. Maybe this can help with your original idea for a home gathering.

belalucina · Answer

There's a hangout option that lets you pick activities. I'm not sure if it's part of a pack though. It might be get together? My sim has set up some hangouts. I clicked on the sim I wanted to hangout with and it was an option. You can invite others as well. There's social options, like be friendly, but nothing specific like deep conversations or anything. But you'd have to set it up each time, as it's a one time thing. A club is also a good idea. Probably better to make it a recurring thing.

I think it's a lovely idea though, I hope you can make it work. :)

Maybe a recurring holiday, using seasons? Then have traditions. Do a grand breakfast, then tell stories for the conversation part. Actually, there may even be a singing activity.

Sorry for rambling, I was typing this out as I was thinking it. 😆

dbmcgrew · Answer

Thanks for the help! Here's some of the options I'm exploring:

The Seasons expansion pack enables the grand meal and singing holiday songs. And holidays can have a singing tradition, but I'm not sure I want this tied to a holiday.

I'm also looking at the Holiday Celebration pack. I don't see anything about singing on the Fandom page, but I've got the pack. I haven't done much with the pack yet, but I can experiment with the stuff it adds. I'd like to have group singing without being tied to a particular holiday object though.

In Adventure Awaits or Outdoor Retreat, it seems that group singing is tied to the campfire, rather than something that can be done anywhere, as long as someone can play the guitar.

I don't see anything about singing in the Fandom page for Get Together, but it does add social clubs, which could definitely help.

City Living adds the Singing skill, but that seems performance oriented, rather than something that could be used to lead others in group singing.

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