What Are Your Plans For The Horse Ranch EP?

I've already decided to have my main sim experience the fun of living on and running a ranch. She's currently in Willow Creek with the rest of the family but I've moved her out in the past to explore new packs.

I'd like to combine farm and ranch living so we'll see how that goes.

My plans need some backstory for context.

My current household consists of a witch (Dean) and his vampire girlfriend (Serena.) They moved to Henford to start a farm on the girlfriend's family property, which she'd previously lost decades ago to a fire. As farmers, they're beloved figures in town. But Serena becomes the Lady in Red, a mysterious figure who haunts the world of Henford and drinks the plasma of sims who cross her path.

The plan is so have the townsfolk find out about Serena's dark secret and drive them out of town. So they move to Chestnut Ridge and start up a new farm there. Serena becomes a recluse who refuses to interact with others or leave the property, out of fear of being exposed and getting her family run out of town. But her gardening and desire to help out will lead her down the path to nectar-making. The family will start a vineyard and make their own luxury nectar brand.

By then, they'll have had kids. Dean will buy a horse to try and cheer up the kids after their move. The daughter, Belle, will become a horse girl and enter competitions. The son, Tonio, I'm not sure about. I can see him becoming a teen criminal, but he might follow another path if the pack provides one.

Once i am done the generation i am on now(They are fashion people/interiors designers who live in San Myshuno) I will move their child into that world

I’m going to move my current legacy founder, Sasha, and her teen daughter, Kai to Chestnut Ridge. Kai will graduate early and move to Chestnut Ridge to learn about horses. She will have her mother tag along because they’re very close and she doesn’t want to leave her alone. I’m thinking they will both find love and happiness there. Kai will become a horse trainer and Sasha, a celebrity chef, will discover her love of nectar making and open a very successful restaurant and vineyard.


The other option is that I use this other sim that finds out she inherited a ranch in Chestnut Ridge from a relative she didn’t even know she had. Without any family or friends tying her to her current location, she packs up everything and moves to the desert. She develops a love/hate relationship with one of the Native American townies and they run a successful ranch and vineyard together. I’ll give them two kids and a few horses, goats and sheep.

1. My criminal sim will be a wild west baddie, maybe run a bar.

2. My old hippie outdoorsy guy will ride horses

3. My nature loving kid will bond with goats

4. I will paint horses to look like either My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Mane 6, or Bojack Horseman, with Mr. Peanut Butter as a werewolf.

5. I will make a werewolf ride a horse.

6. There will be a pancake/flapjack themed restaurant.

In Strangerville, the Roswell’s have a son. By the way, they make good looking sons. He’s dating Nina Calliente

They already wear country clothes, go to the local saloon, and get into bar fights after loosing at Sabaaac.

I’m definitely moving that couple over to Chestnut Ridge

The young girl and young boy in My Wedding Stories aged up and are married, living in Tartosa. I think I’ll have them make and sell nectar.

Lately, I've been obsessed with the Decades Challenge, except that I never go past the 1890s decade because I love it so much.

Now that I will finally have horses for my farmer family, and appropriate furnitures/clothes in western style, I'm gonna start a new legacy family and go full "Red Dead Redemption", with ranching, farming, horse breeding and lots and lots of randomized events to spice up their life.

Before cottage living came out I made a family who were only supposed to be a background family but actually found them really fun to play. However they were more American homesteaders rather than English cottage dwellers so they got left behind in Brindleton Bay, which I feel like never really suited them. With this pack coming I've moved them for the time being on a small ranch in Strangerville so they can get some skills together and age a little before moving them to Chestnut Ridge.
Patrick Fairchild currently just loves farming and coming up with hairbrained fizzy juice recipes, Nectar making will suit him nicely!
His wife Nora just loves being a part of the community, crafting, canning and running the local bookclub, she'll love throwing community BBQs.
Rylan, their oldest son will be coming of age and wanting to get some independence will leave the nest to become a ranch hand of a neighbouring ranch, owned by the loveliest elderly lady who cannot keep up with her little garden and her beloved horses as she gets older. However when she passes away and her city slicker granddaughter inherits the ranch, Rylan might have his work cut out for this squeamish newcomer.
Hayley, their middle child, is animal obsessed already but will take extra care of her horse, spending every waking moment training and caring for her best friend. Maybe to the detriment of her education.
Lastly Chase the youngest, his future hasn't been decided yet but I suspect it might have something to do with playing music.

I've recently started a new lagacy, so I will either have one of the heirs move to Chestnut Ridge, or I will start a new sim with a fresh start. I usually always start with a new sim

thinking CoL sims will have some new animals when I get to "next season" of that story I have some detailed and less detailed ideas about it

Nectar making will be added for Tartosa

Kine Society will be added to new world of Chestnut Ridge and will be looking for new members

might rebuild my 8 bells saloon if we get actual saloon items

ahem, sorry rant back to subject
what was I at

oh yes wondering if Roswells should move to Chestnut Ridge I get ranch vibes from them but I'm still trying to think if you can really be Strangerville mayor from Chestnut Ridge :lol: I mean I consider them inside same Strangetown area but its kind of weird with SV max weirdness and nothing showing for it in Chestnut Ridge so hmm

maybe Ted retired to Chestnut Ridge to avoid responsibility for whatever it is he did


as for Chestnut Ridge sims I'll have to meet them first but I am thinking of keeping them in the world as long as I have space for it and I might add some CoL animals in the mix if they all have same kind of animals