What Are Your Plans For The Horse Ranch EP?

@sclevenger08 congratulations on the new baby!

I created a new story idea. I’m hoping this one sticks. I already have restartitis and I haven’t even started ?

I made a single female sim that’s gotten her heart broken…again. Longing for the comfort of her mothers, she quits her job and moves to their ranch, hoping to find solace in the desert…or at least inspiration for her newest romance novel. Her mothers welcome her with open arms as this is her first time visiting them since they moved to Chestnut Ridge at the start of the year after a fire destroyed their home and everything they owned in Brindleton Bay. And of course she develops a love/hate relationship with the neighbor…

There will be nectar making, horse training, cute baby goats and hopefully a happily ever after ?

@UniqueKhaos that sounds promising. If it's just her and her mother they may need some help. Like a hired hand. Who is also attracted to her.

Wonder if the hired hands lives in, like the butler? ?

@simgirl1010 I thought about having some hired help, but wasn’t sure if they live with the family or not. That would change things up a bit. She actually has 2 moms so that makes 3 of them to handle ranch duties. I’m going to try not to go too crazy with the goats, chickens, horses and sheep…on second thought, they may need more help.

Even if I do get this as soon as I can. I'm gonna wait to see how things go before even adding it to my game once I have it. I want to see what the bugs are gonna be. I think if they up household size and separate pets from other sims, I'll feel really reassured.

But then I might still wait a bit. I really have this idea of like a fae queen sim riding her house across a field. Like we don't have open world, but if I make a community lot/park just to ride in. I can make it happen.

It's like what happened with infants. I was super excited. But I ended up unable to play for literally months bc of illness. And once I started to be a bit better, it wasn't as exciting. The family I made was hard to get back into, even after I literally set up everything for a generational save. And that's with infants and GwT actually adding a lot more depth to the game.

And while horses are nice. They aren't like the biggest thing to me. The thing that would keep me wanting to play with them, beyond the initial freshness, would be if something I really wanted was able to be used with it.

So other than trying to get the pack in time to get the rewards for buying early, I likely won't be playing with them very much, if at all, until I've got like fairies and magical steeds everywhere.

I'd probably use the nectar tho.

I don't have a strong interest in the Wild West, and I don't feel one way or the other about horses, but after watching a few reactions to the trailer for the pack, my mind, as often happens, came up with a storyline:
Jesse, a teen who's been hanging with the wrong crowd, getting into trouble, potentially crossed the line with his frustrated mother when he got expelled from school. As a form of punishment and a way to try and bring him down to earth, she sent him to her friend's ranch where he can be introduced to hard work and learn responsibility. Said friend lives a wealthy life on her ranch, with her father-in-law, daughter, and teen son Lee. Jesse is set up to work with Lee on tending to the animals and the ranch, which Jesse has zero experience or interest in, being he's so far removed from such a lifestyle. But overtime he comes to understand it and even takes some pleasure in it, especially when Lee helps him overcome his discomfort with horses and learn to ride. They grow close in their time together, and eventually Jesse finds he might have feelings for Lee, but fears the good natured teen won't take kindly to his more bad boy past/reputation. Also there may or maynot be a rumor going around about this ranch family having some secret.
Through Jesse's character, I'd learn how to play the expansion pack, that is if I consider getting it.

I'm still waiting to see gameplay reports from others before I commit to buying the pack, but if I do end up buying it I will most certainly be creating the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and giving Grim a horse to ride, because of the whole pale rider thing.

My favourite sim family is going to be perfect for this xp. They currently live on a 64 x 64 in Brindleton Bay in a New England style farmhouse and make their money from selling flowers.
I will have to move somebody out though as its 2 adults, 3 kids, a granddaughter, dog and cat (not to mention the chickens, cow, goldfish and butler!!LOL). But its about time the eldest started university and moved in with his sweetheart Olive Tinker anyways.
Ive just rearranged their barn to make room for a horse and some mini's and Im thinking they will try their hand at nectar making too.

Its not western in the slightest TBH but I did also turn all of Oasis Springs into an old west town in that save too so looking forward to getting some horses on the Landgraab Ranch...and a ranch hand to look after the livestock!

i have a new sim i started few wks ago. i am earning her money to buy a ranch with, im guessing will need between 200 and 300 k

@UniqueKhaos, Maybe you can make a significant other for her as live-in ranch hand (household member) and have a small bunkhouse or apartment in the barn? I have a maid/nanny that I did that with, so I can control her as well. Then you can decide what your story will be with a ranch hand as potential love interest.