Your Recipe for a Great Game...

- one or two sims at the start, expand the family to 4 or 5 later on
- one active household at a time but continue in the same save if I switch so I can encounter my own sims
- live in whatever world suits the vibe of the story
- all worlds are connected
- occult gameplay is essential
- any occult combination is possible, though vampires are rare
- lifespan : aging off or custom (about 2x normal) no correlation with real years
- seasons : 2 weeks with moon phase of 8 days
- holidays : love day, Easter, summer holidays, Halloween, all saints day, Christmas eve, Christmas and new years eve
- a few select mods but no big game overhaul mod
- cheats : some cheats allowed for story purposes. As long as the cheats don't give money, skills, aspiration points,... Those have to be earned
- weather effects off: no freeze to death
- NAP off: too much chaos
- fame off (not my cup of tea)

Note : this is my very personal favourite recipe. But everyone has different tastes. So not saying this is the recipe for everyone.