Your Recipe for a Great Game...

I don't really like to start with big family
cause idk it just sort of feels like too many things have already been predetermined
and only way out is to ruin the happy ending

I used to play one household way with ts1-3
and thats how I started ts4 too

but now I've been playing multiple households for like 5 ish years and it has been pretty cool

I do sometimes wish I had just one silly household in one silly house
because that would be so much easier to manage

but then also I know it'd feel like downgrade now
because I love jumping between households ,
building whole worlds in my own style
and spotting sims ive played around while playing different household

like "aww look at Vlad and Judith having a date
and there goes Olive Specter chatting sims up in hopes to bring them to her death dungeon
all meanwhile I am actually playing this wholesome family that knows nothing bout that"

I tend to gravitate towards worlds I have already built lot of things in (=ready to go)
and pack worlds I'm excited about/fit particular story I am scheming

I don't tend to play much in base game worlds
since I have yet to really build them or have story that just screams this has to happen in willow creek

Batuu , Sixam, =Space
separate planets though

Britechester is close to Henford on Bagley and Henford on Bagley is close to Windenburg

Tartosa is like Greece or something on its own lonely here in the between

Tomarang is island of its own
but close somehow to Selvadorada which is jungle up hill from village in Sulani
and if you go by sea from Lani St.Taz then take train you get to Mt.Komorebi

Glimmerbrook to Granite Falls to Moonwood Mill to Forgotten Hollow

is one hecking confusing forest
that is impossibly connected to literally everywhere by magic or something
thats my only explanation for how i use it like its the backyard of every place

sylvan glade might be connected to the occult confusion forest too
and if we get fairy world it'll probably be part of occult confusion forest as well

Copperdale is close to Brindleton Bay and Evergreen Harbor
Evergreen Harbor and Brindleton Bay are connected via harbors
Brindleton Bay country roads (from sable square) lead to Chestnut Ridge

Chestnut ridge might also be close to Copperdale as copperdale has yeehaw vibes

Chestnut Ridge is part of Strangetown
which means it is close to Strangerville, Oasis Springs, Del Sol Valley

Del Sol Valley is close to San Myshuno
(san myshuno is also strangely close to brindleton bay)
San Myshuno is so close to Newcrest you can see it from newcrest
San Myshuno and Del Sol Valley are also close to San Sequoia and Magnolia Promenade which are close to each other

Newcrest, San Sequoia, Magnolia Promenade are all connected to Willow Creek
but are closer to San Myshuno than Willow Creek is

my brain hurts did I miss something

oh also weirdly forgotten grotto is in oasis springs, forgotten hollow, chestnut ridge and sulani simultaneously
don't even ask how that works i just decided it does because we only have one hidden lot thats inside cave

except for those huge spiders they seem to love to put in every occult tv/movie series ever

1 sim year is when all 4 seasons have passed
but then again my sims just age whenever and I don't keep track of years

I had mods before and I had mods and cc for ts2-3
but I just don't want to use those anymore
at least for so long as we get updates and packs and all that
cause i just don't fancy the maintenance and trying to guess if my mods are broken or if the game is just broken