I've talked about this in another thread, but I think I've finally come up with a formal set of rules! This is the very first time I've written rules for a challenge so I'd most certainly appreciate suggestions. You also may have noticed that I've changed the name to better reflect what the challenge is all about.
Goal: To play through 10 Townie families by moving the heir in with the next family in alphabetical order.
To Start: Create a new unaltered neighborhood in either Sunset Valley or Riverview. Instead of entering Create A Sim, choose Select Household. Pick the family who's last name is closest to the beginning of the alphabet (in Sunset Valley it will be the Altos, in Riverview the Bagley's).
Step 1: Once your first family is selected your initial goal will be to complete one family member's LTW. The first Sim to complete this goal will become the Founder.
Step 2: As soon as the LTW is complete, enter Edit Town mode. You may not alter anything about the neighborhood, but you need to see ALL the current families and determine which family name is next in alphabetical order. Your next family may quite possibly be someone your Sim has not met yet.
Step 3: Once you know which family is next you must either form a friendship or romantic relationship with one of the members of that family and then move the Founder in with them. Keep in mind that the only items you will be able to take with you are ones that can be carried within the personal inventory of the Founder, everything else will be left behind with the remaining members of your original family. The only exception to this will be if you are the only surviving family member.
Step 4: Once you are moved into your new home your goal will be to produce an heir and complete the LTW of either your heir
or any of your new family members. You can add an heir either through woohoo or adoption. You may choose whichever traits or LTW's you like for those born or adopted into the family.
Step 5: In order to move into the next house you must have completed the LTW of any family member
and the heir must have aged up to Young Adult. If you are able to complete more than one LTW before the heir ages to Young Adult then KUDOS, you get a well deserved bonus point!
The End: Your Founder counts as the first generation, once the 10th generation is born the Legacy is complete!
Limitations:
- No cheats of any kind are allowed, and the Moodlet Manager is banned.
- You may not change the traits or LTW's of ANY sims.
- All sims must die of natural causes. Do you really think it would be ok to marry into a family and then kill off your wife's grandmother?
- You may not "seed" the neighborhood with pre-made Sims, the whole point is to take what the game gives you and make the best of it.
- You may remodel and redecorate the interior of the homes, the exterior must remain as is. Sure, it's a bit of a challenge to live in the Broke compound, but again, that's the whole point.
- If you run into the situation where you've gotten to a family that begins with the letter C, and a new family moves into the neighborhood that begins with A, you don't have to go back and include that family in your Legacy. Just keep moving forward in alphabetical order.
Points: You get 1 point for each completed LTW. Easy peasy!
I think that's about it! Any questions? Whattya think??
