I just want to say to anyone who is worried or hesitant to play this challenge because of all the restrictions and requirements that I hope you'll give it a shot. My second generation has just aged to young adult and I feel like the whole challenge is well under control. It was hard at the start because there was very little money, but even then it worked out alright and my founder looked for creative ways to keep herself fed and sleeping in a bed. My strategy has been to mostly only plan one generation at a time. Eight generations of planning all at once is overwhelming, but if you just plan pieces of it at a time, you'll find it's not so bad. Metro and I are very different players and his strategy is much different than mine. He's never played a family with this many generations, so it's very different for him. If it works for him to plot everything out for all the generations, that's great. But everyone else doesn't necessarily have to do that. Don't try to manage your game based on what someone else does, unless you happen to find something that really helps you. But really, just relax and enjoy the challenge. I was nervous at first, too, but once I got going and saw that these things really aren't impossible, I started to relax and enjoy the game.
I just hope everyone is having fun with it and will spread the word around the intertubes that Carl's Sims 3 has a great Dynasty challenge that everyone MUST play! Thanks to everyone for picking our brains and helping us get these rules finely tuned. Have fun!
