My Adam and Eve Challenge
or The Historic Birth of a City
The Challenge Rules were created for The Sims 3 by Sim Player JMJphotostudio and adapted by StarSaphire2 (along with my BFF Debestfriend4u2) to include a historic period change per generation...and to slightly reshape the rules to our preferences. In the spirit of fun, we chose to add a short prequel in order to give our Legacy couples depth and a family connection to each other. The prequel is for the joy of storytelling only and not part of the challenge. Once my couple land on an empty and deserted island their legacy truly begins.
How This Challenge Works
Thank you Debs, without your tenacity, drive, creativity and willingness to kick the tires on this game I would undoubtly be doing something else...like playing Sims 2. You are a true friend.
Thanks also goes to all the Adam & Eve Challenge players who post their stories on the Sims 3 forums and other sites. And, of course, much thanks to JMJphotostudio for the original inspiration and rules.
JMJphotostudio rules are paraphrased in black.....Debs and my changes are in red.
This challenge is different from the normal Legacy Challenge, your family will need to come to grips with being a founding family. Learning to weather the trials, tribulations and glory of starting a town....in a completely empty hood! That's right, not a building nor a park in sight and this will cement a legacy that rivals those of the Goths. This challenge could easily have been named, 'The Building of a Town Legacy'.
Start a new Game. This hood is only for this challenge. The only Active households to be used are those sims that are born of the genes of the First Two Sims that are the "Founders". For In The Beginning there was Man and Woman (hence the Adam and Eve title).
The challenge begins with a sim couple, preferably: Young Adults. Remember, these are the genes that will be handed down throughout the game. So those little traits will have a big effect as time marches on. And regarding time, our game starts in 1775, during the Revolutionary War and set mostly in the Ameri-Sim Colonies. Each Gen MUST leave something Behind. Be it a park in the family's name. A House. Anything. Be creative with this aspect of the challenge. To be more specific: When a venue is placed, have your sim buy it through the phone (I know not yet invented, but the cell phone is always a part of them). If they can't buy it, try becoming a partner first and then purchasing the rest when possible. Some venues like the courthouse aren't buyable, to purchase those types, simply reduce your legacy's family funds to cover their value.
The Rules....
Your Adam and Eve can only start with $500,000..... Instead, I'm giving my first five generations $100,000 each to reflect the dower practices of the era. No other monies are to be added via cheats for the length of the challenge. This amount needs to trickle down through your generations. Other then that no cheats are allowed. Set sims to normal Life Span. My first generation's lifespan will start several days shorter (75 day lifespan) and then each successive generation will gain a day in their lifespans, representing better times and medicines. After the hospital is placed, each new generation will gain three days.
It is highly recommended to play only the main Adam and Eve heirs as the Active House, as your land deeds are sold by the game if you switch to a different household....and it's a pain to have to regain them.
The only time you may play another sim that is not of the family is the heir's potential spouse, moving or marrying into the main legacy family.
The only building in the world from the start is a Grocery Store. The rest of the world is to be built by Adam and Eve. Debs and I agreed to allow each generation of our legacies to place two community lots per generation, leaning towards one earnings venue and one community enhancement lot (like a park or a school). You also must pay (out of family funds) for the house you move spares (siblings) to live. It's a good idea to place a couple houses each generation for the npcs and townies the game will create as shopkeepers and other generic residents, and those npc houses are freebies (no cost to the founding family).
NO age defying effects...NO LIFE FRUITS...NO AMBROSIA...NO DEATH FLOWERS...NO BRINGING BACK FROM THE DEAD. And yet--I figure if I'm still playing this challenge by the tenth generation, I'll be looking for new things to explore and as my sims will be entering the future....all bets will be off.
This challenge is different from the normal Legacy Challenge, your family will need to come to grips with being a founding family. Learning to weather the trials, tribulations and glory of starting a town....in a completely empty hood! That's right, not a building nor a park in sight and this will cement a legacy that rivals those of the Goths. This challenge could easily have been named, 'The Building of a Town Legacy'.
Start a new Game. This hood is only for this challenge. The only Active households to be used are those sims that are born of the genes of the First Two Sims that are the "Founders". For In The Beginning there was Man and Woman (hence the Adam and Eve title).
The challenge begins with a sim couple, preferably: Young Adults. Remember, these are the genes that will be handed down throughout the game. So those little traits will have a big effect as time marches on. And regarding time, our game starts in 1775, during the Revolutionary War and set mostly in the Ameri-Sim Colonies. Each Gen MUST leave something Behind. Be it a park in the family's name. A House. Anything. Be creative with this aspect of the challenge. To be more specific: When a venue is placed, have your sim buy it through the phone (I know not yet invented, but the cell phone is always a part of them). If they can't buy it, try becoming a partner first and then purchasing the rest when possible. Some venues like the courthouse aren't buyable, to purchase those types, simply reduce your legacy's family funds to cover their value.
The Rules....
Your Adam and Eve can only start with $500,000..... Instead, I'm giving my first five generations $100,000 each to reflect the dower practices of the era. No other monies are to be added via cheats for the length of the challenge. This amount needs to trickle down through your generations. Other then that no cheats are allowed. Set sims to normal Life Span. My first generation's lifespan will start several days shorter (75 day lifespan) and then each successive generation will gain a day in their lifespans, representing better times and medicines. After the hospital is placed, each new generation will gain three days.
It is highly recommended to play only the main Adam and Eve heirs as the Active House, as your land deeds are sold by the game if you switch to a different household....and it's a pain to have to regain them.
The only time you may play another sim that is not of the family is the heir's potential spouse, moving or marrying into the main legacy family.
The only building in the world from the start is a Grocery Store. The rest of the world is to be built by Adam and Eve. Debs and I agreed to allow each generation of our legacies to place two community lots per generation, leaning towards one earnings venue and one community enhancement lot (like a park or a school). You also must pay (out of family funds) for the house you move spares (siblings) to live. It's a good idea to place a couple houses each generation for the npcs and townies the game will create as shopkeepers and other generic residents, and those npc houses are freebies (no cost to the founding family).
NO age defying effects...NO LIFE FRUITS...NO AMBROSIA...NO DEATH FLOWERS...NO BRINGING BACK FROM THE DEAD. And yet--I figure if I'm still playing this challenge by the tenth generation, I'll be looking for new things to explore and as my sims will be entering the future....all bets will be off.
LINKS:
The Adam and Eve Sims 3 Forum
My friend Debs' A&E Story: Everett and Adamina Sherwood
BekahSue's A&E Story: The Towners, set in Oakwood by littlelauradude
Vuneca's A&E Challenge in Moonlight Falls
MisstyOCitty's A&E Challenge
The Adam and Eve Sims 3 Forum
My friend Debs' A&E Story: Everett and Adamina Sherwood
BekahSue's A&E Story: The Towners, set in Oakwood by littlelauradude
Vuneca's A&E Challenge in Moonlight Falls
MisstyOCitty's A&E Challenge