Thanks, y'all!
Sam, I'm really glad you're appreciating Beat, here. It's a little bit unnerving, playing someone else's character.
Radiochocolate, I'm glad I'm getting Neppie down, as well. Yaaay!
Rflong7, yeah, most Royal Kingdom challenges are medieval themed. I'm really going out of the norm by having mine be modern, but I just don't want to risk another game-explosion with too much CC. Although, there is some really wonderful medieval-themed CC out there!
I'm excited about this one, because as much as I enjoy the apocalypse and trailer park challenges, the ability to build houses without restrictions, raise a family however I want to, and live with a whole lot more freedom is going to be so cool! There are so many things I've been wanting to try out, but they just didn't work in the other two projects. Granted, there ARE a lot of restrictions, but they're mostly about the size of the family's lot, who can own what type of business, what careers are available (each class gets a wide variety, but no class can choose from ALL the jobs), and appropriate spouses. I'm also including a "Romeo and Juliet" clause, which will allow someone to marry outside their approved class, but at a steep price. They have to give up heirship, and become peasants. I don't know if my sims will oblige me with that kind of drama, but I'm leaving the door open to it, at any rate. I'm also going to add a "Mystic" class, which is where the occult stuff will really take hold. But Mystics must be born in game, so it won't pop up for a generation or two, at least.
I have another surprise: When I tried a BACC before (on my other computer), I came up with the idea of using "Ira Taxman" and his bank account (via Monique's computer mod), to track the taxes, and when a university was earned. This time, instead of Mr. Taxman, I have Vesuvius White! He'll be completely unplayed, except when I need to access his bank account, but I know he'll show up on community lots, or walk-bys at residential lots, and who knows? Maybe those ears of his will be passed on to some cute little green babies, eventually.