Game-Play
You start with a founder (doy) and use the letters of that name to name his/her children, the founder will be destined to have as many children as letters in the name.
The way names work, the majority of them are more than 3 letters long and you can do an extra challenge by using really long names like Lorenzo Von Matterhorn if that's what you want to do. In the same breath there is no name (that I can think of anyway) that encompasses all 26 letters so it is different to the 26 pregnancy type challenges as it is essential for the challenge to spread over several generations.Example: Say you had a founder named Rose, Rose is destined to have 4 pregnancies (twins will start with the same letter). So Rose would mother Generation 2 who in this example might be named: Rick, Oscar, Sarah and Eric. Then whoever was picked for heir, the same would happen again. So for Example; Oscar would father Generation3: Opal, Sinbad, Cybil, Albus and Raine.
- Founder can be male or female, and can move into any size lot or pre-made home.
- No cheating, mods allowed (enough said)
- Sex of the children can be determined through use of apples and watermelons, twins and triplets can be gained through the fertility treatment lifetime reward and by listening to the radio / watching KidZone - just basically any IN GAME way to have a multi-birth
- There can only be one heir, male or female, to carry on the game. You can either leave this up to the public with a vote OR chose the heir yourself based on which name will bring in new letters to your game.
- All children must live with the heir until at least YA when they can be kicked out.
The challenge is trying to have a child beginning with every letter (including spares) so planning is needed
The Challenge ends when you can strike out all 26 letters at the end of the generation, so don't stop mid-name and continue till that generations youngest is a YA.Example (same as above): By Generation 3
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z = 6/26
Meaning B D F G H I J K L M N P Q T U V W X Y Z are still needed meaning at least another 20 pregnancies before ending the challenge
Play For Points
Now, I am a huge fan of playing for points, so I have devised a scheme to gain points, but if you just want to play for fun then just play for fun. The points aspect is a work in progress so if people feel that something needs to be added or taken away please comment.
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Although there are a lot of points to play for, why stop there? These extra challenges give you the opportunity to score high. I am a bit of a point nut so there is a lot to gain.
Top of My Career: +1 point for every sim (founder/heir/spouse only, no spares or roomies) that reaches the top of their career. +4 points for every unique career topped. So it works that if you make every sim go into a different career and they top it, it's basically +5 points per sim.
A Lifetime of Wanting: +1 point for every sim (founder/heir/spouse only, no spares or roomies) that reaches their Life Time Want. +4 points for every unique LTW complete. So it works that if every sim has a different LTW and they complete it, it's basically +5 points per sim.
Short Name Challenge: If you decide to use short names throughout the challenge (2 or 3 letters long) it will take more generations to complete the challenge but not necessarily less points. In any case, if, throughout the challenge, you've only used 2 or 3 letter long names (resulting in only 2 or 3 offspring per generation) award yourself an extra 30 points
The Patriarchy: Simply, all heirs are male. +2 points per generation (so if it takes 10 generations, you earn 20 points for all male heirs)
-Must start with a male founder
The Matriarchy: Simply, all heirs are female. +2 points per generation (so if it takes 10 generations, you earn 20 points for all male heirs)
- Must start with a female founder
Helicopter Parent: +1 point for every toddler that is taught to walk, talk and go potty. +1 point for every child that reaches level 5 of two different skills before teen birthday. +1 point for every teen that is on the honor role for 3 days and another +1 point for every teen that reaches the top of their teen career.
Let The Public Decide: +5 points per generation that you leave up to the heir poll (10 generations decided through heir polls = 50 points)
The Simself: Using your Simself as founder (not spouse in later generations) will give you a +15 points advantage
The Lorenzo Von Matterhorn: (inspired by How I Met Your Mother) when the chance to name an L baby comes up you can name him (use apples to ensure male) Lorenzo Von Matterhorn / Lorenzo* (or the LVM) - if the LVM is chosen as heir this means having 20 children for this generation which, without twins or triplets, can bring in a sweet 37 points.
- Can not apply to Founder.
- *As this stands I am not 100% sure how long a name you can give a sim, if Lorenzo Von Matterhorn is too long you can always just name the child Lorenzo but have him have 20 children.
- Extra Bonus points for having the children with different mothers: 2 points per mother (chance of 40 points if all mothers are different)
The Arizona Von Matterhorn: (female alternative) when the chance to name an A baby comes up you can name her (use watermelons to ensure female) Arizona Von Matterhorn / Arizona* (or the AVM) - if the AVM is chosen as heir this means having 20 children for this generation which, without twins or triplets, can bring in a sweet 37 points.
- Can not apply to Founder.
- *As this stands I am not 100% sure how long a name you can give a sim, if Arizona Von Matterhorn is too long you can always just name the child Arizona but have her have 20 children.
- Extra Bonus points for having the children with different fathers: 2 points per fathers (chance of 40 points if all fathers are different)
How you decide on the heir is up to yourself, you will not have points taken away for moving older children back in to the house or for using any in-game ways of making the LVM/AVM have a longer lifespan. NO CHEATING is still applied (obviously they can cheat on their spouse if that's what you're into but no fancy testingcheatsenabled cheats)
This has and hasn't been tested yet - it is possible but I am just applying points, I'll need some testers to see how effective the points are.
NEW Parent to an Occult: Go on, give yourself an extra +1 point for each occult child born naturally
NEW Sims Best Friend: If you successfully manage to have a pet family (horses, cats or dogs) living alongside your sims in the household award yourself an extra +1 point for each generation of that
This challenge can apply to TS2 or TS3 and has worked in my previous attempts until life got in the way. I'm a Sims 3 player, so if any other rules/challenges that can't apply to TS2 do let me know! The rules can still be transferred onto TS2 quite easily, some of the challenges might not apply as well but point out if there is something you are dying to do and I'm sure someone will help to reach a compromise.
Helicopter Parent: To clarify, for every teen that is on the honor role for 3 days is translated for The Sims 2 to: for every teen sim that comes home with an A+ for 3 consecutive days in a row (which is basically what honor role is on TS3)
Ask questions and recommend some mini challenges!