We have listed some basic lots suitable for a growing burg. Most can be earned OR owned, depending on your play preferences.
The map we have outlined below is designed to give you a SM well over the number of playable Sims needed to reach 50000 (254 x 254 = 50176). Change the type of lots and the Lot-to-Sim ratio however you wish.
(ADDITIONS/REVISIONS COLORED IN BLUE)
SCORING:
1) Each community lot/business now counts as 5 SM points. We are keeping the 1 SM point bonus for each 5 community lots/businesses added. Our scenario yields a total of 10 bonus SM points.
2) We eliminated the original University and Business District incentives. In their place is a one-time 10 SM point award for a Business District once your Burg exceeds 25 community lots/businesses.
3) We also added SM points for careers: each non-Uni career generates a total of 2 SM points: 1 for entering the career, and 1 for topping it. Each Uni career gets 4 SM points: 2 for entering and 2 for topping.
If you have all the expansions, the maximum is 42 SM points for non-Uni careers (21 x 2) + 16 SM points for the Uni careers (4 x 4) = 58 possible career-related SM points.
Say you follow our map for 270 SM points + 10 CL bonus + 10 BD bonus + 58 career SM points = 348 total SM points. That means 144 playable Sims will get you to 50000 (348 x 144 = 50112).
TO PLAY:
Start and play as you normally would in a BaCC, following our outline as loosely as you wish.
All phone services retain the original rules, which I believe are population-driven (I'll add the specifics later). Set up any tax structure you wish, however, we did not make taxes a factor. Feel free to change that if you want.
With a few exceptions for logic's sake, community lots can be placed or purchased in any order.
SM points count whether community lots are Earned or Owned. All owned lots must be played to at least Rank 3.
Most careers are open from the beginning, with the exceptions of Law, Law Enforcement and Medical. Even those are relatively easy to open.
THE TWIST (OPTIONAL BUT ENCOURAGED!) - 20 SM POINTS AWARDED FOR FORTITUDE:
Go to the Mega Disaster spoiler at the bottom and follow the instructions. Why? It could be a fun challenge, plus it's fun to read about them in other people's games. Mwaha!
If you add 20 Mega Disaster SM points to our proposed 270 SM points, 10 CL & 10 BD bonus points and 58 career SM points = 368 SM points. This means 136 playable Sims to arrive at 50000 (368 x 136 = 50048).
THINK IT MIGHT BE TOO EASY?
As you can see, even with all the extra SM points we're offering, this is still a very cumbersome challenge. It ain't no cakewalk! Feel free to make it harder if you wish
Our goal remains to honor the spirit of the BaCC that we love, while accelerating progress and decreasing the repetition, grinding and some of the less realistic aspects of the original challenge.
Thanks for your consideration. Tell us what you think - comments and suggestions are welcome!
FIRST COMMUNITY LOT (MANDATORY - MUST BE EARNED AND THE ONLY ONE THAT CANNOT BE OWNED):
A gathering place, your choice of aesthetics - After 4 households established
Examples:
- Gas station or rest stop with toilets, tables, chairs, and grills
- Bus stop with items for sale: pamphlets, vending machines, cell phone kiosk
- Fishing pond with grills and seating
INITIAL ESSENTIAL:
Convenience store (groceries/fishing gear only) - Convenience store clerk (Level 3) in Slacker career
Café/coffee shop/diner/food stand - Maxed Cooking skill
Pub - Single Sim with 10 friends or a household with 15 friends
EDUCATION:
Elementary school - 5 kids in school
High school - 5 teens in school
Private school - 10 students A+
Private University - Purchase with 1M simoleons, mandatory §10K tuition per student
Public University/Community College - 5000 population, free with 1 scholarship OR §2K without
MUNICIPAL/COMMUNITY BUILDINGS:
City Hall - City Council member (Level 5) in Politics career
Courthouse (opens Law career) - 3 Sims join Criminal career
Police station (opens Law Enforcement career) - First burglary
Fire station - First Fire (not lightning) + learn Fire Prevention life skill
Prison - Patrol Officer (Level 3) in Law Enforcement + Lie Finder (Crimal) career reward
Medical clinic (opens Medical career) - Sim gets sick + learn Physiology life skill
Hospital - Surgeon (Level 7) in Medical career + Surgical Station (Medical) + Bio-Tech Station (Science) career rewards
Military base - General (Level 10) in Military career
CONSTRUCTION:
Construction site/building supplies - Construction manager (Level 4) in Architecture career
Nursery/landscape supplies - Gold gardening badge
PERENNIALS:
Law firm - Divorce + Personal Injury Atty (Level 6) in Law career
Church - Learn Couples Counseling, Anger Management and Lifetime Happiness life skills
Wedding chapel - First wedding
Cemetery - 3 deaths (not counting pets) + Obituary Writer (Level 5) in Journalism career
Bank - Business Tycoon (Level 10) in Business career
Abandoned warehouse/crime den - Smuggler (Level 9) in Criminal career + Counterfeit machine aspiration reward
OTHER SERVICES:
Adoption agency - Social worker visit + learn Parenting life skill
Animal shelter - Adopt a stray
PUBLIC ENRICHMENT:
Library - 500 population
Park - Visit the Nature hobby lot + AN ADDITIONAL PARK EARNED FOR EVERY 4 HOUSEHOLDS ADDED (THANKS, ANNE!)
Pool/skating rink/soccer field/basketball court - Maxed Sports enthusiasm
Sports complex/stadium - 2500 population + All Star (Level 5) in Athletic career
Museum - Relic Liberator (Level 5) in Adventure career + dig up a treasure chest
BASIC RETAIL:
Full grocery store - Full crop of fruits and veggies + gold fishing badge
Clothing store - Gold sewing badge
Furniture/appliance store - Total net worth of households greater than §250K
Electronics store - Maxed Mechanical skill
BIG BOX STORE - Achieve the Five Top-Level Businesses LTW
SUGGESTED COMMUNITY LOTS OR OWNED BUSINESSES:
Florist - Gold flower arranging badge
Bakery - Win baking contest
Hair salon - Gold styling badge
Juice bar - Make every juice
Art gallery - Sell a masterpiece
Jewelry store - Achieve the Earn §100K LTW
Pottery shop - Gold pottery badge
Toy store - Gold toymaking badge
Nightclub/Karaoke bar - Party DJ (Level 5) in Slacker career
Gym/Fitness center - Maxed Body skill
Massage parlor - Learn Bon Voyage Deep Tissue, Accupressure and Hot Stone massages
Planetarium - Alien abduction
Tarot card reader - Tarot card reader (Level 3) in Paranormal career
Car lot - Restore a car
Pet store - 3 households with pets
Payday lender - Repo man visit
Thrift store - Disaster-jar related (see link in Mega Disaster spoiler): bankruptcy, unemployment, midlife crisis spending, take your pick
Add other businesses of your choice at 5 SM each
Various Restaurants/food stands - Sous Chef (Level 7) in Culinary career
Other homemade or crafted item stores - Related gold crafting badge
MEGA DISASTER TWIST: