Making a Legacy

So, after my last post about content, I ended up having a long and stressful drive home with Blizzard conditions (gotta love New England!). I got home, heated up my lovely meal-prepped lunch (beef stew over rice with some roasted broccoli and brussle sprouts) and decided to get playing some Sims 4.

I haven't had a ton of time to play The Sims, especially lately but I've been a devotee from the very beginning. I remember trying to get downloaded content and mods onto my sims computer which didn't have internet.

Today though, I have my own MacBook Pro that I bought for graduate classes and my copy of Sims 4. With my son passed out for a nap during the snowstorm, a little Legacy Challenge seemed to be the game of the day!

I can't quite recall when I started playing the Legacy Challenge, I know for a fact I played several rounds during The Sims 3, I suspect though that I started during The Sims 2.

Regardless, the facts are these; you choose an heir, select your rules and randomize the heck out of your game. The goal is to make a Legacy family where you pass down the (hopefully) ever growing house from nothing to a mansion. You can basically play how you want but it also gives some guidance to make the game a little bit more challenging.

I play my Sims games in phases. Sometimes I just want to make lots of sims in Create A Sim and set them out briefly into the world. Othertimes I want to stretch my creative limbs and make a house. I used to be far better at making and designing houses, The Sims 4 definitely has some solid tools in order to do this, but my roofs always come out looking slightly odd.

Have any of you done the Legacy Challenge?

What's your favorite Sim to make? I always seem to favor sims who love to cook food!