The Sims 4

07
Mar
2018

What items do you feel are absolute necessities when starting a Legacy Challenge?

Hello everyone! I have decided to start up a new House Build series that focuses on building and designing houses around various stages of the Legacy Challenge (beginning, middle, and end). I thought it would be nice to supply a bunch of pre-built houses for those of you who enjoy the Legacy Challenge, but don’t necessarily enjoy building. I’ll be making starter houses, mid-range houses (for when your Sims have money to afford more stuff), and also a few mansions. I’ll also be making sure to include houses that will help your Sims finish off their aspirations.

I’m currently in the process of building some starter houses and I’m wondering… what items do you consider absolute necessities (items your Sims can’t live without) at the very beginning of the challenge? I want to make sure to include as many necessities in the starter house as possible! I will not be using items from any packs (just the base game), at least for starter houses (I will for houses that help meet certain aspirations later on though).

Let me know in the comments below what items you consider necessities! This will really help me decide what to put into the starter houses as money is extremely limited!

Posted by Mystic in General News, House Builds & Tours, Legacy Challenge Rules, The Sims 4
05
Mar
2018

The Legacy Challenge Rules have been updated to include all current packs!

Hi everyone! As promised, Pinstar and I looked through the Legacy Challenge rules and updated/added/changed a few things to reflect changes and additions in the current packs. We didn’t make any MAJOR changes to the challenge but here is a list of the things updated:

  • We reworded the Parenthood section of the Scoring page as it was causing some confusion in the way it was written previously.
  • We have changed the collections part of the Nature section of the scoring page to say 13 out of 26 possible collections. You will not need to collect everything in all 26 categories. Just 13 (which was the original number). 13 will continue to be the set number for collections regardless of how many new collections are added to the game.
  • We have updated the Popularity section of the Scoring page to include toddler playdates if you have the Toddler Stuff Pack
  • We will not be updating the rules to include adopting or breeding pets as they take up a slot that will otherwise be used by a Legacy Sim.
  • Gameplay Rules have had a few minor tweaks and additions
  • The Fortune section of the Scoring page was updated to include veterinary clinic funds in the total household net worth (just like family owned businesses would be)
  • The FAQ has been updated to include the question about pets since that is a common question we are asked.
  • The Random Trait Generators were updated on Thursday to include the new aspirations from Jungle Adventure Pack

If you have any questions about these updates/changes please let us know in the comments below!

Posted by Mystic in General News, Legacy Challenge Rules, The Sims 4
28
Feb
2018

Random Trait Generator Updated for The Sims 4 Jungle Adventure Pack

With the release of The Sims 4 Jungle Adventure Game Pack yesterday, we have updated our Random Trait Generators to include the two new aspirations added in this pack. The new aspirations are Jungle Explorer and Archaeology Scholar.

Along with the updates to the trait generator, Pinstar and I will be sitting down and figuring out what changes and updates we need to make to the Legacy Challenge with the addition of a few of these new packs (including Cats & Dogs). We are going to try and has this out this upcoming weekend and will be making updates as needed. I’ll keep you posted on any updates and changes that we make.

Is there anything specific that you’d like to see changed or updated? Let us know in the comments below and we’ll discuss it!

Posted by Mystic in General News, Legacy Challenge Rules, Sims 4 News, The Sims 4
22
Feb
2018

Printable Sims 4 Legacy Challenge Rulebook & Scoresheet is now available!

Have you been looking for a printable Legacy Challenge rulebook and scoresheet? Well look no further! Fellow Simmer NerdyBunny has created a gorgeous, printable rulebook & scoresheet for the challenge! You can download and print this out so that you can have your very own physical copy of the rules and your own personal scoresheet. The download link for this booklet can now be found in the menu of this website (under the Sims 4 Legacy Challenge) as well as on the scoresheets page.

If you have any questions regarding this booklet please leave a comment on NerdyBunny’s Tumblr and she will answer them for you!

Posted by Mystic in General News, Legacy Challenge Rules, The Sims 4
13
Nov
2017

Random Trait Generators Updated for the Cats & Dogs Expansion!

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to let you know that the both of the Random Trait Generators (the all traits at once and the one trait at a time generators) have been updated to include the Aspiration and two new traits included in the Cats & Dogs expansion. As always, if you do not own this expansion simply re-roll (click the Roll Another Child button) to get traits that you do have the expansion for.

Also, in regards to changes to the Legacy Challenge rules for this new expansion… there likely will not be any major gameplay changes. We will not be updating the rules to include a pet Legacy as pets count as part of your 8 Sim limit which will make it very difficult to run your regular Sim Legacy. Legacy families are allowed to have pets, but just keep in mind that they count towards your Sim limit which might be a problem if you have a lot of Sims in a particular generation.

There MIGHT be a standalone pet related challenge coming in the future, but no changes will be made to any of our current challenges to add pets sub-rules.

Posted by Mystic in Legacy Challenge Rules, The Sims 4
10
Nov
2017

Legacy Rules for the Sims 4 Cats & Dogs Will Be Delayed

Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you all know that updated Legacy Challenge Rules for the Sims 4 Cats & Dogs will likely be delayed for a bit. We are unable to purchase the game at the moment which means we won’t be able to do any sort of playtesting to see what we needed updated/add/change for the rules. We are hoping to be able to buy the game in a week or so, but until then, the rules will not be updated. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!

I also have a challenge in mind for the new expansion, but again, it will need to wait until I can actually obtain the expansion to playtest everything. Hopefully soon! I just wanted to be up front and transparent about why there is a delay with the rules.

Posted by Mystic in Legacy Challenge Rules, Other Challenges, The Sims 4
07
Nov
2017

Weekly Links List – November 7, 2017

Here is this week’s Weekly Links List for November 7, 2017! As always, if I’ve forgotten anyone (and you’ve updated in the last 7 days) feel free to comment below so that I can add you next week!

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Posted by Mystic in Apocalypse Challenge, Legacy Challenge Let's Play, Legacy Challenge Stories, Movin' On Up Challenge, Sims 2 Stories, Sims 3 Stories, Sims 4 Stories, The Alien Adoption Challenge, The Sims 4, Wonder Child Challenge
12
Oct
2017

The Novella Movin’ On Up Challenge #4 – The Quest to Become a Vampire

The 4th episode in my Movin’ On Up Challenge series on Youtube is now live! In this episode Arwen works on trying to become a vampire. After being bitten by Vlad in the previous episode, I decided that it might be fun to have a vampire in this challenge. I’m going to add an added bit of difficulty for myself and make it so that she doesn’t marry/move another Sim in or have kids. She will need to progress through the challenge with her income alone. Now that she is immortal, this is very doable.

Hope you all enjoy!

Posted by Mystic in Movin' On Up Challenge, Novella Movin' On Up Story, Other Challenges, Sims 4 Stories, Stories, The Sims 4
21
Sep
2017

The Novella Movin’ On Up Challenge #2 – Collect All The Things

In this latest episode of the Novella Movin’ On Up Challenge Arwen collects lots of items around the world to try and make some money. We have to furnish this grungy little apartment somehow!

Hope you all are enjoying this series! There is a new upload schedule in place for my Youtube channel as I have decided to go back to Twitch streaming (feel free to follow me there for story driven game playthroughs… I’m currently playing Mass Effect 3 and Legend of Zelda… I warn you though, my Twitch channel is NOT family friendly, like my Youtube channel is). Youtube vids will be uploaded as follows:

Yonder will be put on hiatus as I just don’t have time to record everything right now.

Posted by Mystic in Featured, Movin' On Up Challenge, Novella Movin' On Up Story, Other Challenges, Stories, The Sims 4