u/icapaige

I was going to wait until the first decade passed to do a post, but I honestly don't know if I am going to survive until then!

1299 - Create my family. Dad (gen 0), Mom, 3 kids (Edrik, Colin, Alice) + Edrik's wife (Novella). Dad does not survive the first roll.

1300 - Colin passes away from Typhoid fever (dickenson's illness). Mom dies of Tuberculosis (Lizzy's winter roll)

1302 - First child is born - Mary

1304 - Mary dies of a Bowel infection. Later that day, 2nd child is born - Thomas.

1305 - Novella goes into labour and needs an emergency C-section. Obviously, she dies, but the baby (Isobel) miraculously survives. Soon after, an outbreak of Scarlet fever rips through the house. Everyone survives, but Isobel develops Rheumatic Fever.

Meanwhile, Alice discovers that her secret rendezvous in the woods left her unmarried and pregnant. Since Edrik spent most of their savings on supplying milk from the neighbours to keep Isobel alive, her future is looking quite bleak indeed. (I used MCCC to look at it. Its twins. Wish me luck on her survival cause I don't know how I am going to raise 4 kids with one sim!)

Total sims: 9. Deaths: 5. Surviving: 4.

EDIT: Well I offically have proof the game hates me! Alice and both her babies failed. Even after I cheated and rerolled. Edrik remarried Elizabeth only for her to find cooking absolutely hilarious and die of laughter less than 12 hours after moving in. Time to reload the game and remarry her I guess!

So I finally sat down and started a new save. I decided to give myself an "easy" start by having 2 spares right off the bat and I made their parents. Plus, I made my heir's (Edrik) spouse.

Dad doesn't survive the first roll, which begins my backstory... The Baron that they served under is currently at war with a nearby lord. In a false accusation of treason, our founder's father was beheaded. In fear of their safety, the rest of the family grabbed what they could and ran. Eventually, they found someone who just had a massive plague wreck the population of his serfs, and he agreed to allow them to work for him. He designates a small plot of land for them to get started with the opportunity to grow.

That summer, Edrik's brother came down with a fever. Miraculously, it doesn't spread to anyone else; however, he parishes in the fall. (Typhoid - Deadly Dickensian sicknesses mod).

After the death of her son, Edrik's mother began to waste away. She started coughing blood before passing away that winter. Many believe she died of heartbreak. (Tuberculosis - LizzyD Sims rule book, winter roll).

I am worried about the future of the playthrough. I haven't even had a pregnancy roll yet! All I have left is my founder, his wife, and his little sister. Wife hasn't gotten pregnant yet but idk if its because of luck or if I messed something up while setting up MCCC.

Wish me luck!