• Book II. 1 Homer graduated and came home from the Dribbledine Sports Academy boarding school, high school in the middle of the night. His dad Dardanus played some Foosball with him right after he got in the door. Homer hadn’t seen it yet because they bought it and extended that area while he was away.

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  • Hilda’s Turn.

    Book I. 5 With Homer away, Hilda was able to receive all of the attention. Dardanus helped her with her soccer-athletic while Helen gardened. This time she wore sneakers. Their house and yard were coming along. Stairs were built going down to a basement at the end of the carport, next to a hopscotch, which

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  • Generation 1 Get Old

    Book I. 4 Helen and Dardanus extended out the yard side of the living area in an octagonal shape, big enough for the disco floor and lights, a cake table, and a Foosball table, purple, and with a few floor-to-ceiling windows to show off the flourishing backyard. Homer was missing, because he was at boarding

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  • Book I. 3 Back at home, prom was coming up for Homer, which he wanted to go to before heading off to boarding school until he grows up into a young adult. Boarding school has some benefits. One is increasing the starting pay at a new job, although it still starts at level 1. They

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  • Homer’s Teen Birthday

    Book I. 2 At breakfast, while they were all together, Helen made her new step-daughter perfect French toast, as it is her favourite. “I’ll make your favourite, spaghetti tonight” she promised Homer.. That afternoon Homer had a ballet recital. I don’t know if Sim-Scouts improves athletic, but it made sense if ballet did. He passed

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  • Starter House

    Book I.1 Homer and his parents Helen and Dardanus moved into a starter house called Shotgun Style, which included a nursery. It was a two bedroom, 1 bathroom, furnished house without a foundation and a green and pink colour theme with light wood in the open living areas, bathroom and kitchen. The large yard extended

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  • Generation 1

    Book I Although my focus as a starting sim was on Homer, generation 1 was Helen and Dardanus.

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  • After studying for and taking a couple of deferred exams (Latin 2 and Alexander the Great) there were only four days of break left to squeeze in some play before the new semester began. On top of that my computer had broken down beyond repair – dried paste or something, so it had to be

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  • Everyone started in Sunset Valley. Apparently even the sims themselves, because of the earlier generations, preceding Sims 1, of the Goth and Landgraab families residing. New players have other options with all of the expansions available, but maybe the lore is legendary enough to beckon them too, for a save.

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  • Book II. 4 Homer and Emma got a new bedroom and bathroom, taking up nearly half of a new upper floor. I used Homer’s favourite colour purple, and Emma’s of black. In the bathroom I took ideas from Homer’s Life Time Wish of becoming a Seasoned Traveller, reaching level 3 of all three World Adventure

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