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Yes!!! You should, it's so much fun!!

Hahaha!!! Hopefully lucks on her side 😂😂

Yes, that is the mod I use. I hadn't noticed a problem with it until I filmed this episode, granted I thankfully hadn't had to use it for a while. I did see the other day that the mod is currently broken, so maybe that's why Grim doesn't work properly?

@@girlyfrey Why? Help me, please

@@girlyfrey Have you got Life & Death Espansion Pack?

I'm not too sure I'd be much help, considering I don't know whether it's a game update issue for L&D EP or an issue with the mod. If it's a mod issue you could always check on their discord, if anyone has brought it up. (Here's the link to their discord: discord.com/invite/JfCJEQBTBR). Has Grim been working at all for you recently? I have noticed in my game that he's either slow getting the job done or he sticks around for a while until I leave the lot.

No, I don't. That's why I'm thinking it could be a mod or game update issue for my game at least.

Isn't she just!! I honestly stared at her for 5 mins straight whilst I was recording lol, she's just so cute!! 😍 Hahaha I didn't even think about that happening 😭

Oooo that's good! I normally forget about the mats when I'm playing normally and just stick to chess and the dollhouses.

Hahaha sorry 🤭 Hopefully they stick around for a while longer 🤞

Aww thanks! Glad you're enjoying it ☺️ Yes, I feel sad every time as well, I've edited out quite a few devastation rambles when it comes to those bad rolls lol!

Wow that's so cool! I'm really glad you're enjoying the history so far! I've grown up fascinated with Scottish history, so I hope I'm doing it justice ☺️ Yes! The Stewart dynasty started with a woman (thank you Marjorie Bruce) and it's amazing how the House, with all its ups and downs, continues until the 18th century with Queen Anne. Honestly, one of my favourite parts about learning history is learning about women no matter the social class, I just find them so interesting. I loved researching about the Bruce women (those poor ladies), so I'm happy to hear you enjoyed hearing about them too 🩷

@girlyfrey Marjorie's line amazed me as I went through the family tree. They were tough women. If I remember two died falling from horses not so very far apart. I always love looking to the women too!

Oooo so many different options 🧐 I'll have to see which works best for the family considering we have a little glutton on our hands and she's snuck food before without me noticing until its too late 😑 Oh I like that idea! I wasn't too sure what to do considering the rules set in England don't have sims off at war yet, so I was just thinking of leaving as it is. But, that makes a lot more sense. Off I go to add it to my rules! Thank you 🥳🩷

Yeahhh ... I totally forgot they didn't know it was coming. Well, more so I'm aware they wouldn't have known about it, but I was so worried for them that I made them prepare for it anyway 🤦🏻‍♀️ Hopefully, that pays off considering we have a little glutton in the household 🤞 Oh that makes sense, especially considering that's what the rolls are there for hahaha. At least with all my stockpiling they definitely shouldn't die of starvation! Noted, I'll try to keep an eye out for my little toddlers, and Made ... I'm sure she'll be just as sneaky. Hopefully I don't feel too sorry for them and cave lol 😂

Oh that's good to know! I had added the holiday in game a few months ago, after doing some research, and promptly forgot what it was about by the time it popped up lol, so thank you! ☺️

Ah, I just noticed that when I was playing last night. I don't normally play with gluttons, so I thought that was a bug. I guess she'll probably eat more spoiled food than I'd like, especially if I'm not paying attention lol! But I'm glad its entertaining 😂 Aww thanks, that's so incredible to hear ☺️🤗!! I'm happy I get to shine a bit of light on Scotland's side during this period of history, and it's wonderful to hear you're enjoying it!!!! 🥳

Oh please do!! I am not so secretly dreading it 😣

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Hmmm ... you know, I haven't really given it much thought. Personally, there's too much for me to keep up with at times, so at the moment I probably wouldn't do a roll to see if anyone died, especially because I don't have a lot of sims. But, maybe I'll do that in the future. I know some players roll for events like fire and sickness, I just haven't worked up the courage to risk it lol!

Ah cool, that's what I thought! I'm not too bothered with using it, as I figure they'll need any help they can get with food before the famine.

Wow, I had no clue about that bug. Thank you!

Yes, me too! I've got my fingers crossed after this year 🤞

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Ooooo I really like this idea! Very realistic and makes it feel a lot less cheat-y as well.

Thank you so much! Glad you're enjoying it so far! ☺️ How's your UDC going, I remember you mentioned that your population was massive because of a baby boom?

@@girlyfrey yes. Wow. You have a great memory. I had an intentional baby boom in the decade before the plague. It has officially been halved, and everything is so different now. I lost the fourth Gen heir, but two spares lived and so did my third gen heir. Though his wife died. He's in a holding pattern for now, but I'll remarry him in the future.

Wow! That sounds intense, but really smart. I'm quite far from the plague, but I think I'll note down that technique of an intentional baby boom for possible use in the future 🤔

@@girlyfrey I had a lot of people with a bunch of baby tries. I used as many as possible. Lol

Ah! Let's hope my dice rolls are nice to me then🤞 The famine is slowly approaching and I'm getting worried for my sims lol.

Oooo! That's such a good suggestion. I'll definitely implement that into the challenge and hopefully it won't be too much of a struggle now. Claray's only had 2 babies so far and they were 3 years apart, so fingers crossed this method works out a bit better 🤞 Oh that sucks, wish they would fix it. It's the first time I've really encountered an issue with gardening in my game, so I was a little confused lol. I'll look into that mod, so that it hopefully doesn't happen again. I tried to harvest a day before the end of season but it glitched out. Should I try two days before next time or is that a little cheat-y? 🤔

Oh yes! I keep forgetting to do that! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Yeah, I expanded Scotland to Brindleton Bay as I'm keeping Willow Creek for France, potentially. Hmm... I hadn't realised I'd been doing that wrong. I feel I do get a little flustered when it comes to remembering all the rules and how to incorporate them within actual gameplay at times. If I remember correctly, I saw Plumbob's calculate the tax but keep the items because of the simple living lot trait and so the sims would need ingredients. Ok ... I just checked some of Plumbob's videos and the way that she does it is by harvesting everything, calculating that tax on it (like you mentioned) and then she sells all the things she doesn't want/need/isn't time appropriate, then takes the tax amount off the household funds and puts the suitable harvestables in the fridge. I've just been calculating the tax amount and taking that away after adding the profit and keeping all the harvestables, because I figured in principal we're giving 10% each to our lord and the church, but in reality its too finicky to get rid of those items for playing purpsoes. At least for me. I'd be happy to try selling in game 20% of each item we harvest (if we harvest 20 carrots selling 4) in our spring harvest (I've already done the winter harvest). Yeah, I noticed Caitriona's feelings for Allistor quite recently actually. It's a topic I've brought up in the two latest videos lol! Apparently it just didn't really register in my brain when I played this episode. I think I was pretty stubborn with the dice roll for Caitriona's marriage roll and that's kind of why she ended up with Hendrie. But, so far their marriage is doing quite well, and I'm open to possible storyline opportunities should anything unfortunate happen to Hendrie, or if their relationship sours.

Yes, it's definitely something I'll have to reconsider when we have too many sims and it gets a bit hectic. I'm thinking we can do every two years as a test run for the First Scottish War of Independence and then go from there.

Yes, those were my exact thoughts! I'm hoping that 2 years is a good compromise, so I'm definitely leaning that way. Hahaha, I've just now realised that I sent David off to war in the middle of winter. Whoops 🤦🏻‍♀️

Oooo that's a good tip. I had no clue about loading the last save to avoid the sad moonlet!! I think Fergus and Acha would've made a great match. Who knows, maybe their children could get together in the future 🤔 Yes! Fingers crossed everything goes right for Claray 😊

Yay!!! Glad to hear your happy with the choice, I think she's a great match for Fergus and she's really pretty, so wins all around 🥳 Exactly my thought process. Fingers crossed nothing happens to Claray, but we never really know what's going to happen in the challenge .

Hahaha!! I'd be too terrified to do that lol, though I'd be tempted with how often he comes 😂

Yes, I have that mod installed for the challenge. I was hoping that the impressions would be varied, so it could help me decide a bit better, but they all have good impressions with Fergus lol! That's an interesting tip and definitely something for me to consider going forward to spice up the genetics. Edin and Acha are currently two of my top runners for marriage, but I ultimately haven't decided yet. I might just have to roll a die 😆

That's good to know. I haven't seen it happen before, but I'll definitely move our next harvest a day ahead to be pre-emptive. Yes, I managed to find the neighbourhood it was happening in and repeal it. I'll have to double check that I've turned the eco lifestyle settings off completely, as I can imagine it will pop up again.

Thank you! I've been fascinated with Scotland since I was little and it got me into studying history, so I figured it would be fun to play there. Yeah, I was hoping someone had played in Scotland, so I wouldn't have to do as much research but it was fun reading up about the time period. Cool, if you do so let me know how it goes! ☺️

​@@girlyfreyI set my udc on the border between England and Scotland. Talk about a chaotic place at this time. Lol

Hahaha yes! Such a chaotic time. I'm hoping it will be good for storylines/gameplay! How's your udc going?

@@girlyfrey So, across my three gen 1 sims, 13 babies have been born. It is 1308. All but 3 of the babies are dead. I am terrified for the great famine.

Woah!! That sounds absolutely horrible and with the famine so close, yikes. Which dice roll rules are you following? Fingers crossed you get more babies that survive before then 🤞

Ah that's good to know. I did get a little confused with the rules there, so definitely lucky we got good baby try numbers :)

Thank you very much!! Yes, I have used MCC for custom aging. I thought it would be a major headache later on with the amount of sims lol!

@@girlyfrey yay! Finally someone who has a brain!!! 🤧

Thank you! That's awesome, hopefully you enjoy the challenge! For the food and recipes I use Littlbowbub's Ye Olde Cookbook mod, it also comes with the little location post, which I have at the front of the Fairbairn's lot, and you can go foraging and hunting with it. The Archery mod is from JaneSimsten, I also have their Blacksmithing, and Playable harp and lute mods. They have a lot of great mods for historical gameplay. The tax collector comes with the Royalty Mod by llazyneiph. The new crops that I added in this episode are from BrazenLotus. I unfortunately haven't kept track of all the names for the mods and cc I've used, but there are a lot of Tumblr pages (and even reddit pages with creator suggestions) where people have linked items for this challenge, such as Kosmic Hippie. I'd also recommend looking through The Sims Resource for cc and mods in the medieval tag, as well as simverses/Medieval Sim Tailor and Carpenter, both are really great places to find medieval items for gameplay, build/buy and cas. I hope this helps! :)

Thanks for letting me know, I'll try and get that fixed! Yes, I thought I had turned that feature off but I mustn't have. All fixed now though, thankfully!

Thank you!! I'm really glad to hear it, I think it adds a nice element to the challenge and hopefully some more interesting possibilities. If you're looking for other decades lets plays with history elements I'd definitely recommend Plumbobs and the Past, she adds a lot of history throughout her gameplay.