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This is intended to focus on the Victorian middle-class, mostly because I couldn't figure out a clear way to include the lower- and upper-class in the game. Apologies if this turns out to not be all too historically accurate, I tried my best - and it's a game, after all!

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Use the six-sided die: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/

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Have fun!

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DH's Occupation
1 - Judge
2 - Mayor
3 - Merchant
4 - Lawyer
5 - Doctor
6 - Banker

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It's unlikely that DW would have an occupation, but if you'd like, she can be a writer or poet. Otherwise, she and the rest of the family depend on DH for their income.

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DW's Talent/hobby
1 - Painting
2 - Music
3 - Needlework
4 - Foreign language(s)
5 - Reading
6 - Gardening

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Number of Children
1 - 4
2 - 9
3 - 6
4 - 7
5 - 8
6 - 5

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Sexes of Children
1 - DD
2 - DS
3 - DD
4 - DS
5 - Twins (sexes your choice)
6 - Your choice

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Note: For the next two, feel free to roll again if the colors that come up are implausible (i.e. two blond-haired, blue-eyed parents somehow produced a black-haired, brown-eyed child).

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Hair Color (roll for each family member)
1 - Red
2 - Light brown
3 - Brown
4 - Blond
5 - Black
6 - Your choice

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Eye Color (roll for each family member)
1 - Brown
2 - Blue
3 - Gray
4 - Green
5 - Hazel
6 - Your choice

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Personality (roll for each family member)
1 - Romantic
2 - Serious
3 - Creative
4 - Fun/cheerful
5 - Mischevous
6 - Shy

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Now, give each family member names from the namebanks below and ages. Note that women usually married young, and it was common for the first son or daughter to be named after a parent (you obviously don't have to follow this - plenty of families didn't!). Also, feel free to describe them further, if you'd like. :)

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Men:
Alan Albert Alexander Alfred Aloysius Andrew Arthur August / Augustus Barnaby Benjamin Bertram Carl Cecil Charles Christian Christopher Clarence Claude Daniel David Edgar Edmund Edward Elias Eugene Felix Francis Frank Frederick Gabriel Geoffrey George Guy Harold Hector Henry Hugh / Hugo Irwin Jack Jacob James Jasper John Laurence / Lawrence Lionel Louis / Lewis Martin Matthew Michael Morgan Morris Moses Nathan / Nathaniel Neville Nicholas Nigel Oliver Oscar Patrick Peter Phillip Phineas Ralph Richard Robert Roger Rufus Samuel Seth Silas Simon Stephen Sidney Thaddeus Theodore Thomas Timothy Vincent Virgil Walter Warren William Zachary

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Women:
Ada Adelaide Agnes Alice Amelia Ann / Anne / Anna Augusta Beatrice Catherine Charlotte Christine Clara Constance Cora Daisy Dorothy Edwina Eleanor Elizabeth Emily Emma Esther Evelyn Frances Flora Florence Georgia Grace Gwendolen Hannah Harriet Hazel Helen / Helene / Helena Henrietta Hope Isabel Ivy Jane Josephine Judith Katherine Lillian Lily / Lilly / Lillie Louise / Louisa Lucy Lydia Madeleine Margaret Marie Mary Martha Matilda Maude May / Mae Mercy Minerva Nancy Octavia Olivia Ophelia Pearl Phoebe Rebecca Rose Rowena Ruth Samantha Sally Sarah Susan Sylvia Theodora Theresa / Therese Victoria Virginia Violet Vivian Winifred

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