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[Games] Saphir's Year Game
A little repost because it's been a bad day and who couldn't use some escapism right now?Dice: http://www.brockjones.com/dieroller/dice.htm
Generate 12 or 24 countries using https://www.randomlists.com/random-country - use these to pick nationalities and a location for your starting couple. For names, use the random renamer (http://www.behindthename.com/random/) with whatever settings you feel are appropriate. When it comes to appearance, either choose something you think is fitting for each partner’s background, or roll the dice.Hair texture:
1-4: Straight
5-8: Wavy
9-12: CurlyHair colour:
1-3: Blonde
4-7: Brown
8-9: Red
10-12: BlackEyes:
1-5: Brown
6-8: Blue
9-10: Grey/Hazel
11-12: GreenCareer:
1: Something in education or children’s services
2: Something in medicine or social care
3: Something in science or engineering
4: Something in sports or fitness
5: Something in the culinary arts or hospitality
6: Something in public services or law
7: Something to do with animals
8: Something in media or journalism
9: Something in business or finance
10: Something in computer science or technology
11: Something in retail or services
12: Something in the creative arts***Each year you can choose to roll for child, family, or career events: you can roll for as many as you want each year! Or, if you prefer, roll d8:
1: Child event
2: Family event
3: Career event
4: Child event and family event
5: Child event and career event
6: Family event and career event
7: Child event, family event, and career event
8: Free choice***Child events: Any children can be biological, adopted, surrogates, or from any other method of having children. Adopted children’s ages are up to you. At any point after kids turn 18, you can roll to give them a partner/job/kids etc, if you like.1-9: successfully pregnant/successful adoption, etc
10-12: no pregnancy/adoption/etc1: Miscarriage
2-6: Boy
7-11: Girl
12: Multiples
- 1-2: Identical girls
- 3-4: Fraternal girls
- 5-6: 1 girl, 1 boy
- 7-8: Fraternal boys
- 9-10: Identical boysNames: roll for each first and middle name
1: A or B
2: C or D
3: E or F
4: G or H
5: I or J
6: K or L
7: M or N
8: O, P, or Q
9: R or S
10: T, U, or V
11: W or X
12: Y or ZAppearance: for non-biological children, use the appearance parameters above rather than below.Hair texture:
1-5: like mum
6-10: like dad
11-12: randomHair colour:
1-5: like mum
6-10: like dad
11-12: randomEyes:
1-5: like mum
6-10: like dad
11-12: random***Family events:
1: Someone gets injured or sick (1-6: minor | 7-12: major)
2: A member of the family comes out as LGBTQ+
3: Someone moves in - you can choose who and why
4: Death in the immediate or extended family
5: Divorce or break-up (or remarriage if already single - if you like, you can remarry at any point without rolling this)
6: An argument between two or more family members (1-6: minor | 7-12: major)
7: Family moves to a new place (1-6: new city within current country | 7-12: new country, reroll country)
8: A child is having problems of some kind at school (or, if there are no school age children: someone is having issues at work)
9: Family reunion (with immediate or extended family)
10: Someone takes up a new hobby or begins practicing a new skill
11: A surprise child is born - see child events (or, if there is no one of an appropriate age: the family gets a pet)
12: The family gets a pet***Career events:
1-2: Pay rise
3-4: Promotion
5-6: Fired/laid off/quits
7-8: Pay cut/hours cut
9-10: New job within career field
11-12: New job & new career fieldStill und geborgen, frei ohne Sorgenhttp://www.behindthename.com/pnl/185597
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Oops randomly replayingYear 0 - Barcelona, Spain
DH [27]: Isaac Kyle Kirk (wavy brown hair, grey eyes, nurse)
DW [27]: Sofia Maret (Levandi) Kirk (straight red hair, brown eyes, lawyer)Sofia is an international lawyer from Estonia who lives in Barcelona with her husband Isaac, a nurse from Australia.Year 1 - Barcelona, Spain
Isaac has decided to leave hospital nursing for work in a care home instead.Year 2 - Barcelona, Spain
Sofia switches from civil law to criminal law - at the same time, however, tensions grow between her and Isaac and they find themselves squabbling frequently.Year 3 - Barcelona, Spain
DH [30]: Isaac Kyle Kirk (wavy brown hair, grey eyes, nurse)
DW [30]: Sofia Maret (Levandi) Kirk (straight red hair, brown eyes, lawyer)DD1 [0]: Anna Alexandra Kirk (straight red hair, brown eyes)Isaac and Sofia welcome a daughter, Anna, who is already almost identical to her mother. They hope to raise her bilingual in English and Spanish, with some familiarity with Estonian too.Year 4 - Barcelona, Spain
Isaac and Sofia try for a second child, but fail to conceive - however, Isaac does receive a much-deserved pay rise.Year 5 - Barcelona, Spain
DH [32]: Isaac Kyle Kirk (wavy brown hair, grey eyes, nurse)
DW [32]: Sofia Maret (Levandi) Kirk (straight red hair, brown eyes, lawyer)DD1 [2]: Anna Alexandra Kirk (straight red hair, brown eyes)
DD2 [0]: Maria Lee Kirk (wavy brown hair, brown eyes)
DS1 [0]: Max William Kirk (wavy red hair, grey eyes)Isaac and Sofia welcome twins Maria and Max - Anna is a little bit jealous of the attention they receive, but pleased to have someone (or something) else to play with!Year 6 - Barcelona, Spain
DH [33]: Isaac Kyle Kirk (wavy brown hair, grey eyes, nurse)
DW [33]: Sofia Maret (Levandi) Kirk (straight red hair, brown eyes, lawyer)DD1 [3]: Anna Alexandra Kirk (straight red hair, brown eyes)
DD2 [1]: Maria Lee Kirk (wavy brown hair, brown eyes)

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Year 0 - Copenhagen, DenmarkDH (24): Jonas Clemens Iversen (wavy blond hair, blue eyes, zoologist)
DW (24): ChiaraClaraRachele Iversen [née Marino] (wavy brown hair, hazel eyes, social worker)Jonas and Chiara met five years ago when Chiara moved to Copenhagen with her brother. They’ve been together for three years and have recently gotten married.Year 1 - Copenhagen, DenmarkDH (25): Jonas Clemens Iversen (wavy blond hair, blue eyes, zoologist)
DW (25): ChiaraClaraRachele Iversen [née Marino] (wavy brown hair, hazel eyes, social worker)DD (0): Laila Renata (wavy brown hair, hazel eyes)Jonas and Chiara welcome their first daughter, Laila, and are filled with joy. Her middle name, Renata - “born again”, was given because of her striking resemblance to her mother.Year 2 - Copenhagen, DenmarkChiara has become interested in journaling and has started to journal her thoughts. Jonas has also received a pay raise at his job, which allows him to somewhat spoil Laila with presents and toys. Year 3 - Copenhagen, DenmarkChiara’s brother, Ennio, is fired from his job and loses his apartment, which leads him to move in the Iversens. Despite his hardships, he is welcomed by the Iversens and pleasantly surprised to learn he is now an uncle.Year 4 - Copenhagen, Denmark

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40 years with the Salo-Klasson-Daalman family!40 Years with the Salo-Klasson-Daalman Family! (Final family list at the end)Note: I rolled for events every year for the first 10 years, then changed to rolling once for just every five years so the children aged up quicker (since the parents would be unlikely to be having as many kids). ;) When each child turned 18, I rolled to see if they’d get a partner (even=yes, odd=no), and then continued just rolling once for each couple for the 5-year period. (If the couple didn’t get a child event, but the grandparent family’s events included a child event, I gave the child to one of the couples instead of a 50+ parent.)Location: SwedenDH [26] Veli Salo - Finnish - straight, black hair & hazel eyes – Novelist/Screenwriter
DW [24] Louisa Siv Klasson - Swedish – straight, blonde hair & brown eyes - Environmental scientist YEAR 1 - Christer Wille - looks like dad with straight, black hair & hazel eyes
The project Louisa is working on lost some funding so some of her hours are cut. YEAR 2 - Petra Wiktora - straight, black hair & brown eyes
Louisa is promoted and is now a supervisor. YEAR 3 - Anneli Ragna - straight, blonde hair & hazel eyes
Louisa is at work more now since her promotion so the family hires a nanny, Valiantsina Mariya Novitsky [19], a university student from Belarus, who moves in to live with them. She has straight, brown hair & blue eyes.
Veli takes a new job in his field and becomes a screenwriter.YEAR 4 - The couple try to get pregnant again (Louisa said she wants to have all of their children close together so they will still be young after the kids grow up) but don’t conceive. YEAR 5 - Louisa is promoted again and is now a regional supervisor.YEAR 6 - Louisa still wants to have another baby. They try again to get pregnant but have no success. YEAR 7 - It’s Valiantsina, the live-in nanny, who has a baby this time though she doesn’t mention who her son’s father is. Sebastian Valiantsin Novitsky has straight, black hair and blue eyes.

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DH: Rory Kennedy Duane
Curly blond hair, blue eyes
Computer EngineerDW: Saoirse Caitlin Fitzgerald Duane
Curly brown hair, grey eyes
EpidemiologistLocation: Ireland--
Year 1The Duanes welcome a baby girl! Norah Isabel has curly blonde hair and blue eyes.Rory [28] and Saoirse [25]: Norah [nb]--
Year 2Rory is promoted at work.Rory [29] and Saoirse [26]: Norah [1]--
Year 3Saorise receives a pay raise.Rory [30] and Saoirse [27]: Norah [2]--
Year 4The Duanes welcome a baby boy! Brennan Liam has curly blond hair and blue eyes.Rory [31] and Saoirse [28]: Norah [3], Brennan [nb]--
Year 5Rory's grandfather dies.Rory [32] and Saoirse [29]: Norah [4], Brennan [1]--
Year 6The Duanes welcome another girl! Ashling Catrina has curly brown hair and grey eyes.Rory [33] and Saoirse [30]: Norah [5], Brennan [2], Ash [nb]--
Year 7Rory gets a job at a different company.Rory [34] and Saoirse [31]: Norah [6], Brennan [3], Ash [1]--
Year 8The Duanes welcome surprise twins! Colin Brady has curly brown hair and grey eyes and Keegan Finlay has wavy blond hair and blue eyes.Rory [35] and Saoirse [32]: Norah [7], Brennan [4], Ash [2], Colin and Keegan [nb]--
Year 9Saoirse's grandma dies.Rory [36] and Saoirse [33]: Norah [8], Brennan [5], Ash [3], Colin and Keegan [1]--
Year 10Norah sprains her ankle at gymnastics.Rory [37] and Saoirse [34]: Norah [9], Brennan [6], Ash [4], Colin and Keegan [2]--
Year 11Saoirse's job takes the family to Dublin.Rory [38] and Saoirse [35]: Norah [10], Brennan [7], Ash [5], Colin and Keegan [3]--
Year 12Brennan is teased at school because he is doing gymnastics and not a "boy" sport. He responds by whipping out a tumbling pass near the playground, which the boys all love, but the teachers, not so much!Rory [39] and Saoirse [36]: Norah [11], Brennan [8], Ash [6], Colin and Keegan [4]--
Year 13The Duanes get a Shih tzu puppy named Shea.Rory [40] and Saoirse [37]: Norah [12], Brennan [9], Ash [7], Colin and Keegan [5]

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Year 0 - Barcelona, SpainDH (28): Gabriel Lupe Flores (wavy black hair, brown eyes, social worker)
DW (26): CaitlínCatalinaRóise Flores [née O’Conall] (straight red hair, green eyes, engineer)Gabriel met Caitlín six years ago while she was taking a vacation to Spain from Galway, Ireland. They’ve been together for four-and-a-half years and have recently gotten married.Year 1 - Barcelona, SpainGabriel is diagnosed with a bad strep infection and is taken to the doctors. Luckily, he gets better during the following weeks. Year 2 - Barcelona, SpainCaitlín suffered a fall at work and badly injured her left knee. Her knee somewhat heals during the following weeks, but it still bears a scar.Year 3 - Barcelona, SpainDH (31): Gabriel Lupe Flores (wavy black hair, brown eyes, social worker)
DW (29): CaitlínCatalinaRóise Flores [née O’Conall] (straight red hair, green eyes, engineer)DS (0): Lucas Breandán (straight black hair, green eyes)Gabriel and Caitlín welcome their first son, Lucas, and are overjoyed. However, it becomes a struggle for the two to balance work and caring for him.Year 4 - Barcelona, SpainDH (32): Gabriel Lupe Flores (wavy black hair, brown eyes, social worker)
DW (30): CaitlínCatalinaRóise Flores [née O’Conall] (straight red hair, green eyes, engineer)

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Year 0 - Vienna, AustriaDH [26]: Dominik Leoš Zelenka (wavy brown hair, grey eyes, chef)
DW [27]: Sofie Luise (Linden) Zelenka (straight black hair, blue eyes, social worker)Sofie, from Innsbruck, and Dominik, from Prague, met five years ago through mutual friends. They've been together for three years and recently got married.Year 1 - Vienna, AustriaDH [27]: Dominik Leoš Zelenka (wavy brown hair, grey eyes, chef)
DW [dec at 28]: Sofie Luise (Linden) Zelenka (straight black hair, blue eyes, social worker)DS1 [0]: Roman Kašpar Zelenka (straight brown hair, blue eyes)Dominik and Sofie are delighted to they welcome a son, Roman - however, only a few months later, Sofie is involved in a car accident and passes away, leaving Dominik a single father. He moves in with Sofie's parents in Vienna temporarily.Year 2 - Vienna, AustriaIn the aftermath of Sofie's death, Dominik takes up painting in the precious free time he has between work and caring for Roman.Year 3 - Innsbruck, AustriaDominik and Roman move to Sofie's native Innsbruck, as life in Vienna is beginning to prove too expensive.Year 4 - Innsbruck, AustriaDominik begins teaching Roman to paint as well - he has quite a talent for it, more than his father (much to his pride and his chagrin)Year 5 - Innsbruck, AustriaDH [31]: Dominik Leoš Zelenka (wavy brown hair, grey eyes, chef)
DW [dec at 28]: Sofie Luise (Linden) Zelenka (straight black hair, blue eyes, social worker)DS1 [4]: Roman Kašpar Zelenka (straight brown hair, blue eyes)DGf [30]: Anastasija Genovaitė Kazlauskas "Ana" (straight brown hair, blue eyes, journalist)Dominik starts dating Ana, a 30-year-old investigative journalist from Lithuania. Roman just adores her, and she loves spending time with him too.Year 6 - Innsbruck, AustriaDH [32]: Dominik Leoš Zelenka (wavy brown hair, grey eyes, chef)
DW [dec at 28]: Sofie Luise (Linden) Zelenka (straight black hair, blue eyes, social worker)

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