New Post
Search
Help[Games] Violet Kent's Year Game
Country generator: https://www.randomlists.com/random-country?dup=true&qty=20
Name generator (optional): https://www.behindthename.com/random/
Dice (use d10): http://www.brockjones.com/dieroller/dice.htm
Firstly, generate 20 countries. You can either pick three different countries for each partner’s nationality and the location, pick two (one for both partners’ nationality and another for the location), or just pick one country for everything.
Next, choose your starting couple’s names, or generate them from the link listed above. If you use the name generator, pick settings that correspond with each parent’s nationality.
Lastly, decide on their looks and career. You may choose these using the criteria below as guidance to fit in with their country of birth, or - if their native country is quite diverse - you may roll for potluck looks!
Hair texture:
1-3: Straight
4-6: Wavy
7-8: Loose curls
9-10: Tight curls
Hair Colour
1: Flaxen / platinum blond
2: Golden blond / honey blond
3: Ash blond
4: Strawberry blond
5: Red
6: Auburn
7: Maple brown
8: Light ash brown / light golden brown / yellowish-brown (caramel)
9: Dark golden brown / walnut brown / dark chestnut brown
10: Dark brown / blackish brown / black
Eye Colour
1: Light blue
2: Blue
3: Violet
4: Light gray
5: Dark gray
6: Green
7: Hazel
8: Light brown
9: Brown
10: Dark brown / black
Careers
1: Something in education / children’s services
2: Something in medicine / social care
3: Something in science / engineering
4: Something in sports / health / fitness
5: Something in the culinary arts / hospitality
6: Something in public services / law
7: Something to do with animals
8: Something in the media industry
9: Something in business / finance
10: Something in computer science / technology
~~~~~
For each year, you have a choice to roll in 3 categories: Birth | Adoption | Other. You may roll in all 3 options for the same year or just one! It’s your choice.
If you choose to roll for a Birth this year:
[Note: the birth may require the help of scientific intervention, a surrogate or donor. You may roll for looks for a donor and incorporate these if you wish. After a child turns eighteen, you may roll for their career, partner, and new location if you want]
Did your family get pregnant?
1-7: Successfully pregnant
8-10: Sorry, unsuccessfully pregnant [try again next year and/or roll in a different category]
If successfully pregnant
1: miscarry
2-5: boy
6-9: girl
10: multiples
->1-8: twins
->9-10: triplets or quadruplets
Twins
1: Identical boys
2: Identical girls
3: Fraternal boy/girl (the boy is born first)
4: Fraternal boy/girl (the girl is born first)
5-7: Fraternal boys
8-10: Fraternal girls
Triplets
1: Two identical boys, one fraternal boy
2: Two identical girls, one fraternal girl
3: Two identical boys, one girl
4: Two identical girls, one boy
5: Two fraternal boys, one girl
6: Two fraternal girls, one boy
7-8: Fraternal boys
9-10: Fraternal girls
***
Names (roll for as many names as you want to give them)
1: A or B
2: C or D
3: E, F, or G
4: H, I, or J
5: K, L, or M
6: N, O, or P
7: Q, R or S
8: T, U, or V
9: W or X
10: Y or Z
***
Infants’ Looks [roll multiple times for fraternal multiplies]
Hair texture
1-4: From mum / female donor
5-8: From dad / male donor
9-10: Other [choose or roll from original categories]
Hair colour
1-4: From mum / female donor
5-8: From dad / male donor
9-10: Other [choose or roll from original categories]
Eye colour
1-4: From mum / female donor
5-8: From dad / male donor
9-10: Other [choose or roll from original categories]
~~~~~
If you choose to roll for an Adoption this year:
Country of child’s birth
1-5: Where the family currently live
6: Where a parent is natively from
7-10: Other country [see below]
-->1-3: Asian Country
-->4-5: African Country
-->6-7: South American Country
-->8: United States or Canada
-->9: Australasian Country
-->10: European Country
Number of children adopting [odd: boy | even: girl]
1-5: 1
6-9: 2
10: 3
Age of children adopting [roll for each child, multiples allowed if adopting 2+ children]
1-3: Infant (0-11 months)
4-6: Toddler (1-3 years)
7: 4-5 years
8: 6-8 years
9: 9-10 years
10: 11+ years
Birth names of adopted children should be reflective of their native country. You may choose to give them new names.
Roll for initial letters:
1: A or B
2: C or D
3: E, F, or G
4: H, I, or J
5: K, L, or M
6: N, O, or P
7: Q, R or S
8: T, U, or V
9: W or X
10: Y or Z
Looks of adopted children should be reflective of their native country. If you wish to roll, use categories for initial parents.
~~~~~
If you choose to roll for Other Events this year:
1-5: Family
6-8: Career
9-10: Pet
***
Family Events
1: Family vacation – generate a country
2: Someone finds a new passion
3: The family moves (1-5: new city, 6-12: new country)
4: A surprise baby is born (original couple or someone else in the family) (1-5: boy | 6-10: girl)
5: Death in the family (immediate or extended)
6: Someone gets injured or sick (temporarily or permanently)
7: Host an exchange student – birth country is your choice
8: A relationship begins or ends (immediate or extended family – if immediate family, you may choose to remarry the following year*)
9-10: Free choice
*When you remarry, you may choose to move to either your new spouse’s birth country or a different location, but it’s up to you whether you do so or not!
Career Events [your choice who it happens to]
1-2: Pay raise / promotion
3-4: Pay/hours cut
5: Laid off / fired / quit job – roll for new career field or choose a job within your current one
6: Go back to school – roll for field of study**
7-8: New job within career field
9-10: New job outside career field
**If you roll this, you may choose to get a new job in your field of study in the future.
Pet events
1-7: Adopt a pet
->1-3: Dog
->4-6: Cat
->7: Rabbit
->8: Rodent
->9: Bird
->10: Reptile or amphibian
8: A pet runs away (if not enclosed)
9: A pet gets sick or injured
10: A pet dies
~~~~~
PNLs:
FN only: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/148673/131320
FN or MN: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/148673/131321
MN only: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/148673/112318
Name generator (optional): https://www.behindthename.com/random/
Dice (use d10): http://www.brockjones.com/dieroller/dice.htm
Firstly, generate 20 countries. You can either pick three different countries for each partner’s nationality and the location, pick two (one for both partners’ nationality and another for the location), or just pick one country for everything.
Next, choose your starting couple’s names, or generate them from the link listed above. If you use the name generator, pick settings that correspond with each parent’s nationality.
Lastly, decide on their looks and career. You may choose these using the criteria below as guidance to fit in with their country of birth, or - if their native country is quite diverse - you may roll for potluck looks!
Hair texture:
1-3: Straight
4-6: Wavy
7-8: Loose curls
9-10: Tight curls
Hair Colour
1: Flaxen / platinum blond
2: Golden blond / honey blond
3: Ash blond
4: Strawberry blond
5: Red
6: Auburn
7: Maple brown
8: Light ash brown / light golden brown / yellowish-brown (caramel)
9: Dark golden brown / walnut brown / dark chestnut brown
10: Dark brown / blackish brown / black
Eye Colour
1: Light blue
2: Blue
3: Violet
4: Light gray
5: Dark gray
6: Green
7: Hazel
8: Light brown
9: Brown
10: Dark brown / black
Careers
1: Something in education / children’s services
2: Something in medicine / social care
3: Something in science / engineering
4: Something in sports / health / fitness
5: Something in the culinary arts / hospitality
6: Something in public services / law
7: Something to do with animals
8: Something in the media industry
9: Something in business / finance
10: Something in computer science / technology
~~~~~
For each year, you have a choice to roll in 3 categories: Birth | Adoption | Other. You may roll in all 3 options for the same year or just one! It’s your choice.
If you choose to roll for a Birth this year:
[Note: the birth may require the help of scientific intervention, a surrogate or donor. You may roll for looks for a donor and incorporate these if you wish. After a child turns eighteen, you may roll for their career, partner, and new location if you want]
Did your family get pregnant?
1-7: Successfully pregnant
8-10: Sorry, unsuccessfully pregnant [try again next year and/or roll in a different category]
If successfully pregnant
1: miscarry
2-5: boy
6-9: girl
10: multiples
->1-8: twins
->9-10: triplets or quadruplets
Twins
1: Identical boys
2: Identical girls
3: Fraternal boy/girl (the boy is born first)
4: Fraternal boy/girl (the girl is born first)
5-7: Fraternal boys
8-10: Fraternal girls
Triplets
1: Two identical boys, one fraternal boy
2: Two identical girls, one fraternal girl
3: Two identical boys, one girl
4: Two identical girls, one boy
5: Two fraternal boys, one girl
6: Two fraternal girls, one boy
7-8: Fraternal boys
9-10: Fraternal girls
***
Names (roll for as many names as you want to give them)
1: A or B
2: C or D
3: E, F, or G
4: H, I, or J
5: K, L, or M
6: N, O, or P
7: Q, R or S
8: T, U, or V
9: W or X
10: Y or Z
***
Infants’ Looks [roll multiple times for fraternal multiplies]
Hair texture
1-4: From mum / female donor
5-8: From dad / male donor
9-10: Other [choose or roll from original categories]
Hair colour
1-4: From mum / female donor
5-8: From dad / male donor
9-10: Other [choose or roll from original categories]
Eye colour
1-4: From mum / female donor
5-8: From dad / male donor
9-10: Other [choose or roll from original categories]
~~~~~
If you choose to roll for an Adoption this year:
Country of child’s birth
1-5: Where the family currently live
6: Where a parent is natively from
7-10: Other country [see below]
-->1-3: Asian Country
-->4-5: African Country
-->6-7: South American Country
-->8: United States or Canada
-->9: Australasian Country
-->10: European Country
Number of children adopting [odd: boy | even: girl]
1-5: 1
6-9: 2
10: 3
Age of children adopting [roll for each child, multiples allowed if adopting 2+ children]
1-3: Infant (0-11 months)
4-6: Toddler (1-3 years)
7: 4-5 years
8: 6-8 years
9: 9-10 years
10: 11+ years
Birth names of adopted children should be reflective of their native country. You may choose to give them new names.
Roll for initial letters:
1: A or B
2: C or D
3: E, F, or G
4: H, I, or J
5: K, L, or M
6: N, O, or P
7: Q, R or S
8: T, U, or V
9: W or X
10: Y or Z
Looks of adopted children should be reflective of their native country. If you wish to roll, use categories for initial parents.
~~~~~
If you choose to roll for Other Events this year:
1-5: Family
6-8: Career
9-10: Pet
***
Family Events
1: Family vacation – generate a country
2: Someone finds a new passion
3: The family moves (1-5: new city, 6-12: new country)
4: A surprise baby is born (original couple or someone else in the family) (1-5: boy | 6-10: girl)
5: Death in the family (immediate or extended)
6: Someone gets injured or sick (temporarily or permanently)
7: Host an exchange student – birth country is your choice
8: A relationship begins or ends (immediate or extended family – if immediate family, you may choose to remarry the following year*)
9-10: Free choice
*When you remarry, you may choose to move to either your new spouse’s birth country or a different location, but it’s up to you whether you do so or not!
Career Events [your choice who it happens to]
1-2: Pay raise / promotion
3-4: Pay/hours cut
5: Laid off / fired / quit job – roll for new career field or choose a job within your current one
6: Go back to school – roll for field of study**
7-8: New job within career field
9-10: New job outside career field
**If you roll this, you may choose to get a new job in your field of study in the future.
Pet events
1-7: Adopt a pet
->1-3: Dog
->4-6: Cat
->7: Rabbit
->8: Rodent
->9: Bird
->10: Reptile or amphibian
8: A pet runs away (if not enclosed)
9: A pet gets sick or injured
10: A pet dies
~~~~~
PNLs:
FN only: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/148673/131320
FN or MN: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/148673/131321
MN only: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/148673/112318
Archived Thread - replies disabled
1
Replies
yay, a Year game! - The Driessen Family - FINISHED!
Note: Each round I first flipped a coin to decide whether to roll for a Birth/Adoption Event and Other Event. If the roll for a Birth/Adoption event was a no, I always rolled for an Other Event no matter what my first roll was. When kids turned 18 I rolled for careers then flipped a coin to see if they’d get a partner. I then followed the Birth/Adoption and Other Event process for their family too like with the main couple family.
YEAR 0:
Location: Belgium
DH [29] Roland Pieter Driessen
Orig. Location: Belgium; Ancestry: Dutch, Flemish, French; Appearance: straight, light golden brown hair, hazel eyes; Job: Information Security Analyst
DW [26] Laurine Josiane (née Thomas)
Orig. location: Seychelles; Ancestry: East African, French, British; Appearance: loose curls, dark chestnut brown hair, blue eyes; Job: Pediatric Nurse
YEAR 1: - DD [0] Rosalie Ceriel Driessen - straight, dark chestnut brown hair, blue eyes - Other Event: none
YEAR 2: -DD [0] Zéphyrine Elsje Driessen - wavy, caramel hair, light brown eyes - Other Event: none
YEAR 3: - DS [0] Gabriël Étienne Driessen - loose curls, light golden brown hair, violet eyes
Birth/Adoption Event: none
Other Event: A surprise baby is born! Roland and Laurine unexpectedly get pregnant this time and have a boy.
YEAR 4: Birth/Adoption Event: none
Other Event: Laurine’s father passed away back in Seychelles.
YEAR 5: Birth/Adoption Event: none
Other Event: The family moves to a new city, from Antwerp to Ghent.
YEAR 6: Birth/Adoption Event: none - *DCat: Ludo
YEAR 7: Birth/Adoption Event: the Driessens started trying for another baby but haven’t been successful. - Other Event: none
YEAR 8: -DD [0] Xandra Félicie Driessen - loose curls, dark chestnut brown hair, hazel eyes - Other Event: none
Note: Each round I first flipped a coin to decide whether to roll for a Birth/Adoption Event and Other Event. If the roll for a Birth/Adoption event was a no, I always rolled for an Other Event no matter what my first roll was. When kids turned 18 I rolled for careers then flipped a coin to see if they’d get a partner. I then followed the Birth/Adoption and Other Event process for their family too like with the main couple family.
YEAR 0:
Location: Belgium
DH [29] Roland Pieter Driessen
Orig. Location: Belgium; Ancestry: Dutch, Flemish, French; Appearance: straight, light golden brown hair, hazel eyes; Job: Information Security Analyst
DW [26] Laurine Josiane (née Thomas)
Orig. location: Seychelles; Ancestry: East African, French, British; Appearance: loose curls, dark chestnut brown hair, blue eyes; Job: Pediatric Nurse
YEAR 1: - DD [0] Rosalie Ceriel Driessen - straight, dark chestnut brown hair, blue eyes - Other Event: none
YEAR 2: -DD [0] Zéphyrine Elsje Driessen - wavy, caramel hair, light brown eyes - Other Event: none
YEAR 3: - DS [0] Gabriël Étienne Driessen - loose curls, light golden brown hair, violet eyes
Birth/Adoption Event: none
Other Event: A surprise baby is born! Roland and Laurine unexpectedly get pregnant this time and have a boy.
YEAR 4: Birth/Adoption Event: none
Other Event: Laurine’s father passed away back in Seychelles.
YEAR 5: Birth/Adoption Event: none
Other Event: The family moves to a new city, from Antwerp to Ghent.
YEAR 6: Birth/Adoption Event: none - *DCat: Ludo
YEAR 7: Birth/Adoption Event: the Driessens started trying for another baby but haven’t been successful. - Other Event: none
YEAR 8: -DD [0] Xandra Félicie Driessen - loose curls, dark chestnut brown hair, hazel eyes - Other Event: none
This message was edited 5/4/2020, 10:24 PM
1
DH: James Caleb Kennard
Wavy strawberry blond hair, brown eyes
Emergency medicine doctor
DW: Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Alekseeva Kennard "Katia"
Wavy maple brown hair, light brown eyes
Restaurant manager
Location: Barrie, Ontario, Canada
--
Year 1
James and Katia adopt a dog named Sasha.
James [30] and Katia [28]
--
Year 2
The Kennards welcome baby boy Adam Gabriel, with wavy auburn hair and brown eyes.
James [31] and Katia [29]: Adam [nb]
--
Year 3
The Kennards adopt a rabbit called Denis.
James [32] and Katia [30]: Adam [1]
--
Year 4
Katia gets a job in HR at the hospital James works at.
James [33] and Katia [31]: Adam [2]
--
Year 5
The Kennards welcome baby boy David Charles, who has wavy maple brown hair and light brown eyes.
James [34] and Katia [32]: Adam [3], David [nb]
--
Year 6
The Kennards welcome fraternal twins Viktoria Julia and Natalia Tamara. Victoria has wavy maple brown hair and hazel eyes, and Natalia has wavy maple brown hair and brown eyes.
James [35] and Katia [33]: Adam [4], David [1], Vika and Tasha [nb]
Wavy strawberry blond hair, brown eyes
Emergency medicine doctor
DW: Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Alekseeva Kennard "Katia"
Wavy maple brown hair, light brown eyes
Restaurant manager
Location: Barrie, Ontario, Canada
--
Year 1
James and Katia adopt a dog named Sasha.
James [30] and Katia [28]
--
Year 2
The Kennards welcome baby boy Adam Gabriel, with wavy auburn hair and brown eyes.
James [31] and Katia [29]: Adam [nb]
--
Year 3
The Kennards adopt a rabbit called Denis.
James [32] and Katia [30]: Adam [1]
--
Year 4
Katia gets a job in HR at the hospital James works at.
James [33] and Katia [31]: Adam [2]
--
Year 5
The Kennards welcome baby boy David Charles, who has wavy maple brown hair and light brown eyes.
James [34] and Katia [32]: Adam [3], David [nb]
--
Year 6
The Kennards welcome fraternal twins Viktoria Julia and Natalia Tamara. Victoria has wavy maple brown hair and hazel eyes, and Natalia has wavy maple brown hair and brown eyes.
James [35] and Katia [33]: Adam [4], David [1], Vika and Tasha [nb]
1
18 years with the Cavallo family!
Locations:
Luneville, France (years 0-12)
Zhaotong, China (years 13-16)
Qingdao, China (years 17-18)
DH [38] Nicolo Ivano “Nico” Cavallo – Italian
Tight curls, platinum blond hair, light blue eyes
Busboy (years 0-4); cop (years 5-18)
DW [42] Zoe Emilia (Ricci) Cavallo – Italian
Loose curls, auburn hair, dark gray eyes
Nurse practitioner (years 0-9); dietician (years 10-18)
DD1 [17] Mirella Carmina Cavallo
Loose curls, auburn hair, dark gray eyes
DD2 [17] Milena Camilla Cavallo
Loose curls, auburn hair, dark gray eyes
DD3 [17] Aurora Samanta Cavallo
Tight curls, maple brown hair, light blue eyes
DS1 [14] Jacopo Natale Cavallo
Loose curls, platinum blond hair, brown eyes
DS2 [12] Leandro Teodoro Cavallo
Straight, auburn hair, dark gray eyes
DD4 [11] Rossana Giuseppa Cavallo
Loose curls, auburn hair, light blue eyes
DD5 [7] Vincenza Lucia Cavallo
Loose curls, auburn hair, light blue eyes
Pets:
Bianca (sheltie)
Year 0: Nico and Zoe get married and have a romantic honeymoon in France, where they end up deciding to start their family.
Year 1: Triplet girls Mirella, Milena, and Aurora are born.
Year 2: Nico gets his hours cut due to dwindling business at the restaurant.
Locations:
Luneville, France (years 0-12)
Zhaotong, China (years 13-16)
Qingdao, China (years 17-18)
DH [38] Nicolo Ivano “Nico” Cavallo – Italian
Tight curls, platinum blond hair, light blue eyes
Busboy (years 0-4); cop (years 5-18)
DW [42] Zoe Emilia (Ricci) Cavallo – Italian
Loose curls, auburn hair, dark gray eyes
Nurse practitioner (years 0-9); dietician (years 10-18)
DD1 [17] Mirella Carmina Cavallo
Loose curls, auburn hair, dark gray eyes
DD2 [17] Milena Camilla Cavallo
Loose curls, auburn hair, dark gray eyes
DD3 [17] Aurora Samanta Cavallo
Tight curls, maple brown hair, light blue eyes
DS1 [14] Jacopo Natale Cavallo
Loose curls, platinum blond hair, brown eyes
DS2 [12] Leandro Teodoro Cavallo
Straight, auburn hair, dark gray eyes
DD4 [11] Rossana Giuseppa Cavallo
Loose curls, auburn hair, light blue eyes
DD5 [7] Vincenza Lucia Cavallo
Loose curls, auburn hair, light blue eyes
Pets:
Bianca (sheltie)
Year 0: Nico and Zoe get married and have a romantic honeymoon in France, where they end up deciding to start their family.
Year 1: Triplet girls Mirella, Milena, and Aurora are born.
Year 2: Nico gets his hours cut due to dwindling business at the restaurant.
1