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In this part, you'd expect things to die down a bit since you are now in middle age. Not in this part, not really. The last age where you can have children is 45. You can add some other things if you want, so it will be a little more interesting. You can add weddings, relationships, etc. At this point, you should have a full family. You are about halfway through your journey!

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Credit to Story for Year Game! Also, credit to Espanolelwales for story ideas!

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Here are the previous rounds:
Round one: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/5360666
Round two: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/5360694
Round three: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/5360822
Round four: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/5361006

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And here's the die: http://www.brockjones.com/dieroller/dice.htm

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If you roll for children, roll this to determine how many you will have. Roll more than once if you want.
1: No children
2: One child
3: Two children
4: Three children
5: Four children
6: Five children, or more(up to 12)

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And to determine genders, use this:
1: Boy
2: Girl

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You decide whether your children are adopted or not. If they are, then use the random renamer site to choose your name. You can also use the naming section for family and friends, including new family members(children and spouses).
https://www.behindthename.com/random/

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Or, you can use the naming section the entire time if you want, which is below.

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You can use this to determine what spouses look like first(if you are not married yet), but if your children are adopted, then you can use this. You can add other things too(freckles, moles, etc.). Friends also count.

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Hair texture:
1-4: Straight
5-8: Wavy
9-12: Curly

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Hair color(you can be specific with hair colors if you want to):
1-3: Blonde
4-7: Brown
8-9: Red
10-12: Black

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Eye color:
1-5: Brown
6-8: Blue
9-10: Grey/Hazel
11-12: Green

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Roll a 10-sided dice to see who children look more like. Use this for each appearance category. If they have siblings, use this for them too.
1-5: They look more like mom
6-10: They look more like dad

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Use this to create names!
1: A name from literature
2: A name from a culture other than your parents'
3: A word name
4: A nature name
5: A name currently not in the top US 1000
6: An old-fashioned name
7: A modern name
8: A saint's name
9: An invented name
10: A name currently in the US top 1000
11: A name associated with a color
12: An animal name or a name with an animal meaning.
13: A name from a song
14: A mythological name
15: A unisex name
16: A name from a popular book or movie(e.g, Harry Potter)
18: A classic name
19: A hippie name
20: A name that you really like

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And here, the next 9 years play out!

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41-45 years

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1. You start exploring new religions and beliefs. Does this amount to anything? If you change your beliefs or start believing in something for the first time, how do your parents react?
2. You're having a really bad time mentally. How do you try to get help?
3. You pick up a new hobby. What is it?
4. You fall ill with a disease. What is it? Will you be okay? How much does it impact your daily life?
5. You get a new pet. What is it? What do you name it?
6. Someone you love passes away. Who is it? How does it affect you?
7. You start advocating for a cause. What is the cause? How do you help?
8. You are in big financial trouble, aka, in debt. What happens? How do you try to get help? What do you do to solve the problem?
9. One of your family members/friends gets famous! What has changed? How do you feel? Are you still close to them?
10. You have a surprise child! This will be your last child, however, if you've only rolled this once.
11. You find out that all the deaths that occur in your family(friends included)are all part of the same thing! What happened? What do you do? Do you study it more? How did you find this out?
12. A couple in your family divorced. Why? What happens next? What effect does it have on everyone else?
13. A family couple's relationship ends due to one of the spouses eloping with another! What happens next? How does everyone feel? Who is it?
14. You get in a big fight with someone in your family. What's it over? What happens?
15. You witness a crime. What happened? How do you feel? What effects does it have on the community?
16. Somone in your family has a child! Truth be told, they must be at least 19 years old. The maximum child-bearing age, for the sake of this game, is 45. Who is the person?
17. You enter a relationship with someone! How serious is it? Do your family like them? If you're already in a relationship, roll a d4. If it's 1, you break up. If it's 2 or 4, you stay together. If it's 4, you advance in your relationship.
18. You start learning a new language. Which language is it? Do you stick to it?
19. You get into trouble with the law. What happened next? What did you do? What does your family think? How much trouble are you in?
20. Your family is in trouble! What kind of trouble? It can be anything; law, property rights, etc.

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46-50 years

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1. Someone in your family dies. How does this affect you? Were you close to them? Was it an intermediate family or extended family? Who was it?
2. A friend/family member of yours is in the hospital! Are they okay? What happened?
3. family member of yours is diagnosed with a serious illness or disease. What is it? How long will it take to recover? Or will it be a lifelong illness/disease? How do you handle this news?
4. You and your spouse separate. Roll a d4. If you roll a 1, you are separated physically, but not legally. If you roll a 2, ya'll get divorced. If you roll a 3, you separate legally. If you roll a 4, ya'll get back together. If you are not married, then roll again.
5. You attend a big family reouninion! Did you plan it? How was it? Were you happy to see all of your family?
6. Someone in your family runs away! Who are they? Why'd they done it? What happened? Do you find them? Do they return?
7. Somone in your family gets married! What's your role? How did the wedding go? Are you happy?
8. Somebody temporarily moves in with ya'll! Who is it? Is it a relative, a friend, a college exchange student, or someone else? Is anybody happy with this? How does it go?
9. Somebody permanently moves in with ya'll! Is it a relative, a friend, a college exchange student, or someone else? Is anybody happy with this?
10. You are reading a lot more than you used to. What genres do you like? What's your favorite book?
11. You reconnect with someone. Who are they? What happened? What do you do?
12. You don't remember how to do something important! How important is it? How does it affect your life? What is it? Why don't you remember?
13. Someone in your family gets amnesia! How bad is it? Must they learn everything all over again? Or were they lucky? What don't they remember? How does it affect you? What happened?
14. You want to change something about yourself. Is it a big change, or a small change? What do you do? This can be about anything; from appearance to morning ritual to diet
15. You get a promotion! What is it? Are you excited? Is this life changing for you?
16. You get fired/ made redundant! Why? Was it for no reason? What happens to you now?
17. One of your friends/family members gets engaged! Who are they? Are you happy? If they get engaged, then they will get married the next year.
18. You find out a devastating secret. What is it? What does it have to do with you? Are you in trouble?
19. You're worried you and your best friend might be drifting apart. What do you do to fix it? Is it successful?
20. You get to take part in a movie being filmed in your town! Are you excited? Who are you playing as? What do you do? What genre is the movie? Is it hard for you?

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“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” - Andre Gide