I am once again reposting a year game.
Dice:
http://www.brockjones.com/dieroller/dice.htmGenerate 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: Curly
Hair colour:1-3: Blonde
4-7: Brown
8-9: Red
10-12: Black
Eyes:1-5: Brown
6-8: Blue
9-10: Grey/Hazel
11-12: Green
Career: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
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Each year, you can roll for a child, an event, or both - you can either choose yourself what you roll for, or roll d3:
1 - child only
2 - event only
3 - child and event
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Child events: Any children can be biological, adopted, surrogates, or from any other method of having/obtaining/acquiring kids. 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/etc
1-5: Boy
6-10: Girl
11-12: Multiples
- 1-2: Identical girls
- 3-4: Fraternal girls
- 5-6: 1 girl, 1 boy
- 7-8: Fraternal boys
- 9-10: Identical boys
Names: 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 Z
Appearance: for non-biological children, use the appearance parameters above rather than below.
Hair texture:1-5: like mum
6-10: like dad
11-12: random
Hair colour:1-5: like mum
6-10: like dad
11-12: random
Eyes:1-5: like mum
6-10: like dad
11-12: random
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Events:1: Someone gets injured or sick (1: minor | 2: major)
2: Someone stays with the family for at least a few weeks (relative, exchange student, etc)
3: Death in the family (1: immediate family | 2: extended family)
4: Divorce or break-up (or remarriage if already single - if you like, you can remarry at any point without rolling this)
5: An argument between two or more family members (1: minor | 2: major)
6: Family moves to a new place (1: new place within current country | 2: new country, reroll country)
7: A child is having problems of some kind at school (or, if there are no school age children: someone is having issues at work)
8: Family reunion (with immediate or extended family)
9: Someone takes up a new hobby or begins practicing a new skill
10: Someone begins following a religion, philosophy, way of life, etc
11: The family gets a pet
12: The family is affected by a natural disaster (1: minor damage | 2: major damage)
13: Someone gets a promotion
14: A couple starts dating, gets married, or renews their vows
15: Someone gets fired/made redundant
16: Someone decides to change career (reroll their career)
17: Someone decides to run away or move out
18: A member of the family starts their own business or some kind of creative venture
19: Someone achieves a long-term goal/dream
20: A member of the family is expecting a surprise child! (roll for a child - if there is no one of an appropriate age in the family, reroll)
"Do you not find it happens very often, that you are as gay as Garrick at dinner and then by supper-time you wonder why God made the world?"