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A wee repost of the year game I last posted like a year ago, because... I fancy playing!

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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.

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

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Hair colour:
1-3: Blonde
4-7: Brown
8-9: Red
10-12: Black

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

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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.

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1-9: successfully pregnant/successful adoption, etc
10-12: no pregnancy/adoption/etc

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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

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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

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Appearance: for non-biological children, use the appearance parameters above rather than below.

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Hair texture:
1-5: like mum
6-10: like dad
11-12: random

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Hair colour:
1-5: like mum
6-10: like dad
11-12: random

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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)

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"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?"