Year Game
I am once again reposting a year game.
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: 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
***
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
***
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
***
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?"
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: 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
***
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
***
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
***
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?"
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Yas thank you for making this!!! I haven't seen one of these in...well, forever!
Year 0- Dublin, Ireland
DH:[23]Séamas Comhghall Callaghan[wavy blonde hair, green eyes]
DW:[20]Lene Katharina Beck[curly brown hair, grey eyes]
DD1:[nb]Yvonne Niamh Callaghan[curly blonde hair, green eyes]
Meet Séamas and Lene Callaghan! They first met in college, at Oxford, and got married just last year. Lene is from Norway while Séamas is from Ireland. Séamas works as a journalist, while Lene works as a computer programmer; she's very good with technology. This year, they get a child! A newborn girl named Yvonne Niamh Callaghan. She looks mostly like her dad. Also, Lene's sister, Ingrid, becomes a "hippie". This is not a surprise to anyone at all, since Ingrid always followed their ideals.
Year 1- Dublin, Ireland
DH:[24]Séamas Comhghall Callaghan[wavy blonde hair, green eyes]
DW:[21]Lene Katharina Beck[curly brown hair, grey eyes]
DD1:[1]Yvonne Niamh Callaghan[curly blonde hair, green eyes]
DD2:[nb]Alastríona Birgitta Callaghan[wavy blonde hair, green eyes]
This year, another girl is born! Her name is Alastríona, and she looks exactly like her father. He thinks that it's funny that Alastríona's initials are ABC, the first three letters of the English alphabet. If somebody British/American had found that out...wow. Speaking of languages, Yvonne is being taught two: Irish and Norwegian. They plan to teach their children other languages too, because a bilingual brain is the best one.
Year 0- Dublin, Ireland
DH:[23]Séamas Comhghall Callaghan[wavy blonde hair, green eyes]
DW:[20]Lene Katharina Beck[curly brown hair, grey eyes]
DD1:[nb]Yvonne Niamh Callaghan[curly blonde hair, green eyes]
Meet Séamas and Lene Callaghan! They first met in college, at Oxford, and got married just last year. Lene is from Norway while Séamas is from Ireland. Séamas works as a journalist, while Lene works as a computer programmer; she's very good with technology. This year, they get a child! A newborn girl named Yvonne Niamh Callaghan. She looks mostly like her dad. Also, Lene's sister, Ingrid, becomes a "hippie". This is not a surprise to anyone at all, since Ingrid always followed their ideals.
Year 1- Dublin, Ireland
DH:[24]Séamas Comhghall Callaghan[wavy blonde hair, green eyes]
DW:[21]Lene Katharina Beck[curly brown hair, grey eyes]
DD1:[1]Yvonne Niamh Callaghan[curly blonde hair, green eyes]
DD2:[nb]Alastríona Birgitta Callaghan[wavy blonde hair, green eyes]
This year, another girl is born! Her name is Alastríona, and she looks exactly like her father. He thinks that it's funny that Alastríona's initials are ABC, the first three letters of the English alphabet. If somebody British/American had found that out...wow. Speaking of languages, Yvonne is being taught two: Irish and Norwegian. They plan to teach their children other languages too, because a bilingual brain is the best one.
Year 0- Georgetown, Guyana
DH [27]: Dario Osvalso Rivera (curly blond hair, grey eyes, bassist)
DW [24]: Sita Pooja (Sharma) Rivera (wavy brown hair, brown eyes, chef)
Dario and Sita live in Guyana. Dario has a little bit of everything in his bloodline, making him look rather unique. His grey eyes were what caught Sita's attention when she met him at the beach. Sita's family moved from Nepal when she was six so she has grown up in Guyana. Dario is a bassist and plays in a pretty popular band called Sodaim Me Noo (Sometimes I Know). Sita owns her own Nepali style restaurant, the one her parent's started and left to her. They met when Dario's band played at her restaurant. Sita loves music and Dario loves food, so they're a perfect match!
Dario [27] and Sita [24]
Year 1- Georgetown, Guyana
It's been a tough year financially for the Riveras, so Dario and Sita decide to renew their vows for their anniversary.
Dario [28] and Sita [25]
Year 2- Georgetown, Guyana
Sita gets bogged down in her work and needs to get excited about cooking again. She discovers the Japanese principle of ikigai and finds new purpose in her work.
Dario [29] and Sita [26]
Year 3- Georgetown, Guyana/Parika, Guyana
DH [30]: Dario Osvalso Rivera (curly blond hair, grey eyes, bassist)
DW [27]: Sita Pooja (Sharma) Rivera (wavy brown hair, brown eyes, chef)
DS/DS [nb]: Čedomir Rajani & Pushpa Zacarías Rivera (curly brown hair, grey eyes)
Dario and Sita decide their ready to have children, and they get two for the price of one! Meet Čedomir and Pushpa, identical twin boys. Dario is home more often than Sita and a schedule is erected: Dario cares for the boys during the day, and Sita is the one to get them at night. She wakes up every time they cry anyways. Čedomir and Pushpa are their parent's pride and joy. They get their curls and very unique eyes from Dario, who is proud to have passed the grey on. Their soft brown locks are Sita's, making them easily recognizable as hers. In other news, the Georgetown hustle and bustle was too much for the two young parents so they move to Parika, which is quite close to Georgetown but far enough to give them some peace. Sita starts her family restaurant anew there, as the commute is too much for her. It picks up popularity fast. Dario still drives to Georgetown for his band practices and such.
DH [27]: Dario Osvalso Rivera (curly blond hair, grey eyes, bassist)
DW [24]: Sita Pooja (Sharma) Rivera (wavy brown hair, brown eyes, chef)
Dario and Sita live in Guyana. Dario has a little bit of everything in his bloodline, making him look rather unique. His grey eyes were what caught Sita's attention when she met him at the beach. Sita's family moved from Nepal when she was six so she has grown up in Guyana. Dario is a bassist and plays in a pretty popular band called Sodaim Me Noo (Sometimes I Know). Sita owns her own Nepali style restaurant, the one her parent's started and left to her. They met when Dario's band played at her restaurant. Sita loves music and Dario loves food, so they're a perfect match!
Dario [27] and Sita [24]
Year 1- Georgetown, Guyana
It's been a tough year financially for the Riveras, so Dario and Sita decide to renew their vows for their anniversary.
Dario [28] and Sita [25]
Year 2- Georgetown, Guyana
Sita gets bogged down in her work and needs to get excited about cooking again. She discovers the Japanese principle of ikigai and finds new purpose in her work.
Dario [29] and Sita [26]
Year 3- Georgetown, Guyana/Parika, Guyana
DH [30]: Dario Osvalso Rivera (curly blond hair, grey eyes, bassist)
DW [27]: Sita Pooja (Sharma) Rivera (wavy brown hair, brown eyes, chef)
DS/DS [nb]: Čedomir Rajani & Pushpa Zacarías Rivera (curly brown hair, grey eyes)
Dario and Sita decide their ready to have children, and they get two for the price of one! Meet Čedomir and Pushpa, identical twin boys. Dario is home more often than Sita and a schedule is erected: Dario cares for the boys during the day, and Sita is the one to get them at night. She wakes up every time they cry anyways. Čedomir and Pushpa are their parent's pride and joy. They get their curls and very unique eyes from Dario, who is proud to have passed the grey on. Their soft brown locks are Sita's, making them easily recognizable as hers. In other news, the Georgetown hustle and bustle was too much for the two young parents so they move to Parika, which is quite close to Georgetown but far enough to give them some peace. Sita starts her family restaurant anew there, as the commute is too much for her. It picks up popularity fast. Dario still drives to Georgetown for his band practices and such.
This message was edited 10/15/2022, 3:34 PM
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Year 0: Montreal, Canada
DH: (22) Ryland Crawford Haines (Curly brown hair and brown eyes, art teacher)
DW: (22) Viktorija Kotryna (Petrauskas) Haines (straight brown hair and blue eyes, science teacher)
Viktorija has only lived in Canada for 2 years, she is still struggling with English but she got married to a Canadian named Ryland Crawford. They met teaching together at a middle school. Ryland is an art teacher. Viktorija is a science teacher! Ryland has lived in Montreal his whole life! He has never left Quebec. Viktorija came to Canada from Lithuania.
Year One: Quebec City, Canada
Ryland and Viktorija move to Quebec City! They love it there it is less busy (although it is still busy)! Also Viktorija has a baby boy! He is named Marius Crawford Haines! He has curly brown hair and blue eyes.
Ryland (23) and Viktorija (23) with Marius (nb)
Year Two: Quebec City, Canada
Viktorija attends a family reunion this year and Ryland comes along. Ryland gets too meet much of Viktorija’s family this year.
Ryland (24) and Viktorija (24) with Marius (1)
Year 3: Quebec City, Canada
Ryland learns to play the trombone he is getting pretty good and is thinking about joining a marching band. Viktorija has a baby boy named Rokas Jeremiah Haines. He has straight brown hair and blue eyes
Year 0: Montreal, Canada
DH: (22) Ryland Crawford Haines (Curly brown hair and brown eyes, art teacher)
DW: (22) Viktorija Kotryna (Petrauskas) Haines (straight brown hair and blue eyes, science teacher)
Viktorija has only lived in Canada for 2 years, she is still struggling with English but she got married to a Canadian named Ryland Crawford. They met teaching together at a middle school. Ryland is an art teacher. Viktorija is a science teacher! Ryland has lived in Montreal his whole life! He has never left Quebec. Viktorija came to Canada from Lithuania.
Year One: Quebec City, Canada
Ryland and Viktorija move to Quebec City! They love it there it is less busy (although it is still busy)! Also Viktorija has a baby boy! He is named Marius Crawford Haines! He has curly brown hair and blue eyes.
Ryland (23) and Viktorija (23) with Marius (nb)
Year Two: Quebec City, Canada
Viktorija attends a family reunion this year and Ryland comes along. Ryland gets too meet much of Viktorija’s family this year.
Ryland (24) and Viktorija (24) with Marius (1)
Year 3: Quebec City, Canada
Ryland learns to play the trombone he is getting pretty good and is thinking about joining a marching band. Viktorija has a baby boy named Rokas Jeremiah Haines. He has straight brown hair and blue eyes
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Year Zero - Riga, Latvia
Haywood Hedley Herriot and Antoņina Ligita Kalniņš have been dating for three years now, and this year, they decided to get married! Haywood is a fitness coach who was born in Antartica, to scientist parents. In Latvia, Haywood's name is spelled Heivuds Hedlijs Herriot. When he decided to leave for college, he went to Latvia after hearing fond stories of it from one of his parent's colleauges. There, he met Antoņina, a native Latvian. She's a photojournalist, focusing on the culture and issues of her home country. Haywood has wavy red hair and brown eyes, and Antoņina has straight blonde hair and brown eyes. Now that they're married, Antoņina changes her name to Antoņina Ligita Herriot, and the couple welcome a baby boy! They name him William Anatolijs Herriot, but he goes by Anatolijs, so that he doesn't have to conform to Latvian's translation of English names. He has straight red hair and brown eyes.
Haywood [25] and Antoņina [25] with Anatolijs [nb]
Year One - Riga, Latvia
Haywood and Antoņina welcome another baby boy, Wyatt Jānis Herriot, or Jānis. He has wavy blond hair and brown eyes. He came as a total surprise to the couple, who weren't planning for any more children yet.
Haywood [26] and Antoņina [26] with Anatolijs [1] and Jānis [nb]
Year Two - Riga, Latvia/Christchurch, New Zealand
Haywood and Antoņina have their third son, Thomas Mārtiņš Herriot. He has wavy red hair and brown eyes. Shortly after, Antoņina is given a fantastic opportunity to work for a large photojournalism magazine. However, this means the family will have to move to New Zealand. After a lot of discussion, the Herriots move to Christchurch, New Zealand. Haywood and Antoņina decide to have the boys go by their first names, in order to avoid mispronunciation, bullying, and confusion.
Haywood [27] and Antoņina [27] with William [2], Wyatt [1], and Thomas [nb]
Year Three - Christchurch, New Zealand
Haywood Hedley Herriot and Antoņina Ligita Kalniņš have been dating for three years now, and this year, they decided to get married! Haywood is a fitness coach who was born in Antartica, to scientist parents. In Latvia, Haywood's name is spelled Heivuds Hedlijs Herriot. When he decided to leave for college, he went to Latvia after hearing fond stories of it from one of his parent's colleauges. There, he met Antoņina, a native Latvian. She's a photojournalist, focusing on the culture and issues of her home country. Haywood has wavy red hair and brown eyes, and Antoņina has straight blonde hair and brown eyes. Now that they're married, Antoņina changes her name to Antoņina Ligita Herriot, and the couple welcome a baby boy! They name him William Anatolijs Herriot, but he goes by Anatolijs, so that he doesn't have to conform to Latvian's translation of English names. He has straight red hair and brown eyes.
Haywood [25] and Antoņina [25] with Anatolijs [nb]
Year One - Riga, Latvia
Haywood and Antoņina welcome another baby boy, Wyatt Jānis Herriot, or Jānis. He has wavy blond hair and brown eyes. He came as a total surprise to the couple, who weren't planning for any more children yet.
Haywood [26] and Antoņina [26] with Anatolijs [1] and Jānis [nb]
Year Two - Riga, Latvia/Christchurch, New Zealand
Haywood and Antoņina have their third son, Thomas Mārtiņš Herriot. He has wavy red hair and brown eyes. Shortly after, Antoņina is given a fantastic opportunity to work for a large photojournalism magazine. However, this means the family will have to move to New Zealand. After a lot of discussion, the Herriots move to Christchurch, New Zealand. Haywood and Antoņina decide to have the boys go by their first names, in order to avoid mispronunciation, bullying, and confusion.
Haywood [27] and Antoņina [27] with William [2], Wyatt [1], and Thomas [nb]
Year Three - Christchurch, New Zealand
Year 0 - Munich, Germany
DW [24]: Liljana (Korošec) Gelashvili (wavy red hair, blue eyes, lawyer)
DH [24]: Anatoli Gelashvili (straight black hair, brown eyes, artist)
Liljana and her family came to Germany from Slovenia when she was 12: although she intially struggled to learn the new language, she eventually excelled academically and went on to study law and is now a newly-qualified criminal prosecutor. Her new husband, Anatoli, grew up in Georgia, and came to Germany aged 18 in order to study art in Munich. He sells his beautiful, dreamlike paintings - although not as often as he would like - and as Munich is an expensive city, he runs art classes in order to help make ends meet. He and Liljana have been dating since their first year of university, where they met at a mutual friend's party.
Liljana (24) and Anatoli (24)
Year 1 - Munich, Germany
Liljana has been vegetarian since she was a teenager: this year, she finally persuades Anatoli to become a vegetarian too. Liljana has to take several weeks off work after being laid low by a nasty bout of the flu.
Liljana (25) and Anatoli (25)
Year 2 - Munich, Germany
DW [26]: Liljana (Korošec) Gelashvili (wavy red hair, blue eyes, lawyer)
DH [26]: Anatoli Gelashvili (straight black hair, brown eyes, artist)
DS1 [0]: Oskar Andria Gelashvili (straight black hair, blue eyes)
Liljana and Anatoli decide to try for a baby, and nine months later (give or take a few days) find themselves holding baby Oskar. Liljana returns to work pretty quickly - a life of housewifery was never going to be for her - and Anatoli gives up on his art classes in order to care for the baby. They had never been particularly lucrative anyway.
Liljana (26) and Anatoli (26) with Oskar (0)
Year 3 - Munich, Germany
DW [27]: Liljana (Korošec) Gelashvili (wavy red hair, blue eyes, lawyer)
DH [27]: Anatoli Gelashvili (straight black hair, brown eyes, artist)
DS1 [1]: Oskar Andria Gelashvili (straight black hair, blue eyes)
DW [24]: Liljana (Korošec) Gelashvili (wavy red hair, blue eyes, lawyer)
DH [24]: Anatoli Gelashvili (straight black hair, brown eyes, artist)
Liljana and her family came to Germany from Slovenia when she was 12: although she intially struggled to learn the new language, she eventually excelled academically and went on to study law and is now a newly-qualified criminal prosecutor. Her new husband, Anatoli, grew up in Georgia, and came to Germany aged 18 in order to study art in Munich. He sells his beautiful, dreamlike paintings - although not as often as he would like - and as Munich is an expensive city, he runs art classes in order to help make ends meet. He and Liljana have been dating since their first year of university, where they met at a mutual friend's party.
Liljana (24) and Anatoli (24)
Year 1 - Munich, Germany
Liljana has been vegetarian since she was a teenager: this year, she finally persuades Anatoli to become a vegetarian too. Liljana has to take several weeks off work after being laid low by a nasty bout of the flu.
Liljana (25) and Anatoli (25)
Year 2 - Munich, Germany
DW [26]: Liljana (Korošec) Gelashvili (wavy red hair, blue eyes, lawyer)
DH [26]: Anatoli Gelashvili (straight black hair, brown eyes, artist)
DS1 [0]: Oskar Andria Gelashvili (straight black hair, blue eyes)
Liljana and Anatoli decide to try for a baby, and nine months later (give or take a few days) find themselves holding baby Oskar. Liljana returns to work pretty quickly - a life of housewifery was never going to be for her - and Anatoli gives up on his art classes in order to care for the baby. They had never been particularly lucrative anyway.
Liljana (26) and Anatoli (26) with Oskar (0)
Year 3 - Munich, Germany
DW [27]: Liljana (Korošec) Gelashvili (wavy red hair, blue eyes, lawyer)
DH [27]: Anatoli Gelashvili (straight black hair, brown eyes, artist)
DS1 [1]: Oskar Andria Gelashvili (straight black hair, blue eyes)
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