Arborndale - Rules & Mini Challenges

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Rules

• §5,000 will be added to the household bank the first time they join Arborndale.
• Loans must be taken out to solve money problems.
• Pets are not a must but are encouraged.
• Birthday parties are a must for every birthday.
• Marriage is not a must. If a Sim fears it marriage can be ignored.
• A trip out is required at least once each round for every household.
• No money cheats.
• Each round must last 7 days. The round will end at 8:00 am on Monday of the following week.
• Aspirations are picked based on the Sim’s Star Sign. Their second aspiration is picked based on the Sim’s interest.
• Each household must have at least one child to take over the family name.
• Adoption is allowed but they can’t inherit.
• After Vacations are unlocked, households are not allowed to go until the youngest child is old enough to join.
• If a Townie is moved in and they are already employed they must quit their job to find a brand new one, no matter what level they have been at.
• If a banned item used or a banned action is performed a fine will be issued to the household:

- §500 – First Offense
- §1, 000 – Second Offence
- §1, 500 + 2 Days of Isolation – Third Offence

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Mini-Challenges

• Stupid SPD (Top the Law Enforcement career track to unlock burglar alarms) With no Captain Hero, the police in Arborndale are going on duty with no formal training. As such burglars are running around freely with no sign of them ever being caught.
• Charcoal and Kitchen Fires (Top the Culinary career track to unlock smoke alarms) There are no chiefs in Arborndale which mean no cooking shows and no cookbooks. Sims are teaching themselves to cook through trial and error, mostly error though.
• Sickness and Death (Top the Medicine career track to unlock the ability to cure sickness with spells, the science career reward or Grandma's Comfort Soup) No hospitals and no doctors mean only one thing, no medicine. Sickness is running freely through Arborndale and not even magical cures can stop it.
• 1+1=3? (Top the Education career track to unlock public schools, private schools and college) No one expected Arborndale to grow as quickly as it did, as such no Education system was ever created. The founders of this town are passing down what they can but they can only teach so much.
• Exercise leads to injury (Top the Athletic career track to unlock basketball Hoops, Soccer Nets, Jogging, Playing Catch, Tossing the Football, Working out in front of the Stereo, Working out in front of the TV, Yoga, Kicky Bag, Using the Ballet Bar, Performing Tai Chi, Fitness Equipment on Home Lot, Ice Skating, Roller Skating, Playing Golf, Axe Throwing Log Rolling and going for Hikes.) No hospitals mean it’s not safe for Sims to exercise on their own anymore. After all, if you get injured who is going to make you better?
• Dancing is exercise?! (Top the Dance career track to unlock Classical Dancing, Slow Dancing, Hula Dancing, Slap Dancing, Fire Dancing, Break Dancing, Entering a Dance Contest, Singing a Folk Song, and working at a DJ booth.) Yes, this may shock you to know but dancing does count as exercise. So you know where I’m going with this right?
• Bugs, stars and the dangers of them (Top the Science career track to unlock Workbenches, Bug Hunting, Ant Farms, Searching for Planets, Searching for Constellations, Searching for UFOs, Stargazing from the ground and Stargazing with a Sim.) Do you know what bugs are poisonous and what ones are friendly? What about the difference between a bee and a hornet? Can you tell when a satellite is about to fall on you? Of course, you can’t and neither can anyone else in Arborndale either.
• Unexplored Territory (Top the Adventure career track will unlock vacations for everyone) Why would you want to go there? You don’t know who’s living there, what animals are there if there’s food there or even if the weather is safe enough for travel. It’s best just to stay home instead of going on vacation.
• The problems about going into businesses (Top the Businesses career track to unlock the ability to buy community lots and open Home Businesses.) It’s a messy world out that. You’re already having problems running your household so why would you want to add a community lot to those problems?
• Tone Deaf Residents (Top the Music career track to unlock musical instruments, karaoke machines, microphone and xylophones for toddlers.) Music is a thing of the past for the founders of Arborndale. Due to the different atmosphere, the next generation is being born tone deaf. With no access to the mainlands and no musicians around the town, no child wants to learn how to play anything. Arborndale sure is missing something when it comes to sound.
• Going further than a Paintbrush (Top the Artist career track to unlock Sewing, Pottery, the Drafting Table and the Digital Camera) Painting and drawing are something all Sims in Arborndale know how to do, after all, it’s a good way to make some much-needed cash. Any further is just a dream leftover from the founders.
• Updating your Games (Top the Gaming career track to unlock Pinball Machines, Arcade Machines, Train Tracks, Electric Cars, Electric Helicopters, Photo booths, Mobile Phones and Portable Game Consoles.) For so long the only type of gaming technology was the outdated games consoles that came with the Founders so long ago. Everything else is just a rumour in Arborndale from the mainland.
• Dealing with Death (Top the Paranormal career track to unlock resurrections, the ability to beg for a Sims life, the ability to cure Supernatural lifestyles and the use of Genie Lamps) Making deals with the Grim Reaper seems like a bad idea, doing it with nothing but bit bravery is just stupid.

Rent/Taxes (Only to be incorporated when Politics is unlocked)

Rent:

• Each floor in a house costs §500, each bedroom in a house costs §100, and a garage cost §50: Greenhouses are also §50.
• All rent is paid to your Mayor’s household and they send it on to the money hoarder of Arborndale. (The money hoarder is an unplayable Sim who is there just to hold the neighbourhood funds.)
• You must also pay rent for each business that you own so don’t go over the top there.
• This is paid weekly to your Mayor as soon as your round starts. If you can’t afford your rent then items must be sold to make up the money, taking out a loan is not allowed.

Taxes:

• §50 are paid to your Mayor for each Emergency Service you use. So only when they arrive at your lot do you pay for them.
• To own a business you must §80 to pay for your Selling Permit. Everything else either comes out of your household money or your rent for the property.
• This is paid weekly to your Mayor as soon as your round starts. If you can’t your taxes then items must be sold to make up the money, taking out a loan is not allowed.

Other Charges:

• Entrance into University costs §3,900 for each teenager who has the want when their two-day birthday warning rolls around. Scholarships take off §300 for each one earned.
• It costs §3,500 to rent a plot in the Arborndale Cemetary for your Sims lost ones.

Subhood Progress:

• All the money paid in rent and taxes is put towards buying subhoods for Arborndale. Only when the money goal has been reached can the subhoods be added to the neighbourhood, and only if the restriction has been lifted.
• University: §0/§500.000 simoleons (The Education Restriction must be lifted)
• Vacation Destination: §0/§1.000.000 simoleons (The Adventure Restriction must be lifted)