Now that the otherworldy creatures are out of the way, it's time to start introducing the mortal inhabitants of Dallùbach! Note: As stated in the MCC rules, I have created

This is the tiny kingdom of Dallùbach. The 'Hood template is the absolutely gorgeous Greylings by nimi4 with a few tweaks made by me to allow it to accomodate the

Seems appropriate to start with the gods and goddesses, right? Meet The Trickster. God of the Wild. Beloved by revelers, outcasts and thieves, he is the oldest known deity of

The seat of power for the (eventual) ruler of Dallùbach. Currently occupied by one very lucky Royal Steward! The Receiving Chamber The Dining Hall Castle Kitchens and Cold/Salting Room The

Here we have our first members of the Gentry Class, the Percy family. Sir Hugh is the Squire of Dallùbach Shire and thus, the liege lord of those who live

Thea Gardner's life has been marred by tragedy; losing her father, mother and husband in quick succession to the Plague. Now, she must both supply an entire village with produce

Peter Bell lost his wife in the Plague that wiped out almost half of the residents of Dallùbach almost a year ago. Now he's raising his two daughters, Beatrice and

The Bells run the only tavern in the settlement of Dallùbach, the Moody Unicorn. It's a bit run-down, but they keep the counters polished and the ale flowing for their

Rulf and Rowan Hackel are the resident woodcutters of Dallùbach Shire. They wake at dawn to head into the Forest where they collect branches and chop wood to fuel the

So, technically, this is just "the Dane", since Felice is all alone in the world (that pesky plague again). The story behind this Sim is that I started playing a

The Faa family lives far out on the fringes of the forest of Dallùbach in a Traveler's camp that is one of my particular favorite places to visit. Kadja ,

I should probably introduce you to the Village Green. You will see a lot of this place, like ALOT. This will be the gathering place for free days and festival

The next two days of the Woodyard 's business were significantly better, with profits of $611 and $664 respectively. But by the fourth day, I felt that it was time

Welcome to the Woodyard! The tiny 1x1 lot in the village where Rulf and Rowan sell their gathered and processed wood. When we left off, Rowan and Rulf had set

Finally wrapping up our first season with the Bells! Continuing with my train of thought at the end of the last post, I had Peter attempt to strike up conversation

Back at the tavern, Peter has invested in a new game for the patrons, a chess table! And shows Gretel Pullet how its done. Watch out Peter, that one's in

So the Bells needed a vacation. I always give my simmies at least one day off, unless they're doing TERRIBLY, and that's not a worry with this family. Peter hasn't

Beatrice was up before anyone else in the family the next morning and got started with the new garden. I've discovered that she LOVES gardening. She then prepared the breakfast

The Bells! The Bells! This family has been such a bunch of weirdos that I wasn't even sure I LIKED them, and yet, I've realized that I've taken more pictures

After feeling extremely overwhelmed when I realized how many gameplay pictures had accumulated during my time with the Bells , and then taking an entire day to sort and post

Two members of the family Pullet were very much neglected by me this cycle. Milo , well, I just couldn't figure out what there was for him to do aside

After figuring out on paper how I wanted to handle the monetary requirements in order to progress from Settlement to Hamlet, I realized that I was still missing two buildings:

The last building I needed to complete the building requirements for Settlement is the Almshouse. It's suggested that you make it a residence and have it be occupied by a

The Fischer twins, Josef and Ernst and their sister, Juliana , lost their father in that pesky Plague that swept through the settlement last year, so they are doing their

When Sunday rolled around, I decided to do something I think I've failed to do with my families who have been followers of Eostre so far, and sent the Fischers

It's finally time to get some fighting men into our settlement! I'll be adding a couple more Knights-in-Training to the ranks, but to start, here is the newly appointed Marshal

I'm a huge History nerd, so I had a lot of knowledge on the European Middle Ages going into this, but I have...

Honestly, there are a shockingly large amount of resources out there for a Medieval/Historic TS2 game, and I'll list some of my favorites

For me, this is where the most fun of a Medieval game is...trying to replicate an actual economy and create supply and demand.

There are "essential" mods that were also covered in the Part 3: Essential Mods for Game Health section, so I won't rehash those

Part 6: Default Replacements

I won't gloss over it, making the game Historical is a labor of love because it takes a good bit of work.

This is probably the area of thought that has occupied most of my actual game setup so far.

I really would suggest that you start with a clean neighborhood template to avoid having the Maxis townies generate

A while back, a friend of mine who mostly plays TS3 was interested in what I was doing with my TS2 game

I've learned how to convert animations from both TS3 and TS4 to The Sims 2.