“1600s–1700s Scientific Revolution begins; scientific method is developed. Galileo proves solar-centred universe; Isaac Newton studies gravity; William Harvey studies human circulation; microscope is invented. architectural wonder of the world. builds the elaborate Palais de Versailles in ornate baroque style”
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.
One of the worst famines in all of Russian history, with as many as 100,000 in Moscow and up to one-third of Tsar Godunov's subjects killed. The same famine killed about half of the Estonian population.
Roll a D6 for all russian sims.
3 means they die of hunger
6 means they die of thirst
Roll a D6 for all 16+ male spaniards living in Mexico
3 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D12 for all enlisted
2 means they die
Roll a D20 for all other spaniards living in Mexico
1 means they die
Roll a D10 for all Native people in Mexico
5 means they die
Fought between Portugal, Spain, China, Brazil, Netherlands, England, France, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Congo, Thailand, & Angola
Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned
4 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D20 for all enlisted
3 means they die
Roll a D10
4 or 6 means your sims die
(if you roll a D5, then if you sims roll 4, they die)
Roll a D10 for EVERY sim in your main & side household
If a Sim rolls an 8, then they die from Smallpox.
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.
Fought between Holy Roman Empire, Spanish Empire, Netherlands, & France
Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned
4 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D20 for all enlisted
3 means they die
“The Kalmar War (1611–1613) was a war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden. Though Denmark soon gained the upper hand, she was unable to defeat Sweden entirely. The Kalmar War was the last time Denmark successfully defended her dominium maris baltici against Sweden, and also marked the increasing influence of the Maritime Powers on Baltic politics.”
Flip a coin for all male sims who live in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, this determines if they are enlisted. Tails means they are enlisted.
Roll a D6, and 3 or 5 means your soldier dies.
Move some spaniards to Morocco
Roll a D20 for all Morocans
7 means they die
Fought between Mexico, Africa, & Spain
Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned
7 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D20 for all enlisted
5 means they die
“In the years before English settlers established the Plymouth colony (1616-1619), most Native Americans living on the southeastern coast of present-day Massachusetts died from a mysterious disease. Classic explanations have included yellow fever, smallpox, and plague. Chickenpox and trichinosis are among more recent proposals.”
Anywhere from ⅓ to 90% of native americans in the area died.
Flip a coin for all indigeonus peoples in the Massachusetts area, heads mean they die.
“The Thirty Years' War was a conflict fought largely within the Holy Roman Empire from 1618 to 1648. Considered one of the most destructive wars in European history, estimates of total deaths caused by the conflict range from 4.5 to 8 million, while some areas of Germany experienced population declines of over 50%.”
Flip a coin for all German sims, Tails means they die.
For everyone else in Europe, roll a D12.
2 means they die from combat related activities.
3 and 4 mean they die from disease
5 means they die from famine
6 means they die of thirst
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.
Fought between France, Switzerland, Italy, Holy Roman Empire, and Spain
Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned
7 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D12 for all enlisted
11 means they die
Take your pilgrims and your puritans because it's time to set sail to America. Build or download a boat from the gallery. Luckily there were no deaths during their travels.
None of the previous rules apply right now since your sims are on a ship!
Take all your sims you’re moving to America and put them on the boat.
From now on you can use the Adventurous trait (Snowy Escape)
If anyone is aging while on the Mayflower, DO NOT ROLL, they get to age automatically.
Roll a D6 for all sims, if it lands on 5 they die from smallpox
Your sims must live on the boat for 4 sim days.
The first year in early America was a really hard time for the settlers. They didn't expect such harsh conditions and illness. Because of this, half of the settlers did not make it. For the first year in America you must:
Ignore all previous rules for now.
You must flip a coin for EACH of the Sims you’ve taken to America to see who lives and who dies. Heads: your sim lives. Tails: your sims die.
If anyone is aging during this year then don’t roll, they automatically age up.
Home/Building
Build your homes using mud walls and straw roofs.
Most furniture must be made using the woodworking table.
Make an outhouse for sims to use the restroom or use a bush.
“Powhatan War , (1622–44), relentless struggle between the Powhatan Indian confederacy and early English settlers in the tidewater section of Virginia and southern Maryland. The conflict resulted in the destruction of the Indian power.”
Natives in Virginia no longer have land, and tribes have been combined
Flip a coin for all male sims who live in Virginia, this determines if they are enlisted. Tails means they are enlisted.
Roll a D6, and 3 or 5 means your soldier dies.
Every time that dice lands on 4 means an innocent, non soldier, Native dies
Fought between Spain, Italy, & France
Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned
11 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D6 for all enlisted
3 means they die
Roll a D6 for english sims
6 means your sims die
Fought between Spain, England, Scotland, & The Netherlands
Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned
14 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D12 for all enlisted sims
4 means they die
Fought between Taiwan, Spain, and Philippines
Roll a D20 for all 16+ Spanish & Filipino sims
5 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D20 for all enlisted sims and taiwanese sims
19 means they die
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.
Fought between France, Italy, Spain, and Holy Roman Empire
Roll a D6 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned
5 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D12 for all enlisted
8 means they die
Roll a D6 for all sims in Italy. 4 means they die of the plague.
The Deccan famine of 1630–1632 was a famine associated with a back-to-back crop failure.
ALL Families are directly affected!
all crops die and cannot plant. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.
Roll a D6 for all sims in New England, if it lands on 5 they die from smallpox
Fought between France, Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Portugal, Spain, and Holy Roman Empire
Roll a D6 for all 16+ male sims in all areas mentioned, excluding spain
5 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D4 for all enlisted sims
3 means they survive
Roll a D8 for all 16+ male spanish sims
5 means theyre enlisted
Now roll a D6 for all spanish sims
3 means they die
“The 1639 and 1640 Bishops' Wars (Scottish Gaelic: Cogaidhean nan Easbaigean) were the first of the conflicts known collectively as the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms , which took place in Scotland, England and Ireland.”
Flip a coin for all male sims who live in the areas mentioned, this determines if they are enlisted. Tails means they are enlisted.
Roll a D20, and 3 or 5 means your soldier dies.
Fought between Italy, France, & Spain
Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned
12 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D20 for all enlisted sims
14 means they die
“The 1639 and 1640 Bishops' Wars (Scottish Gaelic: Cogaidhean nan Easbaigean) were the first of the conflicts known collectively as the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms , which took place in Scotland, England and Ireland.”
Flip a coin for all male sims who live in the areas mentioned, this determines if they are enlisted. Tails means they are enlisted.
Roll a D20, and 3 or 5 means your soldier dies.
Fought between Spain & France
Roll a D10 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned
8 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D12 for all enlisted sims
5 means they die
Fought between Portugal, France, England, and Spain
Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned
6 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D20 for all enlisted sims
17 means they die
“The Kan'ei Great Famine (寛永の大飢饉 Kan'ei no daikikin) was a famine which affected Japan during the reign of Empress Meishō in the Edo period. The estimated number of deaths due to starvation is between 50,000 and 100,000.”
Your family is directly affected!
All crops die and cannot be planted. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.
Fought between Ireland, Scotland, and England
Roll a D20 for all sims in the area
5 means they die of disease
7 means they have to move
Roll a D12 for all 16+ male irish sims
3 means theyre enlisted
Flip a coin for all enlisted, heads means they die
Roll a D20 for all 16+ male English sims
7 means theyre enlisted
Flip a coin for all enlisted, heads means they die
Roll a D4 for all Irish sims
2 means they die of famine or disease
Roll a D8 for all Scottish & Irish sims
5 means they die
7 means theyre captured and start a new life somewhere else with a new family
Roll a D10 for all English sims
3 means they die
6 means theyre captured and start a new life somewhere else with a new family
“In the year 1647 an epidemical sickness passed through the whole country of New England both among Indians, English, French and Dutch. It began with a cold and in many was accompanied with a light fever. Such as bled, or used cooling drinks, generally died; such as made use of cordials, and more strengthening, comfortable things, for the most part recovered.”
Roll a D12 for all sims in America (spread across the whole east coast)
7 means they die
Fought between Spain & Italy
Roll a D12 for all sims in the areas mentioned
4 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D12 for all enlisted sims
6 means they die
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.
Poland lost an estimated 1/3 of its population due to wars, famine, and plague
Roll a D12
1 means they die from famine, flip a coin to see if its hunger or thirst
2 means they die from combat related causes
3 and 4 means they die from Smallpox or Mad Cow Disease
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.
Fought between Ireland & England
Roll a D4 for all 16+ male Irish Sims
3 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D4 for all enlisted irish sims
1, 3, and 4 means theyre deported to somewhere in the americas to become an indentured servant for 10 years.
Roll a D10 to pick the profession they are indentured into
1-Blacksmith
2-Man Servant
3-Printer
4-Farm hand
5-Stable boy
6-Carpenter
7-Errand Boy
8-Fur Trader
9-Dock Hand
10-Ship hand
Flip a coin for the remaining Irish soldiers (the not-deported ones)
Heads means they die
Roll a D12 for all 16+ male English sims
3 means theyre enlisted
Flip a coin for all enlisted English
Heads means they die
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.
Fought between Spain, England, Ireland, Scotland, & France
Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned
7 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D20 for all enlisted sims
17 means they die
“The First Northern War (1655–60), also First or Little Northern War) was fought between Sweden and its adversaries the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1655–60), the Tsardom of Russia (1656–58), Brandenburg-Prussia (1657–60), the Habsburg Monarchy (1657–60) and Denmark–Norway (1657–58 and 1658–60).”
Roll a D4 for all men 16+ in the area, 2 means they’re enlisted
Roll a D20 for all enlisted, 7 means your soldier dies
Roll a D6 for all sims in Naples. 4 means they die of the plague.
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Flip a coin for all sims (including side households), Heads means they die of famine.
[The Great Plague of London, lasted from 1665 to 1666 and was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England]
Your sims have a 20% chance of dying.
These are your odds: Roll a D10 for a 2-9 and your sims are safe. Roll a 1 or 10 and your Sims immediately die of the Black Plague. You only have to roll for the plague once.
“In the 1667 to 1668 War of Devolution, France occupied large parts of the Spanish Netherlands and Franche-Comté, both then provinces of Spain. The name derives from an obscure law known as the Jus Devolutionis, used by Louis XIV of France to claim that these territories had "devolved" to him by right of marriage to Maria Theresa of Spain.”
2,000/12,000 spaniards dead
Roll a D12 for all Male Spanish sims. 3 and 11 mean they die
Roll a D10 for all sims in Spain
3 means they die of thirst
7 means they die of hunger
10 means they die of pestilence
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Flip a coin for all sims (including side households), Heads means they die of famine.
Fought between France, England, Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, & Norway
Roll a D4 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned
1 means theyre enlisted
Flip a coin for all enlisted
Tails means they die
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.
Fought between Italy & Spain
Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned
5 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D12 for all enlisted sims
8 means they die
“King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1678 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their indigenous allies.”
30% of English colonists in New England died.
Roll D6, 3 and 5 means your sims die.
88% of Native Americans in New England died.
Roll a D10, 6 means they survive
Roughly 60% died
Roll a D10, if you roll 1,4,6, or 9, your sim survives
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.
Fought between Spain & Native Americans
Roll a D20 for all native americans
13 means they die
Roll a D20 for all spanish colonials in North America
12 means they die
Kill your least favorite male spanish sim
Fought between France, Italy, Spain, and Holy Roman Empire
Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned
7 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D12 for all enlisted
6 means they die
Fought between France, Netherlands, England, Scotland, Holy Roman Empire, and Spain
Roll a D4 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned
2 means theyre enlisted
All enlisted die
You may choose to save 1 enlisted sim per affected country
“King William's War (also known as the Second Indian War, Father Beaudoin's War, Castin's War, or the First Intercolonial War in French) was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg.”
600 dead in New England
Roll 1 on a D20 and your sim dies.
Fought between Ireland, France, and Netherlands
Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned
6 means theyre enlisted
Roll a D4 for all enlisted
3 means they die
Famine throughout Scotland which killed 5–15% of the population.
Roll a D20 for all sims in scotland
3 means they die of thirst
7 means they die of hunger
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
[The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging.]
Your sims must now roll to see who is going to be prosecuted for being a witch.
You sims are not dying just yet! You only rolled to see if your sims were accused NOT guilty.
Now flip a coin for EACH of your ACCUSED sims to see who lives and who dies.
If the coin is HEADS then your sim DIES.
If the coin is TAILS then your sim gets to walk away.
Between 1.3 and 1.5 million French died in the fr:grande famine de 1693-1694.
Roll a D10 for all sims in france
3 means they die of thirst
7 means they die of hunger
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.
The Great Famine of Estonia killed about a fifth of Estonian and Livonian population (70,000–75,000 people). Famine also hit Sweden (80,000–100,000 dead) The Swedish Empire, of which Swedish Estonia and Swedish Livonia were dominions at that time.
Roll a D10 for all sims in the places mentioned
3 means they die of thirst
7 means they die of hunger
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
The Great Famine of Finland wiped out almost a third of the population, then part of Sweden proper. Killed 150,000
Roll a D6 for all sims in the places mentioned
3 means they die of thirst
6 means they die of hunger
Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!
Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.
Roll D20 for all sims living in america. 1 means your sim dies