Netherlands

Great Famine of 1315–1317

 Roll D10 for each animal you own 

if 3 or 7 are rolled, the animal survives (chicken, cows and llamas sold for meat)

Every household is affected! All crops die. 

They may be replanted starting in 1316, but at the end of both 1316 and 1317, a coin must be flipped and tails kills all plants.

D12 rolled each of the 3 years for each sim

2 means they die of hunger. And 5 means they die of thirst.



1348 The Black Plague 

1510 Influenza Pandemic

An acute respiratory disease emerged in Asia before spreading through North Africa and Europe during the first chronicles, an inter-regional flu pandemic generally recognized by medical historians and epidemiologists. Roll extra for EVERY sim in your family (including the side households).

1521–1523 Famine in the Low Countries, Ireland and the Nordic Countries

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.

Influenza Pandemic–1557-1559

Roll extra for EVERY sim in your family (including the side households).

These are your odds: Using a D20 roller, roll for every single sim for each year. If a sim rolls a 20 then your sim dies, otherwise, they’re perfectly fine and survived.

Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648)

“The Eighty Years' War or Dutch War of Independence (1568–1648) was a revolt of the Seventeen Provinces of what are today the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg against Philip II of Spain, the sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands. “


Flip a coin for all male sims who are dutch or spanish as they age to teens, this determines if they are enlisted. Tails means they are enlisted.


Roll a D6, and 3 or 5 means your soldier dies.

1569–1574 Pan-European famine

Pan-European famine, including Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Low Countries, Nordic Countries, Russia and mostly east off Ukraine


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.

Cologne War (1583–88)

Fought between Bavaria, Spain, and Netherlands


Flip a coin for all 16+ men in areas mentioned

Heads means theyre enlisted

Roll a D12 for all enlisted sims

5 means they die

1585–1587 Pan-European famine

Pan-European famine, including Italy, France, Low Countries, Britain and Ireland


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.

Dutch–Portuguese War (1602–63)

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

War of the Jülich Succession (1609–1614)

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

Anglo-Spanish War (1625–30)

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

Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)

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

First Northern War (1655–60)

“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

Franco-Dutch War (1672–78)

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

Nine Years' War (1688–97)

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

1689–91 Williamite–Jacobite War

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

Second Northern War (1700–21)

Fought between Sweden, Ottoman Empire, Ukraine, Netherlands, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Russia, Kalmykia, Germany, Livonia, Poland, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway, Montenegro, and Moldova

Roll a D8 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned

3 means theyre enlisted

All enlisted sims die

War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14)

“The War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) was a conflict involving many of the leading European powers that was triggered by the death in November 1700 of the childless Charles II of Spain. It established the principle that dynastic rights were secondary to maintaining the balance of power between different countries.”


1,251,000 Deaths Including disease. 


If your male sim lives in the Low Countries, Italy, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Spanish Florida, West Indies, Thirteen Colonies, Newfoundland, India, East Indies, or West Africa, flip a coin, this determines if they are enlisted. Tails means they are enlisted. 


Roll a D10, and 3 or 5 means your soldier dies. 

1703–1711 The Rákóczi Uprising against the Habsburg Monarchy

Fought between Holy Roman Empire, Hungary, and France

Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D10 for all enlisted

8 means they die

1704 First Javanese War of Succession

Fought between Java & Netherlands

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned

7 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D12 for all enlisted

6 means they die

The Great Frost of 1709

“The Great Frost, as it was known in England, or Le Grand Hiver ("The Great Winter"), as it was known in France, was an extraordinarily cold winter in Europe in 1708–1709, and was the coldest European winter during the past 500 years.”


Deaths are still unknown, though in france around 3% is the estimate.

Either lock your sims inside, or take them skating! (both are accurate).

Flip a coin, if Heads, they cant light their fireplace! No heat, no cooked 

foods, and no farming, its too cold for that. 

Roll a D10 for all sims without Heat. 10 means they freeze to death, 7 

means they starve.

Roll D20 otherwise, 3 means they freeze, 2 means they starve

1710 Rocking Chair Invention

The rocking chair has been invented.

You can now place and use the rocking chair (Nifty Knitting DLC).

War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–20)

Fought between Spain, England, Wales, France, Austria, & Netherlands

Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

8 means they die

1719: Second Javanese War of Succession

Fought between Indonesia, India, & Netherlands

Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

8 means they die

War of the Polish Succession (1733–38)

Fought between Poland, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, & Holy Roman Empire

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D12 for all enlisted

3 means they die

War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48)

Fought between France, Germany, Holy Roman Empire, Italy, Russia, Netherlands, Sweden, England, Wales, Scotland, and Austria

Roll a D6 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D4 for all enlisted

3 means they Survive

1750– Can Now have Quadruplets

Time to enable Quadruplets! (requires MCCC)
 Click on a computer

Go to Mc Command Center

Go to Mc Pregnancy

Go to Offspring
 Go to Maximum Offspring
 Set to 4

War of the Bavarian Succession (1778–79)

Fought between Prussia & Austria/Holy Roman Empire

 Roll a D10 for all men 16+ in the area, 8 means theyre enlisted
 Roll a D4 for all enlisted, 1 means your soldier dies.

1806-1807 War of the Fourth Coalition

Fought between Germany, Russia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Sweden, Italy, France, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, and Spain


Roll a d6 for all 16+ male sims in locations mentioned

3 means they are enlisted

Roll a D10 for all enlisted sims

5 means they die

1809 War of the Fifth Coalition

Fought between Austria, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Portugal, Italy, France, Bavaria, Germany, Netherlands, & Russia


Roll a D10 for all 16+ male sims in locations mentioned

3 means they are enlisted

Roll a D6 for all enlisted sims

5 means they die

6 means theyre captured and cannot return home for 10 years

1816-1817 Year Without a Summer

Major food shortages across northern hemisphere


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 D12 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.

Roll a D10 for all sims (including side households), 4 means they freeze to death

1839-1856 Third cholera pandemic

Roll a D4 for all sims

3 means they contract Cholera

Roll a D4 for all infected sims

2 means they die of Cholera

1855-1960 Third plague pandemic 

Occurred globally.


Every 10 years, roll a D100 for all sims

If the roll is between 1 and 2, they are infected by the plague.

Roll a D10 for all infected sims.

If the roll is 1, they succumb to the plague.

If the roll is 2 or 3, they recover from the plague.

If the roll is between 4 and 10, they survive but might face lasting health effects. Add an extra roll for all illness events for this sim going forward.

1863-1875 Fourth cholera pandemic

Roll a D4 for all sims

3 means they contract Cholera

Roll a D4 for all infected sims

2 means they die of Cholera 

1866 Can now have Sextuplets (but not quintuplets yet)

Time to enable Sextuplets! (requires MCCC)
 Click on a computer

Go to Mc Command Center

Go to Mc Pregnancy

Go to Offspring

Go to Maximum Offspring

Set to 6


***Check every pregnancy to ensure that your sims are not pregnant with quintuplets until said otherwise. Randomize offspring until it isn't quintuplets by pressing “Offspring” and leaving both spaces blank

1873-1904 Acehnese War

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in the conflict area: Netherlands & Indonesia

If the roll is 1 to 13, they are enlisted in the war effort.

If the roll is 14 to 20, they remain uninvolved.

Death Rolls (Military):

For each of the military participants flip a coin

If it's heads, they die due to battle-related factors.

If it's tails, they survive the conflict.

1881-1886 Fifth cholera pandemic

Roll a D4 for all sims

3 means they contract Cholera

Roll a D4 for all infected sims

2 means they die of Cholera 

1889-1890 flu pandemic

Roll a d20 for all sims, everywhere. 10 means they die from the Flu

1896-Can now have Quintuplets

No longer need to avoid quintuplets. If you started after 1866, and didnt have sextuplets enabled, now is the time to do so


Click on a computer

Go to Mc Command Center

Go to Mc Pregnancy

Go to Offspring

Go to Maximum Offspring

Set to 6 

1899-1923 Sixth cholera pandemic

Roll a D4 for all sims

3 means they contract Cholera

Roll a D4 for all infected sims

2 means they die of Cholera