Decades Challenge Rules: 1960s – Civil Rights, Sexual Revolution, and Counterculture

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All rules from 1950s still stand with the following changes:

  • War:
    • The first two children drafted for the Vietnam War when they become a Young Adult, regardless of gender. Males can Try for a Baby before they are called to service. Both must eat the Cow Plant cake once, roll a die, odds must eat a second piece of cake, events are sent home. These Sims are not allowed to have a career until they return from war – if you have StrangerVille, then they are required to take the Military (Officer) career during active duty.
  • Traits: Any Sim returning from war must suffer trauma and take one of the following traits the next time they age up: Gloomy, Hot-Headed, Clumsy, Erratic, Lazy, Mean, Paranoid, or Noncommittal.
  • Relationships/WooHooing
    • Sims may marry other ethnicities/races.
    • Sims may have same-sex relationships, but they cannot marry.
    • Sims no longer have to Try for a Baby every time! Birth control means they can simply WooHoo.
    • Teens can Mess Around.
  • Home/Building
    • You may have fancier sofas, beds, chairs, tables, and stairs.
    • Tea Brewers are allowed.
    • Yoga/meditation items and incense are allowed.
    • Lava lamps became popular in the late 1960s.
    • Spooky music and Japanese folk music are allowed.
    • Action and Comedy TV channels are allowed.
    • Space heaters, kotatsu tables, and in-home hot springs are allowed.
  • Education
    • The Vietnam War Late Fall 1955 to Early Spring 1975. Significant USA involvement was Late Winter 1960 to Late Winter 1973. College students could be deferred from getting drafted as long as they didn’t drop out or graduate.
    • If your Sim is drafted and wants to attend university, they may do so after they have served active duty for a minimum 8 Sim Days.
    • Sims can major in any subject at university.
    • Student loans are available to students.
  • Career
    • Permitted careers for any Sims:
      • Actor
      • Astronaut (Space Ranger) – males only
      • Athlete (either branch)
      • Business (Management)
      • Business (Investor) – males only
      • Civil Designer (Civic Planner)
      • Conservationist (either branch)
      • Criminal (Boss)
      • Critic (either branch)
      • Culinary (either branch)
      • Detective – males only
      • Doctor
      • Education (either branch)
      • Engineer (Mechanical)
      • Entertainer (either branch)
      • Freelancer (Fashion Photographer, Programmer, Writer)
      • Gardener (either branch)
      • Interior Decorator
      • Law (either branch)
      • Military (Officer)
      • Military (Covert Operator) – males only
      • Painter (either branch)
      • Politics (Charity Organizer)
      • Politics (Politician) – males only
      • Scientist – males only
      • Secret Agent (either branch)
      • Veterinarian
      • Writing (either branch)
    • Permitted part-time work for any Sims:
      • Babysitter
      • Diver
      • Fast Food Employee
      • Fisherman
      • Lifeguard
      • Manual Laborer
      • Retail Employee
    • Women can take maternity leave in the third trimester and after the baby is born.
  • Financial
    • Korean War veterans can receive a pension of §250 per veteran (money cheat).
  • Miscellaneous
    • With significant advances in science, you can now interact with dolphins and study robotics.