Decades Challenge Rules: 1980s – The Yuppies

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All rules from 1970s still stand with the following changes:

  • Traits: Any Sims born during this decade must take one of the following traits: Ambitious, Self-Assured, Materialistic, Snob, or Perfectionist.
  • Home/Building
    • Computers are allowed for gaming, you may use gaming consoles with televisions.
    • Television time restriction is changed, 6am to 2am.
    • Marble flooring is allowed.
    • Fitness equipment (including the training bot) and using the TV for fitness are allowed.
    • Easy Listening and Backyard music are allowed.
    • Politisim and Sports TV channels are allowed.
    • Bed upgrades are allowed.
    • Hot pots are allowed.
    • Handheld vacuum cleaners are available.
  • Education
    • High School students can join the Computer Team.
  •  Career
    • Permitted careers for any Sims:
      • Actor
      • Astronaut (Space Ranger)
      • Athlete (either branch)
      • Business (either branch)
      • Civil Designer (Civic Planner)
      • Criminal (either branch)
      • Critic (either branch)
      • Culinary (either branch)
      • Detective
      • Doctor
      • Education (either branch)
      • Engineer (either branch)
      • Entertainer (either branch)
      • Freelancer (all branches)
      • Gardener (either branch)
      • Interior Decorator
      • Law (either branch)
      • Military (Officer)
      • Military (Covert Operator) – males only
      • Painter (either branch)
      • Politics (either branch)
      • Salaryperson (either branch)
      • Scientist
      • Secret Agent (either branch)
      • Tech Guru (Start-Up Entrepreneur)
      • Veterinarian
      • Writing (either branch)
    • Permitted part-time work for any Sims:
      • Babysitter
      • Diver
      • Fast Food Employee
      • Fisherman
      • Lifeguard
      • Manual Laborer
      • Retail Employee
    • One Sim in this generation MUST be in the Business career.
  • Financial
    • Vietnam War veterans can receive a pension of §250 per veteran (money cheat).
  • Holidays:
    • Add a new holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Winter Monday): No Decorations, Day Off, Traditions – Remembrance, Tell Stories, Art & Music Spirit
  • Miscellaneous
    • Babies MUST be born at the hospital.
    • Ball pits are allowed.
    • Domesticated hedgehogs are a thing – you can own a hedgehog (but still not a bubalus).
    • The music production table is allowed.
    • Science Babies are allowed.
    • In CAS, top surgery scars are allowed.