Today I begin playing Amazonia which, as you may have guessed, is a 'hood loosely based on the Amazons. I say "loosely" because, aside from being a female-dominated society that has little use for men and my naming scheme, it has little in common with the actual Amazons. I should note also that this is not the Amazon challenge that was created for The Sims 4; I've been playing this neighborhood in TS2 for a very long time - before TS4 even existed.
The rules here are pretty loose, still evolving, and the neighborhood is still quite small by my standards - only 9 lots. The general premise is that the Amazons live in clans based on their preferred hobbies. They run home businesses related to their clan's hobby. They meet and breed with men, but do not form lasting relationships with them. Female children are raised in the clan they were born into until they are teens, when they will move to the clan of their OTH. Male children are cast aside to live with their fathers in hovels on the other side of the ravine. There are currently six clans: Games, Nature, Tinkering, Cuisine, Fitness, and Sports. Clan Nature, however, is currently vacant, as an unfortunate accident killed the founder of the clan.
The current queen is Hippolyte of Clan Games. She was my founder and, therefore, automatically received the title of queen. She has given birth to 12 children, 7 girls and 5 boys, of which 10 are still living, and she has 12 grandchildren (6/6). Queen Hippolyte is now an elder and will soon pass her crown to the Amazon she is closest to, which will likely be her daughter Marpe, who is also of Clan Games. The only real benefit to being queen is that the queen gets to drink a bottle of elixir, extending her lifespan and allowing her to produce more children.
The way the breeding process works is that each Amazon will breed with any man she chooses. If the child is female, he will be given $1000, and she will breed with him again. However, as soon as a male child is born, he will be moved in long enough to take his son and move out to one of the men's lots. That particular Amazon woman will never breed with him again, though others are free to do so if they wish. As these payments are their only source of income, the men's lives literally depend upon them producing girls.
And that's pretty much all there is to tell at this point. I don't know how much I'll update because there's really not much to write about. Maybe once at the beginning to introduce the clans and again at the end to discuss the progress? I don't know, we'll see.
Until then, Happy Simming!
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