The year is 1990.
Add 10 years to every family member’s age.
If you need the link to the dice roller, here it is: Roll a Die
For family members who are under 60: roll a 100-sided die for each family member to find out who (if anyone) has died. If you get 1-96, that person has survived. If you get 97-100, they have died.
For family members who are 60 or older:
Roll a 10-sided die for each family member to find out who (if anyone) has died. If you get a 9 or a 10, they died. Otherwise, they survived.
Roll a six-sided die for each married or engaged couple to see if the relationship has changed:
1 - married
2 - married
3 - married
4 - married
5 - one partner died (you choose which partner)
6 - divorced / broke up
Roll an eight-sided die for each dating couple to see if the relationship has changed:
1 - married
2 - married
3 - married
4 - still dating
5 - broke up
6 - broke up
7 - broke up
8 - engaged
For any single person over 18 (either has never had a relationship, or last round’s relationship has ended), you can roll a six-sided die for their new relationship status:
1 - single
2 - single
3 - dating
4 - engaged
5 - married
6 - married
Every couple where both parents are between 20 and 45 can have children, if you want to add them. Roll an eight-sided die to find out how many children they are adding this round:
1 - 0
2 - 1
3 - 1
4 - 2
5 - 2
6 - 2
7 - 3
8 - 4
Roll a ten-sided die for each new child’s age (if mother would have been under 18 when child was born, roll again)
1 - newborn (nb)
2 - 1
3 - 2
4 - 3
5 - 4
6 - 5
7 - 6
8 - 7
9 - 8
10 - 9
Roll a four-sided die for each new child’s gender:
1 - boy
2 - girl
3 - boy
4 - girl
Roll a six-sided die twice (once for the first name, once for the middle name) to get each new person’s name (this applies to both children and new partners):
1 - a word name
2 - a surname name
3 - a name that contains the “an” sound
4 - an honor name for a family member (roll again if this is a new partner)
5 - a name that starts with a K
6 - a classic name
Optional:
You can add (or change!) careers for any family member over 18.
To choose someone’s career, use this job generator and pick one from the list it gives you: Job Title Generator — Pick a random job! (randomlists.com)
Use this list for last name options:
Top 200 most common surnames in the US: A full list and analysis (viborc.com)
Everyone older than 65 is retired.
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] [name_m]Ralph[/name_m] [name_m]Huxley[/name_m] (1926 - 1988) 