The year is 2000.
[name_m]Add[/name_m] 10 years to everyone’s age.
If you need the link to the dice roller, here it is: Roll a Die
For family members who are under 60:
[name_m]Roll[/name_m] 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:
[name_m]Roll[/name_m] a 10-sided die for each family member to find out who (if anyone) has died. If you get 9-10, that person has died. If you get anything else, they died.
[name_m]Roll[/name_m] a six-sided die for each engaged or married couple to see if the relationship has changed:
1 - married
2 - married
3 - married
4 - married
5 - one partner died (you decide who)
6 - divorced / broke up
[name_m]Roll[/name_m] 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 the relationship they were in last round has ended), roll a six-sided die for their new relationship status:
1 - single
2 - single
3 - dating
4 - engaged
5 - married
6 - married
Any couple where both partners are between 20 and 45 and can add children, if you want. [name_m]Roll[/name_m] an eight-sided die to find out how many children they get this round:
1 - 0
2 - 1
3 - 1
4 - 2
5 - 2
6 - 3
7 - 3
8 - 4
[name_m]Roll[/name_m] a 10-sided die for each new child’s age (if the mother would have been under 18 when the 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
[name_m]Roll[/name_m] a four-sided die for each new child’s gender:
1 - boy
2 - girl
3 - boy
4 - girl
[name_m]Roll[/name_m] 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 - your name, your sibling’s name, or your friend’s name
2 - a biblical name
3 - a gender-neutral name
4 - a name that is currently popular
5 - girl name that ends in -a or boy name that ends in -n
6 - a name that has an M in it somewhere
Use this list for last name options:
Top 200 most common surnames in the US: A full list and analysis (viborc.com)
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)
Everyone older than 65 is retired.
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] [name_m]Ralph[/name_m] [name_m]Huxley[/name_m] (1926 - 1988) 