Hello everybody! I'm a longtime simmer and an even longer history buff. For as long as I've been playing the Sims (well over half of my life at this point! :D), I've been a big fan of playing with historical legacies, with worlds like the Wild Wild West by auntielynds and Praaven by jje1000 serving as some of my most-played worlds back when I was younger. I used to spend hours upon hours on Livejournal reading stories and legacies that took place during the Civil War period of America.

Like I'd mentioned before, I'm a HUGE history buff, and my biggest area of interest is the American frontier, particularly the 1870s to the 1890s... which means that naturally, this is the time period that I'd like to play in the most, especially with the additions of off-the-grid living, expanded farming, horses, and hand-washed laundry. While there's builds and mods and challenges aplenty, all of which are amazing with so much love poured into them, I noticed that there weren't too many worlds or savefiles to actually use these for that didn't require a lot of setup from the player end. I'm really meticulous and need everything in my gameplay to blend perfectly, I decided to sit down and set up a savefile to do play in a world that fits my historical Sims standards. Although this save was originally meant just for me, I was encouraged by some friends to share it with the masses... and now, here I am, finally getting around to doing that!

So, without further adieu, I'll stop yapping and instead present to you... Robynsave, my tentatively-named late 1800s savefile that I've been working on for the last year or two!:

This savefile uses NO CC, NO MODS, but ALL PACKS (yes, including that one, that one, and that one. And especially the one you simply can't imagine anybody using, because dangit, trying to make Sims dress according to a very specific time period without them all wearing the same GTW set is hard).

Completed Worlds:

Willow Creek



Oasis Springs



Brindleton Bay:



Strangerville:



Henford-on-Bagley



Chestnut Ridge:



Townie Makeovers
Making over townies to fit the aesthetic of the world without any custom content whatsoever was difficult, but I believe I was able to pull it off in a way that felt satisfying. There were, however, a lot of things to deliberate on: from how Sims would dress to if I should change their relationships and their stories. For a while, I contemplated deleting all townies and populating the world with my own, but truth be told... I am quite a big fan of most EA townies, and I much prefer their imperfections over to those generated by the game itself :P. I also chose to continue to include the queer Sims shipped with the game. I understand that this may forgo historical accuracy, but at the end of the day, it's the Sims and it made me happy to see them around the world. So, I kept them.

Now, not all Sims are dressed exactly as according to the time period. I really wanted every Sim to look different and unique and that simply wouldn't have been possible had I kept their wardrobes delegated to outfits I felt didn't break the immersion of my gameplay TOO much. I also chose not to change any facial features, body types, pronouns or names (save for Katrina, who's name I changed back into her Sims 2 counterpart's: نجحت or Nighat, because I've always thought it was such a pretty name, and I believe I used an older version of the Goths because I liked their faces better, although I changed Cassandra and Bella's skintones to match their Sims 2 counterparts). I did, however, change any unnatural hair/eye colors into one I felt was appropriate to them. I am quite happy with how they turned out, although I do go back and tweak them fairly often!

Every Sim also has 2 everyday outfits, so hopefully, there will be some variation seeing them around town.


I've been working on this world back with For Rent was freshly released, which means that this world is a very long labor of love that has been in the works for a very, very long time (and it certainly doesn't help that new worlds keep coming out, although I'm not complaining!). As you can tell, it's still a long ways away from being finished... I'd be generous and say it's maybe 35% done at this point in time. Almost all of my time is dedicated towards university and work these days, so I'm not sure when I'll get around to sharing it. But I'm happy with how things are going so far and I feel confident enough to share, so please, if you're a historical simmer interested in playing this world for yourself: let me know! It's nice motivation but also helps gauge if it's worth sharing, since there was a lot of writing that went into putting this post together.

Thanks so much for taking a look! Please let me know what you think! And please consider sharing any general thoughts, feedback, or ideas! I'll likely crosspost this to EA's forums as soon as I figure out how to navigate the new forums, so if you see me there, feel free to say hello! I'll be sure to continue posting updates as big changes are made and worlds are completed!