Stephanie Plays The Sims 4!

Hello friends! Hope y’all have been good! 💕

Sul sul, simmers! Over in the @maxismatchccworld Discord, we’re counting down the days to Cottage Living! To help time go by a little faster, we’re hosting a series of build challenges! 

Final round

Parker is living his best life now thanks to you’ll! Because of that he wants to give back! He would like to build a Community Garden so everyone can come and pick the best starter fruits and veggies, learn how to garden and meet like minded sims.

Money & move objects cheats are allowed

Debug objects are allowed

No T.O.O.L mod

Lot size is the builders choice

build and decorate a community garden with various perfect plants

Deadline is July 22th!

In this round we will choose 2 winners, each one will get one PC copy of Cottage Living!

To submit your builds, share it in our build challenge channel!

The winner will be decided by the Discord’s mod team (Molly - @storylegacysims​, Stephanie - @stephanine-sims​, Eleen - @elenainthesims​ and Kerstin - @maxismatchccworld​)!

We’re over the moooon because it’s finally time to reveal The Sims™ 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack*! You’re in for an udderly delightful experience in the small countryside town of Henford-on-Bagley, where animals and gardening are all the rage. The best news? This golden egg hatches on July 22!

Join us as we go down the rabbit hole into all the legendairy details ahead!

It’s a Quiet Village

There’s way more to this provincial life than you might expect. It’s a small town, but the Sims who live here have plenty to flap their lips about. Have a Henford heart-to-heart with the pub owners at The Gnome’s Arms or the Sim running the grocery stall for some wild stories and gossip. If you’re feeling brave, you might even approach the Crumplebottoms’ garden booth for some advice. (Just remember: Agatha is the friendly one, Agnes is the grumpy one, but they both love crumpets.) Sometimes the locals need a bit of help, too. If you’re up for it, running a few errands for them might yield some interesting presents.

Every week, the Finchwick Fair blows through the village, attracting all sorts of Sims. The mayor judges the rotating competition entries—from pies to vegetables to chickens—and the rest of the villagers love to join in.

DO Have a Cow

Yes, that’s right: cows, llamas, chickens, bunnies, and foxes all live alongside Sims in this idyllic new world. Befriend wild rabbits, foxes, and birds for gifts and help in your garden, or focus your love and attention on the friends in the animal sheds and chicken coops at home. Or both! The more animals, the better.

Sims with the Animal Enthusiast Trait especially love taking care of critters. Your relationship with each animal impacts how they respond to you, and treats can help you gain their favor. Different animal treats and moods even produce different results! Change the flavor of your cow’s milk, the color of your llama’s wool, or even the appearance of your chickens with specific goodies. (You’ll need to find some chocoberries out in the wild or add them to your grocery delivery order to get chocolate milk.)

Plant Some Roots

And some vegetables, obviously! Thanks to the new gardening patches, folks are overexcited for oversized crops. Fill plots with giant watermelons, aubergines, pumpkins, mushrooms, and lettuce to really wow the neighbors. Get the kids out there with you and teach them how to care for those huge plants, too. When they’re fully grown (the veggies, not the kids), enter them into the Finchwick Fair or just collect a good harvest for healthy meals.

The Simple Living Lot Challenge makes cooking cheaper, but it also means recipes depend entirely on what you’ve got in your inventory. Forage in the nearby woods for mushrooms and berries, borrow some milk and eggs from your animals, and keep your garden full. Missing something? Place an order with the local grocery shop and get all your ingredients delivered right to your doorstep. (Don’t forget to tip the delivery person!) Speaking of cooking, bring the whole family together in the kitchen to make Yorkshire pudding, beef wellington, or any of the other delicious dishes on the menu. It really does make the kitchen the heart of the home.

If this is all moosic to your ears, that’s great news! Even better, if you purchase the pack by September 2, you also get the bonus Gnome on the Go Digital Content** seen above! Ride around town on the Scenic Commuting Bicycle, decorate your garden with the “Onward” The Adventurous Gnome sculpture, and brighten your yard with Bramblewood’s DeLIGHTful Tree.

Preorder The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack now to start playing immediately when it launches on July 22 at 10:00 a.m. PT for Mac/PC on Origin and Steam, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®5.

Don’t hit the hay just yet, either. Summer of Sims has a few more rabbits to pull out of its hat before Cottage Living arrives, so milk it for all its worth!

The Sims team sent me this nice postcard from somewhere called Henford-on-Bagley… I wonder what it could be about? 👀🍃

Dearest friend, We are so pleased you’re joining us in Henford-on-Bagley! I’m sure you will enjoy the quaint countryside life. Do come visit us at our Garden Stall when you arrive!

- A & A Crumplebottom

PS. I heard the mayor talking about a worldwide tourism video for Henford-on-Bagley premiering June 10th at 8:00am PT on youtube.com/TheSims!

- ̗̀  Dream Home Decorator GIVEAWAY!   ̖́-

I’ll be giving away ONE copy of Dream Home Decorator to a lucky follower! Thanks to the EA Game Changers program for giving me one code to giveaway~ 💖

How to enter? - Follow me on Tumblr (@stephanine-sims)!

Please fill in ~this Google Form~ so I know you want to enter! You need to own the Sims 4 Base game (for PC) to enter in this giveaway. Please only enter once. If you enter more than once, you’ll be disqualified.

You can enter until Friday 4th of June, 7 PM Amsterdam time. I’ll pick a random winner and send them a message on Tumblr, so make sure to have your messages open! The winners have 24 hours to reply before I draw a new winner.