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Sims 4 challenge: The Children of Cheesus

At some point this weekend, a random Internet meme reminded me of the Grilled Cheesus sandwich press, which toasts the image of Christ into your bread:

Grilled Cheesus

My brain, being random in only the way three pounds of electrified calculus-hallucinating Jell-o can be random, immediately thought of CallMeKevin's Sims 4 cult videos. Specifically the one where the cult is forbidden to hunt for frogs:

The Sims 4, but cult

...And then I went "Grilled Cheesus Cult!" So that's happening.

The Backstory

Your Sim has no real direction in life. One day, they make a grilled cheese sandwich and have a revelation. They immediately decide to quit their job and devote their life to spreading the gospel of Cheesus.

The Rules (which I am making up as I go)

• Give your Sim some money-making hobby. I chose painting. This is how they will support themselves while spreading the Gouda News of Our Lord and Stilton, Cheesus Christ. They cannot have a day job (too busy spreading the news).

• As soon as possible in your playthrough, have them make and eat three grilled cheese sandwiches. This unlocks the hidden Grilled Cheese aspiration. This is now your Sim's aspiration.

• Your Sim's goal is to recruit others to their newly-created cult/church, The Children of Cheesus. To do this, they need to make friends/flirt sufficiently that the other Sim recommends they move in together. (If you have Life and Death, I recommend taking a lot of party-related Bucket List goals to get out and about.)

• Your Sim may only initiate conversations with an introduction or the "Talk About Grilled Cheese" action (under Friendly -> Interests). If others start a conversation, your Sim can talk about anything.

• While recruiting others, your Sim must also complete the Grilled Cheese aspiration. Upon doing so, they must produce plenty of grilled cheese-themed artwork for the cult's buildings.

• Recruited Sims must also unlock and work on the Grilled Cheese aspiration. They can have other money-making hobbies, but they should not have jobs. New members can recruit other members via the same means as your founder (by maxing friendships/relationships).

• If you have Get Together, you can make a club to help cult members achieve their goals of spreading the Gouda News.

• Once a Sim completes the Grilled Cheese aspiration, they become a Cheese Pope and are free to spread the Gouda News by starting their own church/cult. If you have For Rent, you can move these new groups into apartments on the lot or move them to new lots.

Where your Sim lives and how is up to you. I started in an "abandoned" (off the grid) farmhouse, but you can start on any lot in any world.

You can set cult outfits or not, as you choose.

Mods are fair game.

You can play multiple generations by having your first non-founder Cheese Pope start their own family. Perhaps this Cheese Pope leaves over doctrinal differences and only orders cheese pizzas? (I have not worked out generational play yet, so get creative!)

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