This game I think is entirely an original idea, and it is basically a combo of a CAF and the party/sleepover game MASH. I tried to keep it still about naming a family, but with some elements of MASH. So here we go!
Generate a number from 2-8 to determine how many rows down you will count, excluding the name of the section (the equivalent of the spiral you draw in MASH). Every time you land on an option, delete it until all the sections have one option left. If one section has one option left but the others still have multiple options left, skip that section each time until you have eliminated all but one option in each section. Once you have done that, you get to choose one of the things in that option or go to that site and generate the appropriate thing for that section. (I’ve never done one of these before, so hopefully this makes sense and isn’t too long.):)
https://numbergenerator.org/randomnumbergenerator#!numbers=1&low=2&high=8 (I hope this makes a link!)
Your first name:
1 https://flo.health/pregnancy/choosing-a-name/unisex-names-2019
2 http://listofrandomnames.com/index.cfm?generated
3 https://homepage.net/name_generator/
4 https://randomwordgenerator.com/name.php (10 Names, Only First Names)
Your middle name:
1 https://www.namegenerator.biz/random-name-generator.php (Generate 10)
2 https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/english_names.php
3 https://uinames.com/
4 http://random-name-generator.info/random/?n=10&g=1&st=2
Your last name:
1 O'Connell/Patel/Jones/Mazurski
2 Schmidt/Flammia/Zhong/Kazemi
3 Yurtsan/Sabbagh/d'Angelo/Trinh
4 De Luca/Hilton/Wang/Gonzalez
Your age:
1 33/39/41
2 34/35/38
3 32/36/37
4 39/40/42
Your job:
1 https://www.bestrandoms.com/random-job-generator
2 stay-at-home parent
3 http://storygen.weebly.com/job-generator.html
4 Your dream job!
Your spouse’s first name:
1 https://blog.reedsy.com/character-name-generator/language/english
2 https://www.behindthename.com/random/
3 https://nameberry.com/namehunter/ (Generate names from a random list)
4 https://springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators//first_names.htm
Your spouse’s middle name:
1 https://www.babynamegenie.com/baby-name-generator
2 http://www.nymbler.com/ (Pick from the names trending today)
3 https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/gen-random-us-us.php
4 https://www.bestlittlebaby.com/baby-name-generator.aspx (Don't enter info)
Your spouse’s last name:
1 St. Pierre/Miller/Nguyen/Ivanov(a)
2 Novak/Yang/Benson/Goldstein
3
Van Der Berg/Onai/Fisher/Martinez
4 Panagapoulos/Walker/Carmona/Yves
Your spouse’s age:
1 36/39/41
2 32/35/40
3 33/34/37
4 38/39/42
Your spouse’s job:
1 http://writingexercises.co.uk/random-job-generator.php
2 https://www.randomlists.com/random-jobs
3 self-employed (specify)
4 http://www.rangen.co.uk/chars/jobgen.php
Where you live:
1 M- mansion
2 A- apartment
3 S- starter home (this one is usually shack, but I think a starter home is better for a large family) ;)
4 H- house
What city?
1 https://www.randomlists.com/random-us-cities?qty=6&dup=false
2 https://www.randomlists.com/random-world-cities?qty=6&dup=false
3 https://www.getrandomthings.com/world-cities.php
4 https://www.getrandomthings.com/us-cities.php
Number of kids:
1 -4
2 -5
3 -6
4 - You choose!
The Kids: This section must be repeated separately for each kid to determine their info once you have determined how many you have. For this portion, generate a new number for each child so that you get different results.
Gender:
1 Girl
2 Boy
3 Boy
4 Girl
Age:
1 https://numbergenerator.org/randomnumber?high=5#!numbers=1&low=0&high=5&unique=true&csv=&oddeven=&start=false
2 https://numbergenerator.org/randomnumber?high=10#!numbers=1&low=6&high=10&unique=true&csv=&oddeven=&start=false
3 https://numbergenerator.org/randomnumber?high=10#!numbers=1&low=6&high=10&unique=true&csv=&oddeven=&start=false
4 https://numbergenerator.org/randomnumber?high=15#!numbers=1&low=11&high=15&unique=true&csv=&oddeven=&start=false
First name:
1 Musical name/Gemstone name/Virtue name
2 Ends in a ‘y’/Biblical name/Gender-Neutral name
3 Starts with a consonant/Surname name/Irish name
4 Within the US top 500 for 2015/Variant of a parent’s name/Four syllables long
Middle name:
1 Greek name/ Has letters that repeat right next to each other (ex:
Kelly,
Johnny)/ Contains a ‘v’
2 Starts with a vowel/“Grandparent” name/ Kreatyve name
3 Name of a body of water/-son name/Two syllables long
4 Nature name/ Place name/Means beautiful, pretty, or handsome
Hobbies/ Future Hobbies:
1 Fishing/Cooking/Shopping/Singing
2 Painting/Public Speaking/Sports (specify)/Playing an instrument (specify)
3 Guitar/Acting/Writing/Technology
4 Dancing/Drawing/Hiking/Videography
Tell me if this worked for you and how it went! At the end, list the family like you would in a normal CAF, but including jobs, hobbies, and where you live. I hope you had fun!