A strange little side quest
One reason fashion and style keeps producing good game ideas around Happy Family is that its history is full of strange turns. By the 1890s, department stores and mail-order catalogs were selling mass-produced ready-to-wear clothes in standardized styles and price ranges. The same trail leads to another fact: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Happy Family feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
