Simpsons Tapped Out Thread: Updated With User Names

How'd you get it done so fast? According to this site, it takes 8.5 months to build all the pieces - simpsonstappedout.wikia.com/wiki/Boardwalk_Section

I was thinking that myself the other day. $2 buys you a dozen donuts. It takes 9 donuts to get $1k in game money. Who in the world is going to do that?

Kinda bummed that Kamp Krusty is premium though not entirely surprised. Little strapped for cash right now but once I sell some stuff on eBay here, I'll probably buy it.

Well, I guess for like $200 you could rush build all the tiles if you wanted to.

Here's to hoping for another donut sale soon. Need to pick up Dr. Nick, Dr. Fink, and Barney sometime.

I feel like I could write a book on house farming. In short it really depends on how frequently you play the game.

There's this wonderful post on how frequently houses pay off and how long it takes to break even - tstotips.com/2013/04/02/how-can-i-quickly-earn-money-in-tapped-out/

And this lovely post on house farming - tstotips.com/2013/06/02/whats-the-point-of-house-farming/

It really depends on how frequently you play. The brown house pays off in 5 mins, but it only pays off $6. On the other side of the spectrum you've got the orange house which pays off every 16 hrs, but gives you $250. If you play constantly though the brown house pays off 42 times (3.5 hours) and makes $250. So if you sit there for 3.5 hours straight, you'll make more on your brown house than you would waiting 16 hours for your orange house to pay off. You're probably not going to tap every 5 mins for 3.5 hours straight though. If you look at the comments on those articles there's all kinds of discussions on which house is the best to farm. I have brown (5 mins), blue (8h) and purple (3h) in my town. I'm not ashamed of my house farm. Most towns are mainly houses
anyway. The thing to remember about house farming is that once a house pays off it generates no income until it's tapped. So let's say you only check your game once every 8 hours. Your brown house is going to have $6 every time you check in. Your blue house is going to have $150. You are better off farming blue houses in that case because you'll need 25 or so brown houses just to match that one blue house. However if you check in frequently, your brown houses will pay off every time and you can make more than if you just had blue houses.

The other thing to do is keep your characters on jobs. I see so many towns where characters are just wandering around idle. I've seen some where all their characters were idle. I don't get that. You earn no money at all when you're doing that. Also, shorter jobs earn more money per hour than longer jobs.

Thanks hulk

Which should I buy first the water expansion for the boardwalk or Springfield downs?

I'd go with the water expansion. Once you buy it, it costs like $4500 to place the Squidport entrance. Then you can start building tiles. My plan is to just stockpile tiles and once I get the rest of the town built I'll come back to the Squidport. By all accounts it's expensive and time consuming to build. The buildings have to sit on boardwalk tiles so you have to build the tiles first. I'm on tile 12 and it's taking 24 hours to build. So my plan is to come back when I have a crap ton of tiles and build the buildings but tiles are fairly inexpensive ($5k for the 24 hr one) so I can easily build them while working on the rest of my town.

The dog track is fairly worthless. It has a huge footprint and does virtually nothing. It gives Moe, Homer and Krusty 3hr tasks which may or may not benefit you. Betting on the dogs is a sure way to lose your money and make you hate yourself. Just like in real life. I'm not a fan of it at all. With my schedule, the 3 hr tasks work for me which is the only reason why I haven't boxed the thing in my inventory.