The Simpsons: Tapped Out Pin Pals content update/Gameplay

Gameplay

Pinsetter

Pinsetter Pt. 1

After the user logs in on May 10th: Smithers! What is this check made out to the Federal government? That's your tax payment, sir. You know my policy on giving money to family members, and that includes Uncle Sam. I'm sure it's a mistake. I'll look into whether killing the accountant who prepared them gives you another deduction. Task: Make Burns Scheme a New Tax Evasion Strategy (6s, Control Building) Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pinsetter Pt. 2

After completing Pinsetter Pt. 1: Tax havens in New Havens. Shell companies that sell sea shells. I've done them all already! What about starting a charity? A charity?! If I wanted my money to help the poor I'd just pay my taxes! But sir, if you own the charity, you'll be giving the money tax-free back to yourself. You just need a group or team to do the fundraising. A team, eh? How about we get the Pin Pals back together. They can bowl for my benefit! Task: Make Burns Recruit the Old Pin Pals (6s, Control Building) Task: Make Homer Happily Join Up (6s, Simpson House) Task: Make Moe Skeptically Agree to Join (6s, Moe's Tavern) Task: Make Apu Dig Out His Old Pin Pals Shirt (6s, Kwik-E-Mart) Woohoo! I get to bowl and my boss is footing the bill! It's like everyday from 3 pm on! I don't mind him paying, so long as he ain't playing... It's wordplay like that that keeps me submitting to The New Yorker. Quest reward: Pin Pal Apu, 100 and 10

Pin Pals

Pin Pals Pt. 1

After completing Pinsetter Pt. 2: Mr. Burns, we thought we'd celebrate the team getting back together with new jerseys. Because some of us seem to have, er, outgrown our old ones. And others of us have discovered that our sweat is acid that melts cotton. Gentlemen, we're bowling for charity. We don't have the money for extravagances like jerseys or working fire extinguishers. Task: Make Burns Avoid Expenditures (3h, Control Building) Task: Collect Bowling Shoes [x8] Sir, you have to invest in your charity a bit if you want to claim a deduction. I suppose I could buy them a little something. Like matching tattoos of my face. Or a vacation to Tuscany for one. How about a state-of-the-art facility? That's how colleges avoid paying their athletes. Quest reward: Pin Pals Bowling Alley, 100 and 10

Jacques Surfacing

After building Pin Pals Bowling Alley: Qu'est-ce que c'est? The smell of floor polish, the clatter of pins, the creep of athlete's foot. Bowling! And a new bowling alley calls for a new Jacques: Jacques Deux Point O.

Pin Pals Pt. 2

After completing Pin Pals Pt. 1: Welcome, Pin Pals, to your very own bowling alley! Oh man, I knew it. Burns is trying to buy his way back onto the team. Let me assure you: I do NOT want to play with you. I can hardly stand to look at you. Your reverse psychology won't work on us. Unless that's not what you want. In which case it will. Task: Make Burns Avoid Bowling (3h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley) Task: Collect Bowling Shoes [x26] Burns clearly wants back on the team. And I can't stand to watch a man beg. That's why I don't bring dates to restaurants with mirrors in them. Sorry, Otto. You're off the team. Whoa, I was on the team? I told you – I don't want to join! This is Woodrow and his League of Nations all over again. Quest reward: Bowling Lane, 100 and 10

Pin Pals Pt. 3

After completing Pin Pals Pt. 2: Kirk, what are you doing here? Mr. Burns said he'd pay me twenty bucks to play with you guys. Looks like Kirk won't have to sell any molars today! I see Burns is playing hard to get. Looks like Moe is going to have to take care of this just like he took care of the Iranian Embassy hostages. What was that? Argo was a lie! I mean, nothing. Task: Make Moe Orchestrate an Accident for Kirk (3h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley) Task: Collect Bowling Shoes [x30] Yeow! Moe, you broke my fingers! All those prepaid mandolin lessons at the Y down the drain! Sorry, Kirk. I can be a real klutz. Guess you can't bowl no more. I can't afford to see a doctor either. But maybe I can convince the vet that I'm an exotic pet. Quest reward: Claw Machine, 100 and 10

Pin Pals Pt. 4

After completing Pin Pals Pt. 3: Looks like that ringer won't be wearing no rings for awhile. Man, why does The New Yorker keep rejecting this brilliance? Now we really need Mr. Burns to finish the tournament. How many times do I have to tell you fools – I don't want to bowl with you! This charity was just an excuse for me to hoard money. Like those timeshares I sold in a state that doesn't exist. What? But I've booked plane tickets to Oklaronsas! Now you've left me no choice. Bowl for the team. Or burn down this building and collect the insurance. Isn't that a choice? Task: Make Burns Practice His Gutter Balls (3h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley) Task: Make Moe Watch and Regret What He's Done (3h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley) Task: Collect Bowling Shoes [x36] Quest reward: Pin Pal Homer, 100 and 10

Pin Pals Pt. 5

After completing Pin Pals Pt. 4: This is it – the deciding match! What a journey it's been. An immediate, unseen journey. We just need one more strike, and then the trophy's ours. But Burns is up next. He hasn't hit a single thing this entire tournament. Unless you count the valet he ran over in the parking lot. Time to show these boys what I'm made of -- sinew, steel plates, and bigotry. Task: Make Burns Throw for the Gutter (3h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley) Task: Collect Bowling Shoes [x40] He dropped the ball! Like I do when Marge asks me for a favor. Hey, wordplay's my shtick this update! It's going very slowly, but... but... It's a strike! I can't believe it! Wow! This is the first strike I've ever seen that didn't end with Pinkertons clubbing my employees. Seeing as how I won the match I think it's only fair that I keep the reward. Quest reward: 200 and 20

Trophy Tax

After completing Pin Pals Pt. 5: This will look excellent with my other awards – my 1980 gold medal for hockey, my 1994 Nobel prize in economics, and of course my piece of the Aggro Crag. All rightfully earned sir. Now for the real winner of this affair, my pocketbook! Task: Make Burns Verify the Results of His Tax Scheme (6s, Control Building) I still owe taxes? How is that even possible? It turns out the trophy has a small monetary value. You owe the IRS two dollars. Bah! Billionaires don't pay taxes. Who does the IRS think I am? A billionaire's secretary? Get rid of this accursed trophy! Give it back to the team and write it off as a charitable deduction! Quest reward: Bowling Trophy, 100 and 10

Prizes gameplay

Rutterball

Rutterball Pt. 1

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Alright guys, are you ready to bowl? I was born ready! And also with eleven toes. All that extra traction – it's an unfair advantage! Task: Make Pin Pal Homer Bowl With Style (8h, Bowling Lane) And Homer wins again! Nice job. I'm just glad you finally found something you're good at. What do you mean? I'm good at all kinds of stuff. Eating, drinking, sleeping. I think you're just naming the processes that keep you alive. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Rutterball Pt. 2

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Marge, do I have any skills, or is bowling really the only thing I'm good at? You're good at lots of things! You've been an astronaut, a farmer, a clown, a boxer, a mayor, a beer baron, a missionary, and a conceptual artist. I mean a real thing. Like juggling or karaoke or always having the perfect comeback. Sorry Dad, you stink at everything. Oh yeah, well, I know you are but what was me? WHAT WAS ME?? Task: Make Pin Pal Homer Seek Solace in Alcohol (8h, Moe's Tavern) Task: Make Moe Serve Up Some Consolation (8h, Moe's Tavern) You're looking down today, Homer. I just get the feeling lately like I can't do anything for anyone. Sorry, I meant literally. Could you check the floor for loose peanuts? I gotta refill the jar. And lemme know if you plan to drink yourself to death, cause you gotta pay in advance for that. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Rutterball Pt. 3

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Booze didn't cheer me up. Maybe an impulse buy will? That's as American a line of reasoning as I've ever heard. And have I got a deal for you. It's a handy multi-tool - it can do just about anything! Satisfaction guaranteed! Great, even the crap Gil's selling is more useful than me. Now I'm more dissatisfied than ever. Everyone is when they shop with Gil! Task: Make Pin Pal Homer Sink Further Into Despair (24h, Krusty Burger) Guess I'll just have to get used to being a one-trick pony. Better than being a no-trick pony, like the one I rented for my daughter's birthday party. Two months salary to watch it eat my lawn. That's not how you win her back, Gil! Quest reward: 100 and 10

Rutterball Pt. 4

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Maybe that pathetic loser Gil is onto something. You could at least wait for me to walk away. Sure, I may only be good at one thing. But if I can find someone impressionable enough to be impressed, it can mean a lot. *suck* *suck* Task: Make Pin Pal Homer Take Maggie Bowling (12h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley or Bowlarama, Maggie) Quest reward: 200 and 20

The Perfect Game: Homer

After unlocking Pin Pal Homer (invisible questline, once the job is done it gives the reward): Task: Make Pin Pal Homer Go Bowling (20h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley, Bowlarama or Brown House) System Message Woohoo! Homer just bowled a 300, which is coincidentally his weight too! Here's a reward to celebrate his great achievement! Quest reward: Perfect Game Balloon, 100 and 10

The Perfect Game: Apu

After unlocking Pin Pal Apu (invisible questline, once the job is done it gives the reward): Task: Make Pin Pal Apu Go Bowling (20h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley, Bowlarama or Brown House) System Message Apu just ignored his eight children and bowled a perfect game! Here's something to celebrate his achievement in parenting. Quest reward: Perfect Game Balloon, 100 and 10

Claw Machine

After placing Claw Machine: Whoa the Claw Machine is back! I call next! And next next! And next next next! One of the prizes is my bus driver's license with my name on it. And my picture? How'd that get in there? And how do I get it out? Task: Place the Claw Machine Task: Play the Claw Machine Possible rewards: nothing, Ice Sculpture, Rabbit Hedge, Gas Pump, Phone Booth, Gazebo, Wood Chipper, Gargoyle or Sir Love-A-Lot Quest reward: 100 and 10

Premium gameplay

La Proposale

La Proposale Pt. 1

After tapping on Jacqes' exclamation mark: Marge, my dear! How many lifetimes has it been since we were together? Please allow me to take you to brunch. I don't mean to brag, but I have my own table at the Waffle Hut. I'll go, but just as friends. I'm still happily married. Well, married. Task: Reach Level 15 and Build Moe's Tavern Task: Make Jacques Meet Marge for Brunch (2h, Eatery, Marge) I must confess, there is a thirst in me that not even these bottomless mimosas can quench. I need you, Marge! As the pins yearn for the bowling ball, or the damp fingers yearn for that little fan. I'm sorry, Jacques, I'm not interested. But I may know someone who is. Quest reward: 100 and 10

La Proposale Pt. 2

After tapping on Jacqes' exclamation mark: Ah, you must be Selma! Marge was right – you do look a bit like her if I squint. That accent, and that backhanded compliment – so French! I'm intrigued. Selma, do you enjoy the theatre? I dunno... if I want sticky floors and the smell of stale butter I can just go home. Task: Reach Level 35 And Build the Spinster City Apartments Task: Make Jacques Take Selma to See French Theatre (12h, Springfield Library, Selma) Jacques, I had a great time tonight, even if I couldn't understand what was going on. It was a French film, my sweet. No one understood what was going on. The night is young, just like me according to my driver's license. Shall we go back to your place? Quest reward: 100 and 10

La Proposale Pt. 3

After tapping on Jacqes' exclamation mark: Selma I am madly in love with you, but there's just one thing I require... I knew it was too good to be true. What do you need? An alibi? A loan? A kidney? An alibi for where you got that loaned kidney? No... marriage! Task: Make Jacques Propose to Selma (8h, Fiesta Terrace, Selma) Selma, would you marry... Hans Moleman? I do... not understand what's going on. I need the excitement of dating a married woman. My love must be like my entry to the women's locker room: forbidden! But I am a married woman. I've been married five times in fact. Why don't I just put one of those rings back on and complain non-stop about my exes? Quest reward: 100 and 10

La Proposale Pt. 4

After tapping on Selma's exclamation mark: Please Selma, I only want what I cannot have. You must be like the moon to me, or an affordable haircut that looks good right away. How do I know it won't fall apart like my other marriages? What ruined those marriages? Let's see... publicity stunt, attempted murder, old age, disco fever, and undisclosed. Those were all flawed because they were built on foundations of love. But this will be built on... my weird sexual hang-ups! If the user has Hans Moleman: Task: Make Selma Flirt With Moleman (16h, Eatery, Hans Moleman) Task: Make Jacques Practice His Tango (8h) Quest reward: 100 and 10

La Proposale Pt. 5

After tapping on Marge's exclamation mark: Hi Selma! How are things with Jacques? He's asking me to marry, just not to him. Now I'm worried I'll end up with a marriageless love and a loveless marriage. If I've learned one thing from Jacques, it's how to pick up a seven ten split. But if I've learned two things, it's that he'll take advantage of you. You're right – I should end it now. Grr, love was so much easier when my fiancée just wanted me dead. Task: Make Selma Break Up With Jacques (24h, Fiesta Terrace, Jacques) But Selma, I need you! And not just to help me finish these home fries. I'm sorry. I care for you, but I can't stoop so low as to marry someone like Hans Moleman. I still don't understand why you had to bring me along. Well Selma, if you ever do find Mr. Right, then please cheat on him with me. Quest reward: 200 and 20

Tavern-Sitter

Tavern-Sitter Pt. 1

After tapping on Moe's exclamation mark: Hey Barney, gimme a hand here, will ya? Set these empties up at the end of the bar. Practicing your bowling skills? I was just going to huck 'em at rats. But yeah, yours is a better idea. I'd practice at the bowling alley, but who knows what scheme you bozos would get up to alone at the bar. Aw, thanks Moe. It means a lot that you think we're capable of scheming. Task: Make Pin Pal Moe Practice Bowling at the Bar (4h, Moe's Tavern) Task: Make Bar Flies Order Drinks Between Frames [x3] (4h, Moe's Tavern) Quest reward: 100 and 10

Tavern-Sitter Pt. 2

After tapping on Moe's exclamation mark: This bar bowling ain't working! I can't keep stopping to pick shattered glass out of Barney's face every five minutes. Guess I'm gonna have to ask one of you guys to watch the bar so I can practice? Happy to do it. What do we get paid? How about I give you all the nickels and dimes I fish out of the urinals? But no quarters! Task: Make Pin Pal Moe Go Out for a Few Rounds of Bowling (12h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley) If the user has reached Level 24: Task: Reach Level 27 and Build Springfield Buddhist Temple) If the user has reached Level 24: Task: Make Lenny and Carl Watch the Bar (12h, Moe's Tavern, Carl) I'm back. Wait a second... what's that weird smell? It's the absence of vomit. We scrubbed the floor with that bucket of mop water behind the bar. That wasn't mop water – that was for watering down the booze! Quest reward: 100 and 10

Tavern-Sitter Pt. 3

After tapping on Moe's exclamation mark: Whoever watches the bar has to be more like me: morally flexible but physically brittle, and with a gambling problem. Hands up barkeep! Gimme all your cash and no one gets hurt! Bingo! Bingo? Where? Put all my money on I29! Perfect. How about instead of robbing the place, you watch it for a few hours? That sounds suspiciously like honest work. Trust me, it ain't. If the user has Bowling Lane: Task: Make Pin Pal Moe Bowl Aggressively (4h, Bowling Lane) If the user doesn't have Bowling Lane: Task: Make Pin Pal Moe Bowl Aggressively (4h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley, Bowlarama or Brown House) I can't believe you let Snake watch the bar over me. He took all your money! Better than taking all my beer! Quest reward: 200 and 20

The Perfect Game: Moe

After unlocking Pin Pal Moe (invisible questline, once the job is done it gives the reward): Task: Make Pin Pal Moe Go Bowling (20h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley, Bowlarama or Brown House) System Message Moe just bowled a perfect game, bringing his grand total of good things that've happened to him to one. Here's a reward to celebrate his achievement! Quest reward: Perfect Game Balloon, 100 and 10

Pin Power

Pin Power Pt. 1

After tapping on Mr. Burns' exclamation mark: Smithers, I'm afraid I have to go join my fellow Pin Pals in training. In my absence, I need you to watch over my precious plant with an iron fist. I bought a sequined glove at the flea market last Saturday. Is that close enough, sir? It'll have to do. Just don't let those brutes smell fear on you. Or fresh fish. Are we talking about your employees or bears, sir? Task: Make Pin Pal Burns Go Bowling (20h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley, Bowlarama or Brown House) Task: Reach Level 25 and Build Burns Manor Task: Make Smithers Rule the Plant With an Iron Fist (20h, Control Building) You there! I've got my eye on you! Aww, thanks Mr. Smithers, looking out for the little guy. No! I meant that I expect you to do better work! You believe in me? So encouraging – reminds me of my mom! Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pin Power Pt. 2

After tapping on Mr. Burns' exclamation mark: What's going on here, Smithers? I see men smiling, whistling while they work. And is that a glimmer of hope in their eyes?! No sir! It must be radioactive dust in the air. Alright, I admit it – I can't seem to keep their spirits down! Even my "No Socializing at Work" themed ice cream social was a failure. When I get back, I expect to see broken spirits, hollow eyes, and stomachs full for the coming winter hibernation. I think you're on bears again sir. If the user has Bowling Lane: Task: Make Pin Pal Burns Bowl With Difficulty (4h, Bowling Lane) If the user doesn't have Bowling Lane: Task: Make Pin Pal Burns Bowl With Difficulty (4h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley, Bowlarama or Brown House) Task: Make Smithers Fret About Burns All Day (4h, Control Building) Task: Make Plant Workers Enjoy Further Freedom From Oppression (4h, Control Building) I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think I love my job. Say something like that again and I'm writing you up! How refreshing to have a boss who actually listens to what we say. Thanks, Mr. Smithers. Quest reward: 100 and 10

Pin Power Pt. 3

After tapping on Mr. Burns' exclamation mark: Please forgive me sir, but we just received this letter. "Congratulations, you've been nominated as one of Springfield's top employers for providing a safe and friendly work environment..." Smithers, this is terrible! All that time spent chaining the emergency exits shut and for what? Cover for me at the bowling alley. I expect my plant to be Upton Sinclair-worthy at all times. Task: Make Smithers Bowl With the Pin Pals (12h, Control Building) Task: Make Burns Unleash Maximum Oppression on Plant Workers (12h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley) *shiver* Does anyone else feel that? It's like the joy is being drained from my body. So tired, so slow... That's right – crumble beneath my malevolent gaze. And the trace amounts of CO2 I'm pumping in through the vents. It's good to have you back, sir. I really missed your cruelty and pettiness. Enough of your compliments already! Quest reward: 200 and 20

The Perfect Game: Burns

After unlocking Pin Pal Burns (invisible questline, once the job is done it gives the reward): Task: Make Pin Pal Burns Go Bowling (20h, Pin Pals Bowling Alley, Bowlarama or Brown House) System Message By some miracle (specifically, bribes and coercion) Mr. Burns just bowled a perfect game. Here's a reward to celebrate his great achievement! Quest reward: Perfect Game Balloon, 100 and 10