The Hotels

Just a quick sampling of the hotels available in the Monopoly Hotels game (iOS) from Electronic Arts as of July 31, 2012:

So far, the farthest I can scroll (right to left) on my phone is as far as Pennsylvania. Which costs a whopping M$40,000,000!!

Will I ever buy that hotel? Sure. When I have the "cash".

My own collection so far includes the Mediterranean (free at the start of the game), the Baltic, the Oriental and the Illinois.

Some of these were bought for cash - the Baltic and the Oriental.

The Illinois, however, set me back in GOLD. 25 Gold to be precise. And Gold isn't something that you collect easily ...

After saving up 25 gold bars to splurge on buying this hotel, you'd better believe I had some buyer's remorse: you see, the Museum on Ventnor only cost 12 gold bars, PLUS, the Illinois made me wait a whole DAY after I'd plunked down my gold - not a happy feeling for a likely-ADHD, zero-patience gal.

But then I saved up some more gold and plunked down my 12 gold bars for the Ventnor Museum - not ONLY did it also make me wait a day, I then discovered that my other properties weren't bringing in enough money to let me purchase any of the rooms available for the museum.

So there it sits.

EMPTY so far.

Ah well, c'est la vie.

As I said, this game is teaching me patience and strategic skills that should probably stand me in good stead in real life. Yeah. Sure.

GIMME MY MONOPOLY MONEY!