If you're running Win11 there's also the Windows Subsystem for Android, if your PC/laptop meets the hardware specs, which are stricter than those for Win11 itself. [If it doesn't meet the requirements Google How to install WSA on unsupported hardware.] Looks like you'd have to sideload the game though, & I don't know if it needs the Play Store services, which are a bit of work to get enabled. The beta for Google's competitor to WSA hasn't made it out of Asia yet.

learn.microsoft[.]com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/

windowscentral[.]com/how-sideload-android-apps-using-wsa-windows-11

sailorbear510 aka Jason,
Ha, I use BlueStacks for Merge Mansions cause I don't like to game at my mobile or my tablet.
I had no idea if it was legit or not. But I guess as you recommend it, I can use it without fear.

Anthea, I can completely understand you. I own an iPod Touch 7th gen and I specifically bought it to play games to keep the games off my phone and just have my shopping, banking and email on my phone.

Whiterabbit-uk, regarding cell phones here in the USA I have an iPhone XR and pay $20 US per month through the service called Tracfone for unlimited talk and text, I also get 1GB of data for my phone. I mainly am connected to Wifi when I am home and only get out my phone when I'm on the go, perhaps at a resturaunt or grocery store if I need to look up nutrition information and so forth. The data rolls over from month.

sailorbear510 aka Jason,

Hi J,

I'll get a mobile eventually; as already mentioned previously, British Telecom that look after our land line system are scrapping land lines by the end of the decade, so I'll need one. Both my kids, {23 and almost 22 and still at home} have mobiles and my wife has recently got one, but I still don't see the need for one myself as I never go out on my own as I'm unable to due to the disabilities I have.

I've considered installing Blu Stacks, but with the backlog of games I have on Steam alone, (we're talking thousands); plus, I've still only played about 25% of my UPlay, GOG and Origin games; installing such an emulator would just see my backlog grow even more. This is because I tend to get obsessed by games, especially when looking at a new platform/emulator; for example, when I got back into abandonware games fairly recently (after discovering a site that still has a really good collection of free older games that haven't yet been hoovered up by sites like Good Old Games. I spent two solid days, (from early morning until going to bed) downloading games from my favourite abandonware site accumulating over 250GB of downloads. When you consider most abandonware games pre 2000 are anywhere from a megabyte to around 100MB in size, apart from the more recent ones that could be anywhere up to around 4GB amounted to a lot of games that I downloaded.

My Abandonware have free games that were released from 1978 up to 2017

"... I still don't see the need for one myself as I never go out on my own as I'm unable to due to the disabilities I have."

Today's smartphones are basically PCs, in some cases with extraordinarily good cameras, e.g. the new iPhone. Some people use them the same way you use your PC, which is why companies like Microsoft & Adobe also focus on Android & iOS apps & adding functional versions of their software on their web sites, e.g., office[.]com. In your case, since you wouldn't have to carry whatever away from home, you *might* be happier with a tablet that's compatible with whatever cell service you'll use.

Hey guys
Just don't move to Switzerland - everything is so incredibly expensive here.

Anthea, expensive compared to where? I'm in the US, & I know gas has always been much more expensive in Europe than it is here. But most other things are more expensive here than they were before covid. Just wondering what your timeframes are.

Delilah,
Everything we get from shops all over the world or at least Europe costs double what it costs there. The clothing from various shops have markers where all the prices are on to see. Same for books and magazines. Even Swiss products like Ragusa or Meridol (a tooth paste) costs less in Germany as if they don't have taxes to pay when they export it, cause this is what they always tell us why merchandise costs more here. A lot of people only see our salaries but when they live here the fall back to reality let's them second guess if it was wise to move here.
It is this way since I do my own finances.

Whiterabbit-uk, I use ASDA mobile in the UK and the package I'm on gives me unlimited calls and texts as well as 3 GB of data for £5.00 per month. I don't use my landline for anything except incoming calls, so no charges from my broadband provider except for internet.