Once that was done, I needed to enable App Sync, login to my Google account, and then ready to install Clash of Clans (albeit with then having to agree to the Google Play Terms of Service). I didn’t want to link it to my maintained Google+ account as I use this for business purposes).

In this example, I am linking to one of my Google accounts (my YouTube account, which I rarely use. If you have Gmail, a YouTube account, a Google+ account, a Picasa account, then you already have one you can link to, or you might decide you want to separate your other services. Add existing or create a new Google accountĪt this point you need to either link to an existing Google account or create a new one. I searched for Clash of Clans, and once clicked I needed to click the Enable AppStore option. Click on the green Search button (top left) to search for any apps available in the Google Store.

Once the installation is complete, the BlueStacks app player loads where you can then choose whichever apps you wish to install, though there are a few that get installed by default (such as Twitter). I chose not to install either of these two options, but up to you if you would like to. Installing the app player is a cinch, just run the installer program you download and then whilst installing you need to select App store access, and then choose whether you want App Notifications and Subscribe to Spotlight (a daily free app). Which means you’ll also have a Google+ account created for you! Hooray!)

A Google account (you can create one on the fly, or link to an existing account.

Currently free, in Beta (suggesting you’ll pay for this in future)

The BlueStacks app player, available for a myriad of Windows versions (back to XP, and up to Windows 8) as well as for Mac OSX.

An Internet connection (what is this, 1998? Get on with it man!).

Recently I have discovered how to play Clash of Clans on PC, and indeed, any Android game or app available in the Google Play store.

However, sometimes it isn’t handy to use the iPad, whether one of my kids has it, or it is busy charging, or I am already at my computer desk it’d just kill me to have to get up and retrieve my tablet. My 2 and 4 year old daughters have a far more impressive array of apps. It’s one of few things I actually use my iPad for.

Bluestacks clash of clans click