Mafia Wars is a text based browser game on Facebook.
The main goal of the game is to become the lead mobster in the game by making your way up the ladder.
Popular game FarmVille was produced by the same company, Zynga.
The game is free to play; nonetheless, if you desire to level up quicker you might wish to spend some money on reward points.
So what is Mafia Wars all about? Well, you are introduced to the game as a low ranking member of the mafia.
You will be able to pick out one of three charater types of a mobster.
Bonuses later in the game and draw backs are based on which class you pick.
You can even get multiple accounts and play using every class and find which one you think is the best.
Doing jobs will increase your popularity Fighting is a big aspect of the game, maybe the most important part of the game other than doing jobs..
Chasing away thugs is all you can do when you begin playing until you earn enough money for a weapon.
When the yellow bar fills completely you'll unlock a new job, which has higher payoffs than the last.
As you'll discover, your mafia starts in NY and as you progress through the game and in levels, more cities will open.
Keep doing jobs until you run out of Energy.
Once you run out, you'll have to wait for a period of time to recharge points.
It's suggested, every time another city unlocks, spend a few days doing jobs in particular city as you will want to purchase a business or two (the main way of making cash in addition to doing jobs) because when cities are first opened up cash is normally hard to come by.
Also, your energy will be fully restored if you level up.
Once you reach level five, you open the "Fight" tab and can take on other Mafia Wars users.
You can fight mafia members at random from the "Fight" tab.
The game then generates an attack based on your defense and attack points.
Attack and defense is determined by your how much armoury you have.
The more unites you have, the better.
Moving up in levels will open more equipment for you.
Higher score wins the fight.
"Robbing" allows you to try and steal from a property, "Declare War" grants you to fight against your mafia members, and "Hitlist" displays friends who have a price on their head, which gives you experience and a good sum of cash.
Attacking other players is a great way to pass time while your energy is recharging.
Mafia Wars fights are rather easy if you know how to choose your targets.
Fighting other users is likely the greatest mean to improve your ratings and earn some fast cash in this game.
Be careful while you are choosing your targets though, wrong choice will put you in the hospotal.
You will also need to begin building your mafia.
This can be completed by adding other mafia members to your Mafia family.
Adding your friends is the best place to.
An simple way to add Mafia members to your family is to go on the forums, ones you should be able to see on the upper right of the home page.
There are usually threads on the forums names "Add Me" where you will find a list of members that are looking for Mafia Wars' friends.
Don't go wild adding tons of friends all at at one time though.
Facebook or Myspace might think you are spamming etc.
so, go easy.
You should also put these new "friends" into a unique list so that they won't have access to all of your personal information that your true friends do on these social networking websites.
Mafia Wars can consume a lot of time when you play.
For example, it requires five minutes for one Energy point.
In some components of the game you have to wait for a period of time to complete it again it again, that's why the game might become boring, but you can always do other stuff while waiting.
This game is addicting, nevertheless.
It's a nice solution to boredom if you have null else to do.