How To Play and Enjoy Mafia Wars on Facebook, iPhone and iPod Touch How To Play and Enjoy Mafia Wars on Facebook, iPhone and iPod Touch

So many Facebook users get intimidated by the popular Mafia Wars game. The same thing can be said about owners of iPhone and iPod Touch playing Mafia Wars using these devices. I have invited my closest friends to try out this very addictive game from Zynga on Facebook but most of them failed to even reach Level 5 and quit too soon. Their main complaint was Mafia Wars is too complex and static compared to Farm Town or Resto City, Facebook apps that are likewise becoming more and more popular. As in real-life, living as a Mafioso is not as simple as that of a farmer or a restaurant manager.

Learn How To Play Mafia Wars the Easy Way

Yes, Mafia Wars is not user-friendly and requires a lot of imagination to fully appreciate and enjoy it. In order for other people to have a quicker grasp of what Mafia Wars is all about, I am going to start a series of short articles explaining the in and out of Mafia Wars. I have a level 266 Mafia Wars Maniac and I am going to share with you all things I have learned about Mafia Wars (strategies in leveling up, etc.). Before that, I’d like you to read the post I published before this one titled “Play the Addictive Mafia Wars on Your iPhone 3G/3GS or iPod Touch“. The article discusses some basics on how to play Mafia Wars on said handheld devices.
First thing you should know is that Mafia Wars is a text-based role-playing game. There are a lot of detailed graphics but they are all static. This game is laid-out in an attractive comics-like ambiance. Unlike Mob Wars 2 which is Flash-based, Zynga programmed Mafia Wars heavily dependent on a PHP/MySQL. Do not expect animations on Mafia Wars like you have on FarmVille or Cafe World. Mafia Wars is text-based with your imagination as its movie canvas. This game is not for low-IQ people. There I said it, if you can’t role-play effectively using just your mental faculties; do not attempt playing Mafia Wars. Go play something easy to comprehend like Petville.
Mafia Wars’ basic gameplay lets you start as a lowly-street thug in New York City. Just like all online games, you are required to start doing jobs for you to earn money so you can buy weapons, armors and vehicles for your Mafia Family. You must do lots of jobs and recruit Mafia Family Members and equip them with the best weapons, armors and vehicles to get stronger.
First trick you should do when starting out Mafia Wars from Facebook is to create a Mafia Name that starts with a clan tag. If its your first time to play Mafia Wars, you will be asked to input your chosen Mafia nickname. The default prefix for a nickname is Don or Donatella.
Here is what you should do, erase the Don or Donatella tag and input something like {LCN} or [KillerClown] or before your chosen Mafia Wars nickname. For example, instead of typing your chosen name of Alberto after the default tag of Do-which in turn will identify you as Don Alberto at Mafia Wars, erase the Don and type out {LCN}Alberto. That bracketed LCN is the official clan tag of Facebook’s top Mafia Wars clan! What I am teaching you is usurping the protective power of a powerful clan tag for your starting Mafia Wars character!
Facebook Mafia Wars is populated daily by 7 million aggressive players. The huge number of Mafia Wars players is really overwhelming and some of them could be annoying cyberbullies that enjoy harassing low-level players. Having a fake clan tag will be enough repellent versus pesky high-level bullies. The {LCN} tag on your name will tell bullies that you belong to this powerful clan that might just retaliate and punish them ruthlessly!
That is your first lesson in Mafia Wars domination, make a fake clan tag for your low level Mafioso and expect less chance of being harassed! This Mafis Wars trick will help you level up much faster because you won’t suffer daily nuisance from bullies. You cannot do jobs if some high level bastards keeps killing you again and again.