Mafia Wars Beginner’s Guide - Making Money and Winning Fights on Facebook

Written by: William Usher • Edited by: Michael Hartman
Updated Aug 17, 2009 • Related Guides: Mafia Wars | Facebook

Need help getting started in the Facebook app, Mafia Wars? Well, there's no better place to start than with a beginner's guide to Mafia Wars.

Facebook Fun

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Some people might not consider Facebook a leading platform for games, but those people would be dead wrong. Hundreds of millions of people play Facebook games on a daily basis. One of the more popular titles is the Facebook game Mafia Wars. It is similar to the version on the iPhone/MySpace, but it boasts a few new features and a lot more players. If you’re a Facebook user or an MMO fanatic looking for something new, it is definitely worth your time to give Mafia Wars a try. If you want to get off to a running start, this guide will provide the information necessary to do so. This guide will address the basics necessary to get your Mafia growing and thriving in no time.

The Value of a Dollar - Making Money in Mafia Wars

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The game is fairly easy to play and getting started shouldn’t be too hard. However, there are quite a few options available for players to peruse and it might seem a little confusing at first. So to get things rolling, once you login to Facebook and pick a name after starting up Mafia Wars, it’s time to start earning cash.

Mafia Wars actually sports some intuitive ways to get involved with the game early on without feeling like you’re going to lose everything. It's unlike a lot of other games where you sometimes start off, buy an item or try to do a job and you end up penniless and dead. Hence, don’t fret over always trying to pick the right action or spend the dollar to the right amount to succeed in this game.

Meet the GodFather

You’ll notice that there are several tabs on the main screen that include: Home, Jobs, Fight, Properties, Inventory and GodFather. Now, when starting off there’s no reason to even bother with the GodFather tab; if you’re too curious to pass it up then by all means click on it. However, the GodFather tab is for purchasing reward points or claiming goods similar to Cash Shop items. Unless you’re a newbie who just needs to spend some cash for some quick reward points it’s not even necessary to bother with the GodFather. That's not to mention that newbies can't use a lot of the good items at the beginning of the game anyway.

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