| Mafia Wars is a game about many things, but first | | | | where you can discuss the game and find people |
| and foremost among those things is the | | | | willing to swap places with you in each other's |
| importance of growing your Mafia. If you're not | | | | mafias. This is a prime way to start building up |
| able to build a large enough group of fellow | | | | your mafia size without having to spend any |
| players to use in the game, you're going to find it | | | | additional points or make new friends. You don't |
| very hard to acquire the resources and complete | | | | need to stay social to keep you mafia size up, so |
| the jobs necessary to stay on top. So, what are | | | | just find a few people willing to take the rewards |
| the best ways to grow that mafia and take | | | | you give them and you should be good. |
| control? Here are three highly effective ways to | | | | 3. Blogging and Craigslist |
| make it happen without having to spend a single | | | | If you have a blog or are well known |
| Godfather Point. | | | | somewhere, use that prestige to gather new |
| 1. Networking on Facebook | | | | members. A simple note on your blog about |
| Facebook and MySpace are already huge social | | | | needing new family members will often times |
| networks and if you have a few hundred friends, | | | | take care of the problem all by itself. Alternately, |
| use them. Send out invitations to everyone on | | | | you can post an ad on Craigslist and ask people |
| your friend list to join your mafia, regardless of | | | | to join up (it does actually work). Just make sure |
| how well you know them (steer clear of your | | | | you don't give away any personal information until |
| co-workers and boss though if you have work | | | | you have checked out the people who reply. |
| connections). Most people will just say yes and if | | | | If you use the tools that the Internet provides |
| they already have their account, they'll | | | | you for free, you'll quickly find that it takes very |
| reciprocate. Don't waste time by not using the | | | | little time or effort to boost your position on |
| tools already in front of you. | | | | Mafia Wars with a full family of 500. It might |
| 2. Forums and Chatrooms | | | | seem like a stretch, but in just a few weeks you |
| Alternately, you can find plenty of social venues | | | | can be one of those top level players too. |