The Grand Mafia and Mob Wars: LCN share a crime theme, but their main activities differ. The Grand Mafia is a real-time strategy game about raising a gang, recruiting Enforcers and competing for influence with a Faction. LCN centres on developing your mobster through Jobs, skills, income, equipment and Fights.
Choose by what you want to spend your time doing, rather than the word “mafia” in the title.
The main gameplay difference
| Question | The Grand Mafia | Mob Wars: LCN |
|---|---|---|
| What are you developing? | A gang and its influence in a real-time strategy world | Your mobster’s skills, mob, equipment and income |
| What does competition involve? | Commanding armies and working with a Faction for control | Rival-player Fights, the Hitlist and group competition |
| What is the team called? | A Faction | A Syndicate |
| What should you try first? | The strategy and team systems that interest you | The tutorial, Jobs and an available Fight |
What a session in LCN looks like
You might complete Jobs for cash and experience, decide where to spend skill points and review the equipment available to your mob. Properties provide regular income. When you want competition, try Fights or explore the Hitlist.
The important decisions are tied to your character’s development. Improving income and equipment supports your mob, while choosing skills helps shape your own strength. Our equipment and properties guide shows how those parts connect.
A Faction and a Syndicate are not the same system
The Grand Mafia’s publisher describes players working with a Faction to compete for control of a city and beyond. In LCN, Syndicates provide a group to compete alongside as you continue developing your own mobster.
Before joining any group, ask about activity expectations and whether it helps beginners. Do not assume that because you enjoyed one game’s team activities, another game will run them in the same way. Read our LCN Syndicate guide if you want to understand that side first.
Which is closer to the old Mafia Wars experience?
If what you miss is completing Jobs, earning property income, collecting gear and strengthening a mob, LCN is the option to examine first. It offers those activities in its own game rather than restoring an old Zynga account.
Our Mafia Wars guide explains the original game’s closure. If your memories are from mobile, the iMobsters guide offers another point of comparison.
Try the activities that matter to you
Choose LCN to explore a mafia character RPG with Jobs, income and rival Fights. If commanding armies and real-time territorial strategy is essential to you, recognise that LCN offers a different emphasis.
Start free in your desktop browser or use the iPhone or Android app. Follow the tutorial, complete Jobs and inspect your first Fight result. The beginner guide helps you take those first steps.
