Looking for games like Bootleggers? Mob Wars: LCN is worth trying if you enjoy building a criminal character, improving your income and competing with other players. Bootleggers’ Prohibition setting is distinctive, so the useful comparison is the activities you enjoy rather than whether another game has the same period details.
What makes Bootleggers a useful comparison?
The original Bootleggers at bootleggers.us describes itself as a browser-based multiplayer mafia game set in the United States during Prohibition. Crimes, car theft, transporting booze and organised crimes form part of its appeal. The period setting gives those activities a particular identity.
LCN offers a different crime world. You develop a mobster through Jobs, skill choices, equipment and Fights. If it is the feeling of growing from a weak new character into a stronger rival that you want, that is the part to examine first.
Compare your reasons for returning
| If you like… | Look at this in LCN |
|---|---|
| Working towards a stronger criminal character | Experience, skill points and Jobs |
| Developing your income | Properties that earn regular cash |
| Improving the gear available to you | Weapons, armour and vehicles for your mob |
| Rivalries and group play | Fights, the Hitlist and Syndicates |
These are points of overlap, not identical systems. LCN is not a Prohibition simulation and does not recreate Bootleggers’ booze-running activities or its exact competition rules.
Give your mob more than one way to grow
In LCN, a session can involve completing Jobs, reviewing items and improving property income before you look for a rival Fight. Cash and equipment support your character’s development, so progress is not limited to whether you beat one particular opponent.
Your mob also matters in combat. Collecting items is only useful when you understand how they contribute. Our battle guide gives you a checklist for skills, equipment and Mob strength.
Choose a group that fits your routine
Bootleggers players may be used to organising with a Crew. In LCN, look at Syndicates. Ask what the group does together and how often members are expected to participate. Familiar social goals do not mean the groups have the same rules.
Start with a group willing to explain the game. Getting helpful answers while you learn can matter more than joining the highest-ranked team available to you.
Is this a good alternative for you?
LCN is a good game to examine if you want a browser mafia RPG centred on Jobs, collecting equipment and developing a mob over time. If the 1930s setting is the main attraction of Bootleggers, expect a different atmosphere.
Start free in your desktop browser or use the iPhone or Android app. The LCN beginner guide covers your first steps. You start a new account rather than bringing over a Bootleggers character.
For another browser comparison, see games like Gangster Nation. Returning Facebook players can also read what happened to Mafia Wars.
