For people who never played Facebook Mafia Wars here are some tips on how to get started.

Character

“Maniac” is the character that you should go with if you are new to Facebook Mafia Wars.

Family

You should grow you mafia family until it reaches 501 members after that the additional members don’t contribute in a fight as you have only that much weapons. You can grow your family by asking your friends to join in or link to other players on the network pages. You can also join an email mass add to add players.

Godfather Points

If you have ten points then you should go for an energy refill. If you have 14 points you can get 4 extra points. These points can be spent on buying but adding them to the stats is a much better option.

Profile Points

You should know how to use your mafia points in order to be successful in Mafia Wars. You should increase energy and put points into that. After you have increase your level put the points into defense. Increasing defense will help you win fights and gain experience. When your have increased your level you should add points in other areas.

Mafia Wars Boss

Boss fights can be used to gain maximum experience points to advance your level. Ideally, you should keep just the right amount of stamina required to fight the boss and use up the rest. Boss fights don’t give you any bonuses but you can use them to gain maximum experience.

The Slayers application allows you to team up with your friends and slay the creatures of the night: Vampires, Zombies and Werewolves. You can do your slayer training individually or team up with other slayers. However, you don’t have to be slayer if you don’t like to, you can be on the other side by becoming a Werewolf, Zombie, Vampire or all four.

Your slayer game page has optionssuch as hire, rank, fight and rituals. You will start by building and army.With a big army you can be become more powerful and the number of quests you can do will also increase. You can increase your army by asking your friends to join or hire mercenires. The maximum level you can reach in the game is 20. Slayers have the option to perform rituals to do great feats. You will be able to get great abilities by sacrifising you relics on the alter.

The application has some new updates in the form of achievements, quests and items.

You can use new armors that are more effective against specific monsters, and new weapons that give you the edge when you need it are available to you. You can buy Wolfs bane, which is particularly effective against Werewolves, or use the Brain Saver to keep those Zombies from taking your brain out.

With the updated achievement section you can earn bonuses for reaching targets. The quests section allows you to play the game with the aim of getting more items and earning money.

Bobbling Buddies is a pretty good bowling game developed by Playfish. The ball is controlled with the mouse by moving it and releasing it at the right time. There is also the option of spinning the ball after its release.

Achievements are awarded as you become more experienced in the game. Some of the achievements are for skills, some for the number of people you invite and also some for the number of times you play. From the graphics point of view it’s a great game. You have the choice to choose which version you want to play with; there is a 2-D and 3-D version and you can also manipulate the graphic quality according to your computer specifications. The game is also very detailed and not just a simple throw the ball type of game. The level of difficulty is good.

You also have the option of customizing your player. The bowler will show emotions (happiness and sorrow) depending on your performance. The clothes of your bowler can be changed as well, but for this you need to invite more of your friends to play the game. The ultimate goal in this game like real bowling is to achieve 12 strikes to complete your score of 300.

The game has been updated to include a “challenge” feature that you can use to challenge the world if you like. Bowling Buddies is a fun Facebook application that has decent difficulty level to keep the player interested.

T20 has taken the Cricket world by storm. This new format has attracted massive crowds and has maximized the drawings of cricketers. Such is the impact of this format that even Facebook couldn’t help but get addicted to it. The TwentyCricket Facebook app is an ultimate app for cricket lovers on the Facebook which actually are in great majority. T20 Facebook app has been granted the status by Facebook based on the user reviews.

The T20 app is very addictive which can be figured out by the fact that there are around 85,000 monthly active users. Its largely because the app offers extensive features with attractive and easy user interface that adds further to its features. Following is the brief list of features offered in the app:

Management Features

1. Team – Add your friends as players and define rolls for them
2. Team Strategy – Set a team strategy, set fields, bowling and batting order and put your team on offensive/defensive.
3. Team Training – Spend Training Points on fitness, commitment and skill of your players.
4. Team Stats – Review the individual performances.
5. Select a Venue – Purchase a venue, maintain it and earn income from ads running on the stadium.
6. Training Facility – Purchase a training facility to give gym practice to your team.
7. Rehab Facility – Help your players to maintain their fitness.
8. Cheerleader – You can select any of your friends as a cheerleader for your team to put their morale up.

Playing Features

1. League – Your challenges and matches
2. Country League – Play with other players from your country.
3. Friend’s League – Play with your friends who have joined the league.
4. Super League – Challenge players in super league.
5. Featured Match – You get to play one featured match daily.

Other than the playing features listed above, you can post 5 challenge request and can accept challenges from other players. There are also open challenges which can’t be said no to. So, put your gear on and get into the Facebook TwentyCricket app.

Guess the Sketch Challenge is yet another addictive app from SocialHi, the developers of the SocialMe app. Guess the Sketch app is suited well for those who want to have fun with their drawing and guessing skills. Game creates a board-room environment with multiple users sharing the same drawing screen, while one of them draws the word assigned to them. Soon as the drawing starts, viewers start guessing what’s been drawn. In the end it returns some points to both, the “artist” and the “art lovers”. The more people guess it right, more points does the artist get which comes as the acknowledgement of their drawing skills.

A time dimension is also there for the game which makes the game even more interesting. Artist is assigned a word and is given 2 minutes time to draw the image to elaborate the word. Drawing the alphabet letters is however not allowed. But artist can give hints to the viewers about the word.

Soon as a member guesses the word, the drawing stops and all the members who guessed it right are rewarded with the points. Here is the game process:

How Guess the Sketch works:

Each member has 10 rounds. In each round, a player(the artist) creates a drawing of the given word while the others try to guess what it is.

For example, when its your turn, you will draw your word(the one that has been assigned to you). You get points for each user who guesses what you are drawing. On the other hand, when other user is drawing, you will type in your guess in the text box given at the side of the screen as chat window. The faster you guess what the drawing is, the more points you and the artist get. It’s simple as that.

Hatchlings 2008 is a game app by Brad Dwyer that gets you addicted to it. This app was formerly known as “Worldwide Easter Egg Hunt” claiming to have world’s largest egg hunt counting to 9,654,450 eggs.

This app is about finding the eggs hidden all over the facebook; in your friends’ profiles or anywhere else. When you click on an egg, its added in your basket. Eggs can also be purchased using “Shells”. Shells are the virtual currency used by hatchlings. You earn bonus shells by adding a box on your profile and earn even more shells if you add a box on your blog. However, the slow and steady way to earn shells is by fidning new eggs, each egg you find earns you 1 shell.

New eggs are added soon after anyone finds a hidden egg, scores also change in real time. The eggs that don’t get found by anyone are not wasted but are rather added to the warehouse after they are taken out of circulation. You can also purchase eggs from warehouse using shells.

Game becomes even more interesting when your eggs start getting hatched after some time. Interesting and cute creatures start popping out and you start loving them. Here, Hatchlings, adds the pets’ effect. Creatures from hatched eggs are sort of pets for you, you have to look after them or they will run away. They need food in form of eggs that you can either purchase or find from hidden places.

This way, Hatchlings, keeps you in pursuit of eggs and shells and never lets you have a break. More you get involved into it, more far it takes you. And finally, you earn a certificate acknowledging your services: