Organized Crime Goes Digital With the Blockchain-Based ‘Mafia Wars’ Game

Over the last couple of years, blockchain-based gaming has become more popular with collectible games like “Spells of Genesis.” One peer-to-peer game, “Mafia Wars,” is a blockchain-themed tournament based on well-known organized crime families from the 1920s.

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The Five Families of New York

The creators of “Mafia Wars” keep players up to date on Twitter and there’s a Telegram group as well. The game is also compatible with “Spells of Genesis,” “Age of Rust” and the “Rare Pepe” blockchain card series.

There are currently 3,325 different cards and the game has been going for six months so far. The Colombo family has won every single month since the start of the game, although they have lost 2 percent of their stock and 172 people running the family businesses. 

Crypto-Collectible Competition

Due to the popularity of blockchain-based games and collectibles like kittens and medieval trading cards, cryptocurrency developers have been attempting to capture the gaming market. Like the Counterparty asset-based card games, the Ethereum network also has a ton of crypto-collectible entertainment. For instance, the “Darkwinds” game is a mix between “Spells of Genesis” and “Magic: The Gathering.” The game allows you to build a playing deck with common and rare cards to battle captains with a customized 10-card pack. There are also many others like “Ether Legends,” “Ethermage,” “Volition,” “Cryptantcrab,” “Ember Sword,” “Dragonerium” and “Superworld.”

Since many blockchain games have been produced, a lot of developers are hoping one of these applications will soon secure some mainstream success. Unlike other types of utility tokens that use separate blockchains, these kinds of cryptocurrency collectibles run on top of large, well-known networks.

The “Mafia Wars” creators also give gamers the ability to participate by designing new cards every month. Winners receive mafiacash as rewards and a “card statistics boost.” The monthly contest winners are chosen by a group called the “Commission” and the cards are featured on the site in a special section for three months. The developers have stated that the game will become more influenced by player submissions over time.

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