I've read good things about Mob Wars and I'm looking for new games for the iPhone. The only thing is that this game looks like you'll have to be connected to the web to play it. Most of my time spent playing games is on the subway where there is no reception.

 

Mob Wars - a largely text based strategy game that throws users into a virtual underworld of organized crime - has become a Facebook phenomenon, with 2,680,129 monthly active users and monthly revenues rumored to exceed $1 million. The game isn’t the first of its kind (in fact, similar text-based games have been around for many years), but it is among the first to go truly mainstream.

 

Now Y Combinator startup Addmired is looking to capitalize on the popularity of Mob Wars and its ilk by developing a new game for the iPhone dubbed iMob Online

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The game itself is too complex to fully describe in a few paragraphs, but the gameplay generally revolves around doing ‘jobs’, attacking other players to earn cash, and spending the proceeds to buy more powerful weapons and other items. It might not sound like much (especially given the lack of flashy graphics), but it can be incredibly addictive once you’ve gotten a grip on the basics.

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http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/15/imob-hits-the-iphone-prepare-to-become-an-addict/