For those who are even greener than me, I’m also a beginner ( joined 9 months ago) so the problems are still fresh in my mind.
Get familiar with the concepts of gems,charms,coins,party passes. These are the currencies in CW. In the real world,there will only be coins,but this is quite an interesting system.It’s too much to explain the interelationships between these here but hopefully you already know.If not,send me a message or look up in CW.
You will lose when you play any of the games. You need charms to win.
You can get charms in many ways,but the best is by attending parties.
When you attend parties.everyone gets 25X their investments.This is CW’s way of giving us back a fighting chance.My coin balance goes up everyday,I almost never play any game without charms (with some exceptions).
You can play in CW for free but it will not be much fun, to get ahead,you need to build a strong city that can give you sufficient charms,party passes,gems,coins everyday. This cost real money. We have to pay for fun,one way or another.
Never never ever
-buy charms when sitting in a game. Use the gems (or better still party passes) to
attend a party and get 25X the charms. When you toss a gift at a party, it’s also a 25X
return if everyone in the party makes the same toss.
-Upgrade a building when invited (2 white arrows pointing upwards). You will just lose
the old building and pay full price for the new building.
That’s all for now. Have a great and fun filled journey in CW !! Hugs to everyone!!!
Not sure how long you’ve been here, but thanks for the heads up.
Just had a thought…you mentioned not buying charms while in a game. What about the ‘Double Your Winnings’ offer? I would think that would be reasonable.
I did the "Double Your Winnings " only once. Seems like the gems are better used to buy buildings for your city because that will give you coins/prizes everyday forever if you plan to play long term. Most of the time is spent on gathering charms ( from TB,city buildings and parties.parties,parties) and less than half the time is spent on gambling, which is just a process of converting your charms to coins.
Hi Jimee and thanks so much for your help. I am also a beginner in CW so i wanted to ask you a question concerning what u said about buying buildings with your gems. How do u do that exactly? I want to buy more buildings but i can’t afford to spend more money than my VIP membership. Thanks in adavnce.
Hi Polina, To buy buildings, just go the the “City” page. at the bottom left hand corner you will see a red circle " Building Shop". Hit that and you will see a list of buildings you can buy. They only accept building bucks ( Blue coins which is usually gifted when you complete the Milestones) or gems ( Gifted in small amounts here and there but usually need to be purchased with dollars for any sugnificant quantity) . The quantity of building bucks or gems that you own will be displayed at the top right corner.
Hi Jimee and ty for your reply. I went to buy buidings but it doesn’t give me the choice of buying them with gems, but only with building bucks. I know u can purchase building bucks with money, which is a bit difficult for me to do financially. Maybe there is some kind of problem with my game and needs fixing…i don’t know.
Hi Polina, Sounds like good news, that means you have more than enough building bucks to make that purchase. It’s when you don’t have enough building bucks that they will ask you to pay in gems. You can buy building bucks and you can buy gems. I did the math and it’s a little better to buy gems and pay for your buildings with gems. especially on 2X gem days.
Hi all…Polina, if you have insufficient Building Bucks, the option to use gems only appears if you actually have enough gems to cover the difference. Otherwise it shows the red “Get More” button.
Note: Each gem is worth 25k Building Bucks.
MeGroot, Once again very good tips from you.
Thank you MeGroot!! and Jimee! Now i got it! I don’t always use my full amount of building bucks and that’s why i haven’t noticed it so far. I try to save building bucks for larger buildings but now it’s a little bit easier if i can use some of my gems.
Hi Polina. For buying buildings, most people will use the building bucks first and then use gems if they don’t have enough building bucks. Gems are more valuable than building bucks. Building bucks can only be used to buy buildings. Gems can be used to buy buildings, attend parties, play games.