Mega Lo Mania is an action & adventure game where you choose one out of four characters to represent you. The game is split into 10 levels, with the first 9 being groups of 3 territories that can be completed in any order. The final 'Mother of All Battles' has its own surprises.
The land is mostly made up of sand, grass or ice, and you start with 100 men. You can use whatever quantity you find necessary on each island, and the rest will move on to another level with a new 100 men. In the second half of the game, you can freeze men to save them for the final battle.
Once you select your island and place for your HQ, you must do some research for better weapons and defences. You can put protectors like archers, gunmen, boiling oil men, and later on even laser turrets on the roof of your buildings. If you send a team of unarmed men into an unoccupied square, they will build an additional base there.
Later on, higher levels require building mines and factories to dig up materials needed for better weapons. Each next level brings a new technology level, allowing you to progress one level up from the previous one.
You can form alliances with other players or groups of three against a single enemy. A certain numeric level of defence is stronger when coming from the same level as an attacker, and unarmed men can only kill enemy soldiers, not destroy or attack enemy forts.
The main goal in strategy games like Mega Lo Mania is to be the sole survivor and lead your men to victory by experimenting with new technologies, equipping your men, producing shields, weapons, planes... to dominate the world and crush your opponents.