Rules of OmertaEra, the free mafia MMO

OmertaEra is a Prohibition-era mafia game set in 1931 across 9 states: Illinois, Michigan, California, New York, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey. You start as a Stranger in Chicago with $500, no gun, and 14 days of beginner protection. Everything you do — crimes, car theft, running booze, busting friends out of jail, organized crimes and whacks — earns rank points (hidden) and money. Climb the ladder to Legendary Don without getting whacked.

Every action has a cooldown kept on the server: a crime every 01:30, a major crime every 03:00, a car theft every 04:00, a booze trade every 02:00, an organized crime every 8:00:00. The timer chips at the top of the page show them all at a glance. Nothing can be sped up by refreshing.

One character per account. When your character dies you can start a new one on the same login; the dead one goes to the graveyard and your profile keeps a list of past lives.

You may ask for your account to be removed: send the request from Settings → Security with your password. It goes to the staff, who act on it by hand — nothing is deleted automatically, and you can withdraw the request until they do.