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Russian Roulette (multiplayer) — rules

How Russian Roulette (multiplayer) plays in OmertaEra, the free Prohibition-era mafia MMO. The same rules are shown where the game is played, and every outcome is provably fair.

6 chairs, one revolver, played for points. Each round one of the players still seated takes the bullet: they keep their money and their life, but every rank point they have is gone and they are out. The last one sitting takes the pot.

Who sits
Boss rank and up, not in jail, hospital or on the road
Buy-in
100 points to 1,000 points, the same for every chair
Players
2–6
Pot
Every buy-in. The winner takes 95%; the house keeps 5%.

Opening a game

  • Gather players at a local table in your city first. When the host deals, the host opens the revolver table and pays their own buy-in there; a host below Boss or short of points cannot.
  • Everyone else then takes a chair at that table themselves on this page, paying their own buy-in. A chair is first come, first served; you can sit at one live table at a time.
  • The game starts the moment the 6th chair is taken, or 5 minutes after the table opened if at least 2 are seated. A table that still has fewer than 2 after 30 minutes is canceled and every buy-in and bet is refunded.

Playing it out

  • Rounds come about 10 seconds apart (the server checks every few seconds). The chair that takes the bullet is picked evenly among everyone still seated.
  • Before the start you may stand up and get your buy-in back; bets on you are refunded. If the last player stands up the table closes.
  • Once the cylinder spins nobody leaves. The game runs on the server, so closing the page or losing your connection changes nothing.

Betting on a survivor

  • Anyone not seated at the table, any rank, may back one player still in the game: 1 point to 1,000 points, one bet per game, before or during play.
  • If your player is the last one sitting you are paid 2× your stake by the house; otherwise the bet is lost. Having a bet on a game stops you taking a chair at it.

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