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La Cosa Nostra
Roleplaying Game
A tenuous peace exists, as it always has, between the Five New York Crime Families; Bonnano, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese. These powerhouses lead the Commission, the governing body of La Cosa Nostra, and it is through this organization that all executive decisions are made and disputes are settled. Only through the Commission can permission be obtained to kill made members of La Cosa Nostra.
Other Crime Families across the country also have positions on the Commission but none are as central nor important as the New York Families. While all of La Cosa Nostra are allies and work together for the benefit of each other, they are also all rivals to one another; bickering, greed and small scale beefs help to disrupt what should otherwise be a harmonious existence.
Outside of their own kin, there are friends and enemies to be made of other criminal enterprises; the Irish Mob, the Ukrainian Odessa Mafia, the Chinese & Hong Kong/Taiwanese Triads, Motorcycle Clubs and many more.
The Setting
The game is currently set in the winter of 1976 with all major historical events up to that point fixed in place; The Castellammarese War, Al Capone, Lucky Luciano and the Apalachin Meeting all took place. The setting is considered a loose alternative history, in which only original characters are accepted and our own timeline begins from this point onwards.
How We Differ From Other Roleplaying Sites
In many ways, we are no different here than most other roleplaying sites. While "ships" and "plotters" aren't an integral part of the way we operate, we in no way discourage people from collaborating with their writing, it's still hugely important that our members work together, we just like to leave creative room for writers to explore their characters without needing to wait for or rely on others.
All of our characters' actions will result in impartial staff judgments. The way this typically works is after a piece is finished, requests can be made for new acquisitions (weapons, vehicles, properties, cash, etc) from the piece of writing that has been completed. Accordingly, if you are denied a request that you feel is unfair, you are able to appeal the staff decision and it will be reviewed. This feature should not be abused.
PVP (Player versus Player) is the main difference you'll find here that isn't apparent anywhere else and is also a big part of what our community is about; more can be discovered about that in our rules section.
