Re: [HoE] Observations on bartering

[Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

> > But...what is the assessment agent writing down on the chit?!?  There's 
>a
>
> > lot of stuff at the Mall, and browsing is encouraged.  Yeah, if the
>players
> > _tell_ the agent, "We're going to buy milrats - how many is this
>motorcycle
> > worth?" he could write this down.  But if they then decide to buy ammo
> > instead, they got to go back, have him do _another_ conversion (or maybe
>a
> > partial one), etc., etc.
>
>My first inclination would be to install some standard currency for the
>Mall area- "Mall Bucks" or some such.  The posse can trade with the
>assessor for "Mall Bucks" which they then spend in the Mall.  Kind of like
>Hub Bucks (or whatever) in Fallout.
>

That thought did occur to me later.  Although what is "Fallout"?

>Of course, nowhere outside the Mall honors "Mall Bucks", and there are *no*
>refunds (though you are welcome to buy your goods back with "Mall Bucks"-
>at seller's market prices, natch).
>
>B.D. "Uncle Moneybags" Flory
>
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