07-21-2020, 05:38 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Red Markets?
I am finally getting to this holiday gift -- a tome of zombie apocalypse setting with an economics focus. I could have done with splitting the book into the rules and the hundred or so pages of game fiction. Yes, the fiction sets a tone, but I rarely want to run a setting out of the box.
The rules -- its interesting. The game is consciously about the economics of PCs on the brink of starvation fighting to build enough of a nest egg to retire to relatively safety and prosperity. Among other things, it has a negotiation mechanic that looks interesting for haggling and setting up what PCs will get paid for a job from the Mr. Johnson. Anyone tried it? |
07-21-2020, 07:58 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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Re: Red Markets?
The economics sounds really interesting but I'm afraid the zombie world doesn't speak to me.
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07-21-2020, 06:25 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Re: Red Markets?
I suspect the economics model could be extracted for any on-the-edge gaming. I'm thinking Firefly as an example.
[Edit] Picked up the Quickstart pdf on Drive Thru (suggested price $2). It describes the negotiation mechanic and some of the other economic rules with relatively little setting fluff. Am continuing to ponder adapting it to other settings. Last edited by L.J.Steele; 07-22-2020 at 04:32 PM. |
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