[AtE] Let's go shopping! - Page 2

benz72 · 08-21-2020, 11:07 PM

As for the locations and timing of the events, I’d probably have a big ‘market’ with a permanent hub of shops open every day that also hosts (bi)weekly farmers markets and full moon festivals.
The traveling merchants would hit major settlements every month and spend the intervening time in transit to and from outlying habitats.
Regular (static) merchants can keep heavy/bulky inventory so travelers may sell off cheaply before moving on and those local merchants could maintain some inventory of goods not produced locally.

Anders · 08-22-2020, 03:09 AM

There would almost certainly be a brothel.

Luke Bunyip · 08-22-2020, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by JulianLW

There'll be a tanner... <snip>....drum circles will be a thing...

Tanner a given. Drums, mmn... sure.

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Originally Posted by dcarson

Butcher and baker. Possibly with working cold storage and oven.

Noice. Yup.

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Originally Posted by benz72

A few things would be setting assumption dependent.

Brewer/vintner/distiller
Weaver/tailor/seamstress/cordwainer/cobbler if there are no more ‘old clothes’
Luthier/jewler/lacemaker if a place has a luxury economy
Foundry, able to cast aluminum, copper alloys and maybe iron/steel
Builder/carpenter/mason/plumber
Bicycle repair shop or wainwright
Dog breeder/trainer
rope maker
Furniture maker?

All the above work for me. Might add tailors/seamstresses for bespoke clothes, even if they're just made from recycled materials.

Luke Bunyip · 08-22-2020, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Anders

There would almost certainly be a brothel.

It wouldn't be Australia if there wasn't a brothel.

Daigoro · 08-22-2020, 08:38 AM

For food, there'd be rad-boar burgers and mutie roo sangers.

benz72 · 08-22-2020, 08:58 AM

Thinking about this a little more abstractly...
We could model the availability/redundancy/quality of goods and services according to Maslow's hierarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow...archy_of_needs
Purveyors of food/water/shelter are common and plentiful, even small outlying communities could regularly provide some excess for sale.
As you climb through security, psychological and prestige tiers things that support those goals become rarer and more expensive, perhaps only being available at certain times or in specific locations.

Luke Bunyip · 08-22-2020, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Daigoro

For food, there'd be rad-boar burgers and mutie roo sangers.

Wererabbit pie.

08-21-2020, 11:07 PM	#11
benz72 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chagrin Falls	Re: [AtE] Let's go shopping! As for the locations and timing of the events, I’d probably have a big ‘market’ with a permanent hub of shops open every day that also hosts (bi)weekly farmers markets and full moon festivals. The traveling merchants would hit major settlements every month and spend the intervening time in transit to and from outlying habitats. Regular (static) merchants can keep heavy/bulky inventory so travelers may sell off cheaply before moving on and those local merchants could maintain some inventory of goods not produced locally. __________________ Benundefined Life has a funny way of making sure you decide to leave the party just a few minutes too late to avoid trouble.

08-22-2020, 03:09 AM	#12
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Re: [AtE] Let's go shopping! There would almost certainly be a brothel. __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

08-22-2020, 08:38 AM	#15
Daigoro Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Meifumado	Re: [AtE] Let's go shopping! For food, there'd be rad-boar burgers and mutie roo sangers. __________________ Collaborative Settings: Cyberpunk: Duopoly Nation Space Opera: Behind the King's Eclipse And heaps of forum collabs, 30+ and counting!

08-22-2020, 08:58 AM	#16
benz72 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chagrin Falls	Re: [AtE] Let's go shopping! Thinking about this a little more abstractly... We could model the availability/redundancy/quality of goods and services according to Maslow's hierarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow...archy_of_needs Purveyors of food/water/shelter are common and plentiful, even small outlying communities could regularly provide some excess for sale. As you climb through security, psychological and prestige tiers things that support those goals become rarer and more expensive, perhaps only being available at certain times or in specific locations. __________________ Benundefined Life has a funny way of making sure you decide to leave the party just a few minutes too late to avoid trouble.