[LT/Fantasy Economics]Societies with non-interchangeable currencies/barter categories

vicky_molokh · 05-28-2010, 03:38 AM

Greetings, all!

Anyone tried exploring a society which has multiple non-interchangeable types of goods or currencies? Examples would be a tribe which has a strict taboo against bartering tools for food and vice versa (maybe with more categories - e.g. weapons, services, toys). Or the currency system of Dalaran, where you buy weapons and armour for Emblems, cooking training for Cooking Awards, rare gems for Jewelcrafting Tokens, simple services for Gold Coins and so on.

How do you handle it from both the anthropological and rules respective, and what knowledge can you share?

Thanks in advance!

05-28-2010, 03:38 AM	#1
vicky_molokh GURPS FAQ Keeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kyïv, Ukraine	[LT/Fantasy Economics]Societies with non-interchangeable currencies/barter categories Greetings, all! Anyone tried exploring a society which has multiple non-interchangeable types of goods or currencies? Examples would be a tribe which has a strict taboo against bartering tools for food and vice versa (maybe with more categories - e.g. weapons, services, toys). Or the currency system of Dalaran, where you buy weapons and armour for Emblems, cooking training for Cooking Awards, rare gems for Jewelcrafting Tokens, simple services for Gold Coins and so on. How do you handle it from both the anthropological and rules respective, and what knowledge can you share? Thanks in advance! __________________ Vicky 'Molokh', GURPS FAQ and uFAQ Keeper Last edited by vicky_molokh; 05-29-2010 at 04:46 AM.