Well that just gave me a flashback damn
Patroling the Mojave makes you wish for-
I mean, best timeline outcome is that federal spending goes significantly down, thereby lowering tax burden, which enables the not-fucked states to pick up the slack and provide those services themselves.
The fucked states get even more fucked, though.
Yes.
Also just generally better accommodation in general. If a paraplegic guy with control over one finger wants to play Elden Ring, there should be settings to accommodate that. That’s not even making it easier; they’re already facing much more difficulty in the first place. It’s just leveling the playing field.
The best currency is obviously tally sticks.
I joke - I haven’t used this in a game. It is interesting, though. From what I understand of history, the vast majority of people used a gift economy, barter, and what was essentially a credit system to get what they needed. The idea of the adventurers ‘buying’ their equipment on credit by owing the blacksmith a portion of loot later does raise some ideas.
Also tally sticks are where we get the phrase ‘stock holder’; the one who loaned the goods kept the larger end of the split tally, which was called the stock.