gamartin_at_... wrote:
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> The system as writ is designed to prevent it from arising.
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> [the] imponderables are immense, so the system takes a mechanical shortcut,
> opts out of trying to SIMULATE the economy, and instead demands the
> player NARRATE the economy.
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Except it doesn't do so. There is a 'cost' table, and associated
rules. And it is broken.