| From: | Brad Shantz <bshantz@****.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Japanese |
| Date: | Tue, 13 Dec 1994 14:56:49 PST |
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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 15:43:39 -0700
>Well, the NuYen that Shadowrun uses isn't "Japanese" totally, Correct me if
I'm
>wrong but the NuYen doesn't exist today - just the Yen does.
>FASA decided that they wanted to have a world currency for big mega-corp
>interaction, and through the corp court and things - the NuYen came about.
>The reason why they don't use dollars is inflation. They figure that if they
>use a different coin - they could set its value comparibly at what the US
dollar
>can buy today. So if a burger costs a dollar - then in 2055 it costs a
NuYen.
I don't have my rule book right in front of me, but what you say sounds
plausible. I think though that the NuYen is a conglomerated currency system
that has elements of both the Japanese and our money system. I can't remember
right off the top of my head. Anyone have their book handy?
Still, I think my point was, when you see the word "New Yen" do you think of
the dollar? Or do you think of the Japanese Yen? I think the answer to that
is fairly obvious.
I do agree that they tried to create a money system comparable to ours. It
works too. Hmmm. That's another thing I hadn't really thought about. I loce
these kinds of discussions. They're always so enlightening.
-- Brad
