Economics 401: The Economics of Fantasy Worlds
Theme:
GeekyU
What:
Lecture
When:
10:00 AM, Sunday 31 Jul 2016
(50 minutes)
Where:
Orange County Convention Center
- N210 D/E
How many Sickles to a dollar? How does Panem operate with only twelve principal industries? How does Westeros provision so many armies? Underneath the fabric of every fantasy world are economics, systems that can shape your world - or break it. We're discussing how different fantasy worlds handle money and economics, what works and what doesn't, and how to develop systems in your own writing that actually work.