From the introduction:
“I think we can make an arrangement.” Alexi motioned. One of his goons plopped a metal can on the counter. “I even offer a premium. Your four AKs are worth 1200 rounds. I’ll give you a full can of 1260.”
“No. I don’t think so.”
“I’m offering a premium,” Alexi said, “60 bullets more than your guns are worth!”
I shrugged. “Yeah, but that’s 7.62 Tokarev. Who even uses that anymore? Got some nine mill? I’ll take Parabellum or Makarov. What about some 7.62 by 39? Maybe some fifty cal?”
“Bullets are bullets my friend. Take it or leave it.”
What was there to say? It was a full can of Tokarev. Factory sealed even. But to me, it might as well have been empty. None of us could use it. I picked up my guns and left.
In the Twilight War, the fiat currencies of the old nations are useless, valuable only as collectors’ items or to the insane. Barter is far more common. The idea of bullets as currency is definitely thematically appropriate to the game, but are bullets really a good stand in for currency?