Hullo, folks,

I noticed that the Bureaucracy skill has been omitted from DESOLATION. I would have thought that administrative and organizational skills and the like would have been of use to those in charge of towns and so forth. Not to mention adminstering those fortresses and small towns springing up all over the place, getting governments going again, and so forth. Any plans to add it back in?

We removed it intentionally to save space. (See... aren't you tired of hearing this already?)

We figured it wouldn't be missed too much and could be treated as a subset of Diplomacy in a pinch.

We are planning out the next book (tenatively called 'Survivors') and that will contain new skills and talents and flaws (and maybe even reintroduce resources)... it's a bit early to tell exactly. But I think you may see it again.

Hullo, Matt,



Well, yes...but then again, you're forgiven because you guys a) are nice fellows; and b) created a pretty neat game!



I'll just likely use it as a skill based on the write-up from the playtest stuff, and go with that.



Excellent stuff, Matt... I'm sure the folks around here will pipe up and give you *all* sorts of ideas for new Talents, Skills, Flaws, etc. Not that you guys haven't got a ton already in mind, no doubt.