Comic Transcripts

[[Sports reporter holding microphone to football player]]
Reporter: Great game, Red. Amazing run in those final second. What was going through your mind during that play?
Red: Well, I definitely wanted the ball, you know, I wanted to catch that ball.
And when I did, I just started running, because that’s how you score points and we pretend points are real.

[[Closeup of football player looking thoughtful]]
Red: And then as I ran, you know, the air seemed to dilate around me, and I found myself falling or having the sensation of falling, through a sort of vortex of collapsing spacetime.
I awoke on a desolate plain, to the sound of wailing in a language that was also the sound of my own heartbeat, coming from a girl with eyes like river stone, all dull and gray but smooth as an egg.

[[Closeup of football player concentrating, as if on a task]]
Red: And she asked me these riddles, and every time I tried to talk it was like my mouth was made of wax and my teeth were melting off, and all these crows were cawing and trying to peck at me.
So as I fought these crows I’d look back to her and she’d be older, every time I looked over, until eventually she’s an old woman and desperate for me to answer her riddles… but the crows just never let me…

[[Closeup of football player looking intense]]
Red: Then she eventually blew away like so much dust, and in that moment I realized the crows had been trying to give me answers to the riddles all along. It was up to me to learn to listen.
Once I finally did, you know, I was able to locate the well of Ereskos and drink the Skynectar to return me to this realm, and as I bid goodbye to my clan and my hearthmate I found myself instantly back in my younger body just crossing the two yard line.
So at that point, you know, I just gave it a hundred and ten percent.

{{header: long pass to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: “I knew not whether the skynectar possessed the power it was rumored to, and took it, frankly, for rumor and myth; excavating and restoring the Well, and inviting the pilgrims to supplicate again after a thousand-year drought, was all the reward I sought from the labor.
And yet… the reflection I caught in that first bucketful was of a world I knew to be but a dream from long ago.
Suddenly, all else fell away, and I wondered in that moment if the score was still tied at 17-all.” }}

#1067; The Post-Game Interview transcribed by in

[[Sports reporter holding microphone to football player]]
Reporter: Great game, Red. Amazing run in those final second. What was going through your mind during that play?
Red: Well, I definitely wanted the ball, you know, I wanted to catch that ball.
And when I did, I just started running, because that’s how you score points and we pretend points are real.

[[Closeup of football player looking thoughtful]]
Red: And then as I ran, you know, the air seemed to dilate around me, and I found myself falling or having the sensation of falling, through a sort of vortex of collapsing spacetime.
I awoke on a desolate plain, to the sound of wailing in a language that was also the sound of my own heartbeat, coming from a girl with eyes like river stone, all dull and gray but smooth as an egg.

[[Closeup of football player concentrating, as if on a task]]
Red: And she asked me these riddles, and every time I tried to talk it was like my mouth was made of wax and my teeth were melting off, and all these crows were cawing and trying to peck at me.
So as I fought these crows I’d look back to her and she’d be older, every time I looked over, until eventually she’s an old woman and desperate for me to answer her riddles… but the crows just never let me…

[[Closeup of football player looking intense]]
Red: Then she eventually blew away like so much dust, and in that moment I realized the crows had been trying to give me answers to the riddles all along. It was up to me to learn to listen.
Once I finally did, you know, I was able to locate the well of Ereskos and drink the Skynectar to return me to this realm, and as I bid goodbye to my clan and my hearthmate I found myself instantly back in my younger body just crossing the two yard line.
So at that point, you know, I just gave it a hundred and ten percent.

{{header: long pass to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: “I knew not whether the skynectar possessed the power it was rumored to, and took it, frankly, for rumor and myth; excavating and restoring the Well, and inviting the pilgrims to supplicate again after a thousand-year drought, was all the reward I sought from the labor.
And yet… the reflection I caught in that first bucketful was of a world I knew to be but a dream from long ago.
Suddenly, all else fell away, and I wondered in that moment if the score was still tied at 17-all.” }}

#1067; The Post-Game Interview transcribed by in

[[Sports reporter holding microphone to football player]]
Reporter: Great game, Red. Amazing run in those final second. What was going through your mind during that play?
Red: Well, I definitely wanted the ball, you know, I wanted to catch that ball.
And when I did, I just started running, because that's how you score points and we pretend points are real.

[[Closeup of football player looking thoughtful]]
Red: And then as I ran, you know, the air seemed to dilate around me, and I found myself falling or having the sensation of falling, through a sort of vortex of collapsing spacetime.
I awoke on a desolate plain, to the sound of wailing in a language that was also the sound of my own heartbeat, coming from a girl with eyes like river stone, all dull and gray but smooth as an egg.

[[Closeup of football player concentrating, as if on a task]]
Red: And she asked me these riddles, and every time I tried to talk it was like my mouth was made of wax and my teeth were melting off, and all these crows were cawing and trying to peck at me.
So as I fought these crows I'd look back to her and she'd be older, every time I looked over, until eventually she's an old woman and desperate for me to answer her riddles... but the crows just never let me...

[[Closeup of football player looking intense]]
Red: Then she eventually blew away like so much dust, and in that moment I realized the crows had been trying to give me answers to the riddles all along. It was up to me to learn to listen.
Once I finally did, you know, I was able to locate the well of Ereskos and drink the Skynectar to return me to this realm, and as I bid goodbye to my clan and my hearthmate I found myself instantly back in my younger body just crossing the two yard line.
So at that point, you know, I just gave it a hundred and ten percent.

{{header: long pass to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: "I knew not whether the skynectar possessed the power it was rumored to, and took it, frankly, for rumor and myth; excavating and restoring the Well, and inviting the pilgrims to supplicate again after a thousand-year drought, was all the reward I sought from the labor.
And yet... the reflection I caught in that first bucketful was of a world I knew to be but a dream from long ago.
Suddenly, all else fell away, and I wondered in that moment if the score was still tied at 17-all." }}

I knew not whether the skynectar possessed the power it was rumored to, and took it, frankly, for rumor and myth; excavating and restoring the Well, and inviting the pilgrims to supplicate again after a thousand-year drought, was all the reward I sought from the labor. And yet... the reflection I caught in that first bucketful was of a world I knew to be but a dream from long ago. Suddenly, all else fell away, and I wondered in that moment if the score was still tied at 17-all.

#1067; The Post-Game Interview

  — October 7th, 2014

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Bolted! Fulfillment Update

May 25, 2026 by David Malki !
Photo courtesy of backer Nicola!

The vast majority of Bolted! game shipments are already shipped, but I understand if you don’t have yours yet, who cares. Here’s a progress report:

Total orders | 1052
Surveys completed | 992
Fully shipped | 946

Incomplete surveys

Obviously, if I don’t have your shipping address, I can’t ship your game! Let me know if you are missing a survey link. As new responses come in, they are rapidly added to the shipping queue.

Orders containing certain add-ons

Some of the add-ons proved more popular than expected — which is lovely! But it meant I had to reprint some stickers, make all the individual comic prints, request a shipment of books from offsite storage, etc, etc. So, any orders which contain an out-of-stock item are still waiting to ship.

All that missing stuff, though, is en route to me at this very second! So those orders will be going out pretty dang soon!

Custom items

I’ve already been in touch directly with the backers who ordered custom collages! Those will be created (and sent to you) after all the other shipments are complete. I’m excited for those, they’ll be fun! My pleasant dessert after the hearty meal of all the other orders.

Anything wrong?

I’m very grateful to the few folks who’ve contacted me to report some kind of issue with their shipment! Thankfully, problems are rare, but when they do occur, I would like to solve them. Please don’t hesitate to send me an email (replying to your shipping confirmation works great) if there’s anything about your order I can correct.

Reviews & photos

On BoardGameGeek are highly appreciated!

Unless you hate the game! You are entitled to that opinion, but please send that review directly to me instead of telling anyone else, so I can eat it and bury it in the yard and watch it grow into a twisted, gnarled tree. Or whatever!


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