#539; In which Circumstances must be Conquered

Comic Transcripts

[[MACK and MABEL, sitting forlornly in a room.]]
MACK: Okay, here’s the plan.

MACK: We’ll fashion a rope ladder from your petticoat.
Weighted with stones, we’ll throw it onto the roof and hook it over the ledge.
[[He envisions MABEL climbing said rope ladder.]]

MACK: Then, we’ll pry off all the rain gutters, lashing them end-to-end with bits of the ladder using sticks as splints.
While you erect the gutters like a flagpole, I’ll place the other end in contact with the doorknob.
[[He envisions himself working on the gutter-flagpole.]]

[[He envisions lightning striking the makeshift lightning-rod.]]
MACK: Once lightning hits our rod, the charge will travel down the copper gutters, superheat the doorknob assembly, and momentarily soften the deadbolt enough for me to batter the door open.

MABEL: Or we could wait five more minutes for Zach to arrive with our spare keys.
MACK: THAT DOES NOT AFFORD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VICTORY!

{{Header: plan it out at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: If we had gotten OnStar for the front door like I WANTED, this wouldn’t have HAPPENED.}}

#539; In which Circumstances must be Conquered transcribed by in

[[MACK and MABEL, sitting forlornly in a room.]]
MACK: Okay, here’s the plan.

MACK: We’ll fashion a rope ladder from your petticoat.
Weighted with stones, we’ll throw it onto the roof and hook it over the ledge.
[[He envisions MABEL climbing said rope ladder.]]

MABEL: Or we could wait five more minutes for Zach to arrive with our spare keys.
MACK: THAT DOES NOT AFFORD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VICTORY!

{{Header: plan it out at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: If we had gotten OnStar for the front door like I WANTED, this wouldn’t have HAPPENED.}}

#539; In which Circumstances must be Conquered transcribed by in

In addition to buying things directly from me, the normal way, my game Bolted! is also now available on Amazon dot com.

On that famous website, you can also get the Creature-Crafting Magnets Set, which is made of the same artwork from the game, but is just a weird little trinket (not a playable game).

My kiddo made the elaborate version below to show off just how many magnets you get in the set (it’s 150 pieces in all — this isn’t even all of them).

Also now on Amazon is my set of Multi-Purpose Greeting Cards — a full dozen cards with envelopes in a fancy, unbranded, foil-stamped box!

Event alert!

I’ll also be showing off Bolted! at Greenwood Games, an event in Seattle this Saturday:

Greenwood Games is a free, all-ages community game event that invites players to spend the afternoon walking Greenwood Avenue from 65th to 80th, collecting clues, cracking puzzles, and discovering games made right here in Washington.

Think of it as Pride Hop, ArtWalk, and the Gumshoe all rolled into one, except the whole thing is built around games and puzzles.

Local game designers will be set up at different places along Greenwood Avenue in Phinney Ridge (near Ballard). My specific spot will be the “Holy Mountain Phinney Ridge Taproom”. All the information about all the different games & venues is on the website!

(If you’re in Seattle generally but not free tomorrow, Bolted! is also stocked at Blue Highway Games in Queen Anne.)

Next week, I’ll be at Gen Con! I personally will be hanging with my buddy Sam Logan at BFE Webcomics, booth #1217… but I have it on good authority that copies of Bolted! will be available at the CRWN Studios booth, #2549.

Visit one booth! Then the other! The order…is up to you.