Comic Transcripts

[[SANDRA has collapsed.]]
GREGORY: Sandra! What’s the matter?
SANDRA: Oh, the world, the WORLD, THE WORLD!
Society is slowly folding in upon itself and SMOTHERING those of us foolish enough to have taken solace beneath its comfortable drape!

SANDRA: Whatever shall we DO? How will we SURVIVE? How can we ever consider bringing CHILDREN into this world?
GREGORY: We’ll manage!
Our children will grow up NATIVE to the changed civilization to come. They will escort us gracefully to the final death of all that we understand.

SANDRA: Gregory.
My darling.
I–I fear I will not birth robust children.
What if they come out STRANGE? What if they have TWO HEADS?
HOW WILL ANY OF US FARE?

GREGORY: SHHHHH, now. We will always find a way.
If they have two heads, we will simply sell them to the circus.
SANDRA: GREGORY I HAVE ALREADY CHECKED.
THE CIRCUSES ARE UP TO A THREE-HEAD MINIMUM.

{{Header: adapt to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: SOON: ‘Hold still, both of you. That cantaloupe is only secured on there with tape.’}}

#573; One Too Few transcribed by in

[[SANDRA has collapsed.]]
GREGORY: Sandra! What’s the matter?
SANDRA: Oh, the world, the WORLD, THE WORLD!
Society is slowly folding in upon itself and SMOTHERING those of us foolish enough to have taken solace beneath its comfortable drape!

SANDRA: Whatever shall we DO? How will we SURVIVE? How can we ever consider bringing CHILDREN into this world?
GREGORY: We’ll manage!
Our children will grow up NATIVE to the changed civilization to come. They will escort us gracefully to the final death of all that we understand.

SANDRA: Gregory.
My darling.
I–I fear I will not birth robust children.
What if they come out STRANGE? What if they have TWO HEADS?
HOW WILL ANY OF US FARE?

GREGORY: SHHHHH, now. We will always find a way.
If they have two heads, we will simply sell them to the circus.
SANDRA: GREGORY I HAVE ALREADY CHECKED.
THE CIRCUSES ARE UP TO A THREE-HEAD MINIMUM.

{{Header: adapt to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: SOON: ‘Hold still, both of you. That cantaloupe is only secured on there with tape.’}}

#573; One Too Few transcribed by in

[[SANDRA has collapsed.]]
GREGORY: Sandra! What's the matter?
SANDRA: Oh, the world, the WORLD, THE WORLD!
Society is slowly folding in upon itself and SMOTHERING those of us foolish enough to have taken solace beneath its comfortable drape!

SANDRA: Whatever shall we DO? How will we SURVIVE? How can we ever consider bringing CHILDREN into this world?
GREGORY: We'll manage!
Our children will grow up NATIVE to the changed civilization to come. They will escort us gracefully to the final death of all that we understand.

SANDRA: Gregory.
My darling.
I--I fear I will not birth robust children.
What if they come out STRANGE? What if they have TWO HEADS?
HOW WILL ANY OF US FARE?

GREGORY: SHHHHH, now. We will always find a way.
If they have two heads, we will simply sell them to the circus.
SANDRA: GREGORY I HAVE ALREADY CHECKED.
THE CIRCUSES ARE UP TO A THREE-HEAD MINIMUM.

{{Header: adapt to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: SOON: 'Hold still, both of you. That cantaloupe is only secured on there with tape.'}}

SOON: 'Hold still, both of you. That cantaloupe is only secured on there with tape.'

#573; One Too Few

  — November 24th, 2009

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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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