#654; In which Cheese vintages

Comic Transcripts

JACK: ‘Aged cheddar.’ So apparently there’s crates of cheddar sitting around somewhere, just aging. What if society ends and no new cheddar is crated away to age? How would we remnants of humanity decide when to eat what limited supply remains?

LOIS: Actually, philosophers call that the Oenophile’s Quandary! Presented with something that, over time, increases in quality (like wine) or in value (like money in a savings account), when’s the right time to use it? If you’re saving for a rainy day, how hard does it have to rain before that’s it? And as the item gains worth, wouldn’t it have to rain harder and harder before it makes sense to pop that cork?

LOIS: And isn’t it good to exercise a healthy discipline of delayed gratification? If in doubt, save it? After all, you never know when you’ll need that cheddar! Like you said – the world ends, and now you’re king! Won’t you be glad you showed restraint?

[[LATER:]]
JACK: I talked to some philosophers, and none of them had heard of the ‘Oenophile’s Quandary’!
LOIS: Oh, did I say philosophers? I meant my grandparents

{{alt-text: He ended up looking QUITE the fool at that philosophers’ cocktail party.}}

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[[LATER:]]
JACK: I talked to some philosophers, and none of them had heard of the ‘Oenophile’s Quandary’!
LOIS: Oh, did I say philosophers? I meant my grandparents

{{alt-text: He ended up looking QUITE the fool at that philosophers’ cocktail party.}}

#654; In which Cheese vintages transcribed by in

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!