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[[CRANSOM looks at his cell phone, reading a text message]]

MESSAGE: Had a fun time yesterday.  you want to eat out of cans again tomorrow

[[The message ends with a winking face emoticon.  Cransom types a message back.]]

CRANSOM’S MESSAGE: Only if you take me for a walk afterwards *puppydog eyes*

SFX: tappa tappa tap tap SEND

[[Cransom immediately reconsiders, his expression turning to one of panic.]]

CRANSOM (thinking): Oh geez was that funny? Was that funny or did I seem like a weirdo?

CRANSOM (thinking): AHH I think I sounded like a WEIRDO or like some kind of strange person obsessed with DOGS  or something, I don’t know how she feels about dogs, I don’t know if maybe she hates dogs

CRANSOM (thinking): Maybe she lost a dog in a house fire.  Oh man that would be the WORST text to get!  I am SUCH an idiot why do I even think I can TRY to be funny

CRANSOM (thinking): New rule: NEVER JOKE NEVER JOKE AAAHHH

SFX: bleep

[[Cransom looks at the response on the cell phone.]]

MESSAGE:  Deal.  You bring the leash.

[[Cransom’s hat pops off his head as his hair stands on end cartoonishly.]]

CRANSOM: Wa-YOWZA!!

[[header: hear back from WONDERMARK.COM]]

#848; The Lament of the Clever transcribed by in

[[CRANSOM looks at his cell phone, reading a text message]]

MESSAGE: Had a fun time yesterday.  you want to eat out of cans again tomorrow

[[The message ends with a winking face emoticon.  Cransom types a message back.]]

CRANSOM'S MESSAGE: Only if you take me for a walk afterwards *puppydog eyes*

SFX: tappa tappa tap tap SEND

[[Cransom immediately reconsiders, his expression turning to one of panic.]]

CRANSOM (thinking): Oh geez was that funny? Was that funny or did I seem like a weirdo?

CRANSOM (thinking): AHH I think I sounded like a WEIRDO or like some kind of strange person obsessed with DOGS  or something, I don't know how she feels about dogs, I don't know if maybe she hates dogs

CRANSOM (thinking): Maybe she lost a dog in a house fire.  Oh man that would be the WORST text to get!  I am SUCH an idiot why do I even think I can TRY to be funny

CRANSOM (thinking): New rule: NEVER JOKE NEVER JOKE AAAHHH

SFX: bleep

[[Cransom looks at the response on the cell phone.]]

MESSAGE:  Deal.  You bring the leash.

[[Cransom's hat pops off his head as his hair stands on end cartoonishly.]]

CRANSOM: Wa-YOWZA!!

[[header: hear back from WONDERMARK.COM]]

He texts back: ''K.'' Followed by: ''I gave you that K 'cause I don't need it anymore, seeing as how my nerve-racking just became nerve-RACING.'' Followed by: ten more minutes of silent angry shouting at himself

#848; The Lament of the Clever

  — June 22nd, 2012

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New ways to get Bolted!

July 24, 2026 by David Malki !

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.


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