Comic Transcripts

[[Two women sit at a table. PLYMOTHE is knitting, maybe? GRUNCHILDA is clutching her head in despair.]]

PLYMOTHE: You been watching the new season of Headstabbers?
GRUNCHILDA: It’s on my DVR. I’ll get to it soon!

GRUNCHILDA: Remember when stuff would air ONCE and that was IT? You SAW it or you didn’t! No Netflix, no DVR, not even videotape…!
PLYMOTHE: Neither of us REMEMBER that but I suppose we have HEARD of that mythical time

GRUNCHILDA: What if that’s OKAY? A stream of things happening that you CAN’T go back to? No internet to seek things out. No pausing and rewinding. Just keep your eyes peeled and alert — and let it all wash over you.

GRUNCHILDA: When you can’t revisit something you missed, you don’t get BACKLOGGED. You just plow FORWARD. Don’t you think?
PLYMOTHE: I think dissatisfaction with some facet of modern culture can manifest as fake ‘nostalgia’ for an overly-simplified past that only exists as a greener-grass fauxtopia, YES. And by your logic, choosing to not look back and revisit things would PREVENT us from looking back and fetishizing your SUPPOSED good-ol’-days in the FIRST place!

GRUNCHILDA: EXACTLY. It’d be like scaling the wall of a garden that has no door back out again.

PLYMOTHE: That EXISTS it’s called PRISON
PLYMOTHE: Or alternately FALLING DOWN A WELL

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#1160; In which the Current quickens transcribed by in

[[Two women sit at a table. PLYMOTHE is knitting, maybe? GRUNCHILDA is clutching her head in despair.]]

PLYMOTHE: You been watching the new season of Headstabbers?
GRUNCHILDA: It's on my DVR. I'll get to it soon!

GRUNCHILDA: Remember when stuff would air ONCE and that was IT? You SAW it or you didn't! No Netflix, no DVR, not even videotape...!
PLYMOTHE: Neither of us REMEMBER that but I suppose we have HEARD of that mythical time

GRUNCHILDA: What if that's OKAY? A stream of things happening that you CAN'T go back to? No internet to seek things out. No pausing and rewinding. Just keep your eyes peeled and alert -- and let it all wash over you.

GRUNCHILDA: When you can't revisit something you missed, you don't get BACKLOGGED. You just plow FORWARD. Don't you think?
PLYMOTHE: I think dissatisfaction with some facet of modern culture can manifest as fake 'nostalgia' for an overly-simplified past that only exists as a greener-grass fauxtopia, YES. And by your logic, choosing to not look back and revisit things would PREVENT us from looking back and fetishizing your SUPPOSED good-ol'-days in the FIRST place!

GRUNCHILDA: EXACTLY. It'd be like scaling the wall of a garden that has no door back out again.

PLYMOTHE: That EXISTS it's called PRISON
PLYMOTHE: Or alternately FALLING DOWN A WELL

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Back in the good ol' days they probably wished it was the better older days.

#1160; In which the Current quickens

  — September 22nd, 2015

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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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