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[[SHROOMSBURY, KAITSLYN, and the (notably rotund) BOBESPIERRE sit at the dinner table.]]

KAITSLYN: Dessert?  Oh, I couldn’t!

BOBESPIERRE: Nor I!  I don’t EAT sweets!  And I’m the better for it.

KAITSLYN: Surely you eat SOME sweets.

BOBESPIERRE: Moderation is too difficult!  The ONLY WAY is TOTAL ABSTENTION!

KAITSLYN: I KNOW I’ve seen you eat sweets.

BOBESPIERRE: Rarely, if ever.

KAITSLYN: What about that GIANT slice of CHOCOLATE CAKE at Ed’s party?

BOBESPIERRE: That was a special occasion!  Ed’s anniversary as a golf ball diver!

KAITSLYN: And that HOME DEPOT BUCKET of Jell-O at the school assembly?

BOBESPIERRE: That was for CHARITY, I was led to believe at the time.

SHROOMSBURY: Your profile picture is you stuffing your maw with SNICKERDOODLES!

BOBESPIERRE: That was the holidays, I DARE you to tell my grandma you don’t want her snickerdoodles.

KAITSLYN: And to WHAT use exactly do you put your much-boasted-of collection of RARE ICE CREAM SPORKS?

BOBESPIERRE: I soberly self-administer a dose of butter pecan on the solstice, like ANY civilized patriot.

KAITSLYN: So when you say you “don’t eat sweets…”

BOBESPIERRE: Compared to ALL THE SWEETS that exist in the WORLD, I eat so few that it ROUNDS to zero

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#1311; Watching One’s Significant Figures transcribed by in

[[SHROOMSBURY, KAITSLYN, and the (notably rotund) BOBESPIERRE sit at the dinner table.]]

KAITSLYN: Dessert?  Oh, I couldn't!

BOBESPIERRE: Nor I!  I don't EAT sweets!  And I'm the better for it.

KAITSLYN: Surely you eat SOME sweets.

BOBESPIERRE: Moderation is too difficult!  The ONLY WAY is TOTAL ABSTENTION!

KAITSLYN: I KNOW I've seen you eat sweets.

BOBESPIERRE: Rarely, if ever.

KAITSLYN: What about that GIANT slice of CHOCOLATE CAKE at Ed's party?

BOBESPIERRE: That was a special occasion!  Ed’s anniversary as a golf ball diver!

KAITSLYN: And that HOME DEPOT BUCKET of Jell-O at the school assembly?

BOBESPIERRE: That was for CHARITY, I was led to believe at the time.

SHROOMSBURY: Your profile picture is you stuffing your maw with SNICKERDOODLES!

BOBESPIERRE: That was the holidays, I DARE you to tell my grandma you don't want her snickerdoodles.

KAITSLYN: And to WHAT use exactly do you put your much-boasted-of collection of RARE ICE CREAM SPORKS?

BOBESPIERRE: I soberly self-administer a dose of butter pecan on the solstice, like ANY civilized patriot.

KAITSLYN: So when you say you "don't eat sweets..."

BOBESPIERRE: Compared to ALL THE SWEETS that exist in the WORLD, I eat so few that it ROUNDS to zero

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Measuring on a global scale is convenient rhetorically, but in practice, where do you put it?

#1311; Watching One’s Significant Figures

  — May 16th, 2017

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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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