Comic Transcripts

[[XAMDER approaches a gatehouse, where DYER stands sentinel.]]

XAMDER: So THIIIIS is who they have guarding the East Gate now, eh?  Ayup, yup, yup, yup!

DYER: Come again?

XAMDER: Used to be MY beat!  I worked here for eleven years.  Stood right where you are!

DYER: Is this so.

XAMDER: Six-to-two shift, East Gate detail, dial five-two to report any characters, YUP!

XAMDER: Ayup, yup, yup, yup.  Good times, good times.  DALBERT still in there BUSTIN’ CHOPS?

DYER: Dalbert is no longer here.

XAMDER: Killed in action at last, eh?

DYER: Promoted up to division.

XAMDER: Probably killed in action there.

XAMDER: SAY, you know the little secret about the gate override switch…?

DYER: The gate was rewired thoroughly last year to be brought up to code.

XAMDER: Ayup, yup, yup, yup, things sure do change.  You missed out on some GOOD TIMES, brother.

DYER: I have no brothers.  I am an only child.

XAMDER: Ayup, yup, yup.

XAMDER: WELLLL, Nice catchin’ up with the ol’ haunt.  You see Marshella, you tell her the BIG BUG said HOWDY-DO, hear?

DYER: I do not know anyone named Marshella.

XAMDER:  Probably killed in action.

DYER: No one has been killed in action on gate duty in the history of this detail.

XAMDER:  That’s ’cause they FIRE you first an’ kill you as a CIVILIAN!  IT HAPPENED TO ME!

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#1343; A Triumphant Return transcribed by in

[[XAMDER approaches a gatehouse, where DYER stands sentinel.]]

XAMDER: So THIIIIS is who they have guarding the East Gate now, eh?  Ayup, yup, yup, yup!

DYER: Come again?

XAMDER: Used to be MY beat!  I worked here for eleven years.  Stood right where you are!

DYER: Is this so.

XAMDER: Six-to-two shift, East Gate detail, dial five-two to report any characters, YUP!

XAMDER: Ayup, yup, yup, yup.  Good times, good times.  DALBERT still in there BUSTIN' CHOPS?

DYER: Dalbert is no longer here.

XAMDER: Killed in action at last, eh?

DYER: Promoted up to division.

XAMDER: Probably killed in action there.

XAMDER: SAY, you know the little secret about the gate override switch...?

DYER: The gate was rewired thoroughly last year to be brought up to code.

XAMDER: Ayup, yup, yup, yup, things sure do change.  You missed out on some GOOD TIMES, brother.

DYER: I have no brothers.  I am an only child.

XAMDER: Ayup, yup, yup.

XAMDER: WELLLL, Nice catchin' up with the ol' haunt.  You see Marshella, you tell her the BIG BUG said HOWDY-DO, hear?

DYER: I do not know anyone named Marshella.

XAMDER:  Probably killed in action.

DYER: No one has been killed in action on gate duty in the history of this detail.

XAMDER:  That's 'cause they FIRE you first an' kill you as a CIVILIAN!  IT HAPPENED TO ME!

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There's no easy way to say this, but... I'm afraid we're going to have to both fire you AND terminate you.

New ways to get Bolted!

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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