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The conversation about books continues into a new scene. KYLEEN now meets up with ANEKKE. They are both wearing stunning dresses.

KYLEEN: Anneke! You’re back from afar! How were things in the No-No Zones?

ANNEKE: We usually prefer to say NETHERLANDS

A: But, good! And you’ll NEVER GUESS what I discovered in a little bookshop in Utrecht… There’s a WHOLE OTHER SPINOFF SERIES of FATHOMS that was never released here!

Anneke displays a wagon full of books, one of which Kyleen peers at curiously.

A: LOOK at all these! Remember the AUDITOR characters from Sunk Cost Adventures? The DUTCH books follow THEM as they investigate OTHER underwater financial crimes!

K (reading): “Boek #32 van de Sunk Cost Chronicles”

Anneke produces a long, scroll-like sheet of paper.

A: There are some very exciting-sounding titles. I translated the list…

A: Sunk Cost Avenger… Sunk Cost Voyager… Sunk Cost Insider… THAT one’s about a mole within the agency.

K: The underwater financial auditing agency.

A: They do more than just AUDITING. They also do BOOKKEEPING. Hence the subtitle, “Ook Boekhouders”

K (harping on a point which seems to be inescapable in this series): So are they any good?

A: What does GOOD mean? Is ANYTHING good?

K: I feel like my question MIGHT have been simple to answer with a “yes”
K: And so since it WASN’T
K: The answer isn’t “yes”

#1565; A Cold Stare From a Tall Bookshelf (Part 4 of 4) transcribed by in

The conversation about books continues into a new scene. KYLEEN now meets up with ANEKKE. They are both wearing stunning dresses.

KYLEEN: Anneke! You're back from afar! How were things in the No-No Zones?

ANNEKE: We usually prefer to say NETHERLANDS

A: But, good! And you'll NEVER GUESS what I discovered in a little bookshop in Utrecht... There's a WHOLE OTHER SPINOFF SERIES of FATHOMS that was never released here!

Anneke displays a wagon full of books, one of which Kyleen peers at curiously.

A: LOOK at all these! Remember the AUDITOR characters from Sunk Cost Adventures? The DUTCH books follow THEM as they investigate OTHER underwater financial crimes!

K (reading): "Boek #32 van de Sunk Cost Chronicles"

Anneke produces a long, scroll-like sheet of paper.

A: There are some very exciting-sounding titles. I translated the list...

A: Sunk Cost Avenger... Sunk Cost Voyager... Sunk Cost Insider... THAT one's about a mole within the agency.

K: The underwater financial auditing agency.

A: They do more than just AUDITING. They also do BOOKKEEPING. Hence the subtitle, "Ook Boekhouders"

K (harping on a point which seems to be inescapable in this series): So are they any good?

A: What does GOOD mean? Is ANYTHING good?

K: I feel like my question MIGHT have been simple to answer with a "yes"
K: And so since it WASN'T
K: The answer isn't "yes"

It's not like I haven't already switched my Duolingo to Dutch. I just want to know what I'm in for, y'know?

#1565; A Cold Stare From a Tall Bookshelf (Part 4 of 4)

  — May 1st, 2025

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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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