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[[Wondermark presents: HOW TO LIE]]
[[Step 1: boldly assert a non-fact, implying it is new information.]]
Did you hear? Zebras are a hoax!
<>
It’s like crop circles! People just <> and call them zebras!

[[Step 2: Invent a mountain of evidence.]]
Harvard just published a huge study, surveying every zoo in the west <> the so-called “wild” zebras in africa.
Every zebra they looked at was just a weird horse with paint on it.

[[Step 3: Sympathize with incredulity to desarm it.]]
It blew my mind too! Apparantly it’s this tourist trap thing that’s gone on for centuries, like a snipe hunt.
There’s some unspoken rule among zookeepers that you just keep the horses painted. Nobody wants to be the whistleblower.

[[Step 4: Frame the truth as absurd.]]
In a way, though it makes sense. What’s more likely, that every zebra individually develops a perfect stripe pattern totally naturally?
Or that some dude just paints it on? Occam’s razor, you know?

[[Step 5: If proven wrong, refocus the discussion onto intangibles.]]
<> everybody knows about <> indicates that that is untrue.
You <> let me be right ever! Always have to nitpick <> I say. When did you get so <>?

{{header: tell me about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Identifying this technique in politics is an exercise left to the reader.}}

#876; How to Lie transcribed by in

[[Wondermark presents: HOW TO LIE]]
[[Step 1: boldly assert a non-fact, implying it is new information.]]
Did you hear? Zebras are a hoax!
<>
It’s like crop circles! People just <> and call them zebras!

[[Step 2: Invent a mountain of evidence.]]
Harvard just published a huge study, surveying every zoo in the west <> the so-called “wild” zebras in africa.
Every zebra they looked at was just a weird horse with paint on it.

[[Step 3: Sympathize with incredulity to desarm it.]]
It blew my mind too! Apparantly it’s this tourist trap thing that’s gone on for centuries, like a snipe hunt.
There’s some unspoken rule among zookeepers that you just keep the horses painted. Nobody wants to be the whistleblower.

[[Step 4: Frame the truth as absurd.]]
In a way, though it makes sense. What’s more likely, that every zebra individually develops a perfect stripe pattern totally naturally?
Or that some dude just paints it on? Occam’s razor, you know?

[[Step 5: If proven wrong, refocus the discussion onto intangibles.]]
<> everybody knows about <> indicates that that is untrue.
You <> let me be right ever! Always have to nitpick <> I say. When did you get so <>?

{{header: tell me about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Identifying this technique in politics is an exercise left to the reader.}}

#876; How to Lie transcribed by in

[[Wondermark presents: HOW TO LIE]]
[[Step 1: boldly assert a non-fact, implying it is new information.]]
Did you hear? Zebras are a hoax!
<>
It's like crop circles! People just <> and call them zebras!

[[Step 2: Invent a mountain of evidence.]]
Harvard just published a huge study, surveying every zoo in the west <> the so-called "wild" zebras in africa.
Every zebra they looked at was just a weird horse with paint on it.

[[Step 3: Sympathize with incredulity to desarm it.]]
It blew my mind too! Apparantly it's this tourist trap thing that's gone on for centuries, like a snipe hunt.
There's some unspoken rule among zookeepers that you just keep the horses painted. Nobody wants to be the whistleblower.

[[Step 4: Frame the truth as absurd.]]
In a way, though it makes sense. What's more likely, that every zebra individually develops a perfect stripe pattern totally naturally?
Or that some dude just paints it on? Occam's razor, you know?

[[Step 5: If proven wrong, refocus the discussion onto intangibles.]]
<> everybody knows about <> indicates that that is untrue.
You <> let me be right ever! Always have to nitpick <> I say. When did you get so <>?

{{header: tell me about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Identifying this technique in politics is an exercise left to the reader.}}

Identifying this technique in politics is an exercise left to the reader.

#876; How to Lie

  — October 2nd, 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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