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[[Two suited individuals talk among themselves. Both are somewhat balding. One is short and thin, with a worried expression; the other is taller and larger, with a pensive expression, stroking his beard.]]
Worrier: Do you ever feel like we’re getting close to a breaking point?
Worrier: Societally?
Worrier: I lie awake some nights worried ab out our entire SYSTEM collapsing. Whether I’ll be able to SURVIVE afterward.

Pragmatist: I figure, any economic collapse on a society-destroying scale would be AS RUINOUS or MORE to the giant corporations that control everything as it would be to US…
Pragmatist: The 1% has both a VESTED INTEREST in social stability – because their imaginary hedge fund wealth VANISHES in a MAD MAX type situation –

Pragmatist: – and conveniently, they’re the only ones that have any power to actually DO anything about it.
Pragmatist: So I just trust that Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos and the Koch brothers won’t ALLOW society to collapse.

[[A traditional American family (a father, mother, and son) drawn in a 20th century cartoon style hold their hands to their hearts, saluting twin American flags. Large text declares, “HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY”.]]

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#1043; As the Founders Intended transcribed by in

[[Two suited individuals talk among themselves. Both are somewhat balding. One is short and thin, with a worried expression; the other is taller and larger, with a pensive expression, stroking his beard.]]
Worrier: Do you ever feel like we're getting close to a breaking point?
Worrier: Societally?
Worrier: I lie awake some nights worried ab out our entire SYSTEM collapsing. Whether I'll be able to SURVIVE afterward.

Pragmatist: I figure, any economic collapse on a society-destroying scale would be AS RUINOUS or MORE to the giant corporations that control everything as it would be to US...
Pragmatist: The 1% has both a VESTED INTEREST in social stability - because their imaginary hedge fund wealth VANISHES in a MAD MAX type situation -

Pragmatist: - and conveniently, they're the only ones that have any power to actually DO anything about it.
Pragmatist: So I just trust that Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos and the Koch brothers won't ALLOW society to collapse.

[[A traditional American family (a father, mother, and son) drawn in a 20th century cartoon style hold their hands to their hearts, saluting twin American flags. Large text declares, "HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY".]]

{{header: oh, say does that WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: is lighting off explosions to commemorate a war analogous to wearing a cross to commemorate a crucifixion}}

is lighting off explosions to commemorate a war analogous to wearing a cross to commemorate a crucifixion

#1043; As the Founders Intended

  — July 4th, 2014

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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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