Comic Transcripts

[[A guard clad in ostentatious armor stands blocking three travelers from crossing a bridge.]]
Guard: HALT! None shall pass! To cross this bridge, you must answer my set of seventeen riddles.

[[The travelers seem bemused.]]
Guard: If you get more than five of them right, you earn the chance to try the remainder a second time.
Guard: If you get eight or more right in a row, that’s a straight, and the total number that must be answered correctly drops from seventeen to sixteen.

Guard: This essentially gives you one free bonus point. You may use it to pass on any riddle or take back one incorrect answer.
Guard: This allows you to retry the incorrect riddle, and if you are correct, the bonus persists.

[[A banner with the text “AND SO” appears at the top of the page. It is now dark.]]
Guard: …select a topical subgroup. Or, you may waive this choice, and earn a handicap of one-half point per triad of riddles.
Guard: Any questions on subgroups?

[[The view turns back to the travelers, who are now skeletons, long dead.]]

[[The guard squints his eyes in an expression of satisfaction.]]
Guard: None shall pass

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{{alt-text: if you plan to traverse this bridge often, you may be interested in our frequent riddler loyalty program.}}

#1057; In which a Bridge is kept transcribed by in

[[A guard clad in ostentatious armor stands blocking three travelers from crossing a bridge.]]
Guard: HALT! None shall pass! To cross this bridge, you must answer my set of seventeen riddles.

[[The travelers seem bemused.]]
Guard: If you get more than five of them right, you earn the chance to try the remainder a second time.
Guard: If you get eight or more right in a row, that’s a straight, and the total number that must be answered correctly drops from seventeen to sixteen.

Guard: This essentially gives you one free bonus point. You may use it to pass on any riddle or take back one incorrect answer.
Guard: This allows you to retry the incorrect riddle, and if you are correct, the bonus persists.

[[A banner with the text “AND SO” appears at the top of the page. It is now dark.]]
Guard: …select a topical subgroup. Or, you may waive this choice, and earn a handicap of one-half point per triad of riddles.
Guard: Any questions on subgroups?

[[The view turns back to the travelers, who are now skeletons, long dead.]]

[[The guard squints his eyes in an expression of satisfaction.]]
Guard: None shall pass

{{header: find the answer at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: if you plan to traverse this bridge often, you may be interested in our frequent riddler loyalty program.}}

#1057; In which a Bridge is kept transcribed by in

[[A guard clad in ostentatious armor stands blocking three travelers from crossing a bridge.]]
Guard: HALT! None shall pass! To cross this bridge, you must answer my set of seventeen riddles.

[[The travelers seem bemused.]]
Guard: If you get more than five of them right, you earn the chance to try the remainder a second time.
Guard: If you get eight or more right in a row, that's a straight, and the total number that must be answered correctly drops from seventeen to sixteen.

Guard: This essentially gives you one free bonus point. You may use it to pass on any riddle or take back one incorrect answer.
Guard: This allows you to retry the incorrect riddle, and if you are correct, the bonus persists.

[[A banner with the text "AND SO" appears at the top of the page. It is now dark.]]
Guard: ...select a topical subgroup. Or, you may waive this choice, and earn a handicap of one-half point per triad of riddles.
Guard: Any questions on subgroups?

[[The view turns back to the travelers, who are now skeletons, long dead.]]

[[The guard squints his eyes in an expression of satisfaction.]]
Guard: None shall pass

{{header: find the answer at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: if you plan to traverse this bridge often, you may be interested in our frequent riddler loyalty program.}}

if you plan to traverse this bridge often, you may be interested in our frequent riddler loyalty program.

#1057; In which a Bridge is kept

  — August 29th, 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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