Comic Transcripts

[[A teen in a top hat is talking to himself.]]
Teen: HA HA HA! Look OUT, world! Why does everyone have such TROUBLE with everything? I know EVERYTHING I NEED and I’M only SEVENTEEN!

[[An older version of the teen appears in a puff of smoke.]]
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Future Teen: PAST ME! This is YOU at TWENTY-THREE! You really DON’T know how to do ANYTHING! There is SO much you need to learn!

[[A yet older version appears.]]
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Super Future Teen: Greetings, PAST ME and PASTER me. I am you at THIRTY.
Super Future Teen: Don’t freak out about not knowing everything. It turns out you only REALLY need to know about a few key things.

Future Teen: WHICH things?
Super Future Teen: I don’t know. I got as far as learning that I didn’t need to know everything, but not any specifics.
Super Future Teen: Maybe SUPER-OLD US will appear to refine matters further!

[[The three wait in anticipation.]]

[[The super-old version arrives.]]
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Super Future Teen: SUPER-OLD US! Did you learn WHICH THINGS we should focus on learning?
Omega Future Teen: Are you kiddin
Omega Future Teen: If I advise you how to steer around the mistakes waitin’ for ya, I’m gonna blink out of existence faster’n a HORSE in a CHEERIO FACTORY
Omega Future Teen: Wait
Omega Future Teen: You probably won’t get that reference yet

{{header: grow into WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: you don’t need to know what to do with your whole life, you just need to know what to do tomorrow}}

#1090; The Things we Must Learn transcribed by in

[[A teen in a top hat is talking to himself.]]
Teen: HA HA HA! Look OUT, world! Why does everyone have such TROUBLE with everything? I know EVERYTHING I NEED and I’M only SEVENTEEN!

[[An older version of the teen appears in a puff of smoke.]]
<>
Future Teen: PAST ME! This is YOU at TWENTY-THREE! You really DON’T know how to do ANYTHING! There is SO much you need to learn!

[[A yet older version appears.]]
<>
Super Future Teen: Greetings, PAST ME and PASTER me. I am you at THIRTY.
Super Future Teen: Don’t freak out about not knowing everything. It turns out you only REALLY need to know about a few key things.

Future Teen: WHICH things?
Super Future Teen: I don’t know. I got as far as learning that I didn’t need to know everything, but not any specifics.
Super Future Teen: Maybe SUPER-OLD US will appear to refine matters further!

[[The three wait in anticipation.]]

[[The super-old version arrives.]]
<>
Super Future Teen: SUPER-OLD US! Did you learn WHICH THINGS we should focus on learning?
Omega Future Teen: Are you kiddin
Omega Future Teen: If I advise you how to steer around the mistakes waitin’ for ya, I’m gonna blink out of existence faster’n a HORSE in a CHEERIO FACTORY
Omega Future Teen: Wait
Omega Future Teen: You probably won’t get that reference yet

{{header: grow into WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: you don’t need to know what to do with your whole life, you just need to know what to do tomorrow}}

#1090; The Things we Must Learn transcribed by in

[[A teen in a top hat is talking to himself.]]
Teen: HA HA HA! Look OUT, world! Why does everyone have such TROUBLE with everything? I know EVERYTHING I NEED and I'M only SEVENTEEN!

[[An older version of the teen appears in a puff of smoke.]]
<>
Future Teen: PAST ME! This is YOU at TWENTY-THREE! You really DON'T know how to do ANYTHING! There is SO much you need to learn!

[[A yet older version appears.]]
<>
Super Future Teen: Greetings, PAST ME and PASTER me. I am you at THIRTY.
Super Future Teen: Don't freak out about not knowing everything. It turns out you only REALLY need to know about a few key things.

Future Teen: WHICH things?
Super Future Teen: I don't know. I got as far as learning that I didn't need to know everything, but not any specifics.
Super Future Teen: Maybe SUPER-OLD US will appear to refine matters further!

[[The three wait in anticipation.]]

[[The super-old version arrives.]]
<>
Super Future Teen: SUPER-OLD US! Did you learn WHICH THINGS we should focus on learning?
Omega Future Teen: Are you kiddin
Omega Future Teen: If I advise you how to steer around the mistakes waitin' for ya, I'm gonna blink out of existence faster'n a HORSE in a CHEERIO FACTORY
Omega Future Teen: Wait
Omega Future Teen: You probably won't get that reference yet

{{header: grow into WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: you don't need to know what to do with your whole life, you just need to know what to do tomorrow}}

you don't need to know what to do with your whole life, you just need to know what to do tomorrow

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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