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Borgus, still wearing his charred hat, is now on a street corner, holding a series of crudely hand-lettered signs. He has one sign in each hand, he wears a sandwich board, and another sign is propped up next to him. On the signs, he has drawn his impression of the lightning duds. The signs are also full of slogans such as “BE AWARE!” and “AFRAID OF LIGHTNING?” and “THERE ARE CREATURES IN YOUR HOUSE!!”

AEMICE: …Are you sure THIS is how you want to spend all your time?

BORGUS: It’s SHAMEFUL the information that’s being HIDDEN from people! Normal people, DECENT people, going through life IGNORANT of the TRUTH!

AEMICE (looking around): Shouldn’t we be working on finding a place to LIVE?

BORGUS: And where do the GOBLINS live, HUH? Where do THEY go during the day? WHAT EVEN ARE THEY? Animals? DEMONS?

Aemice, sensibly, consults her phone.

AEMICE: Wikipedia says they’re “a subspecies of aardvark.”

BORGUS: And what’s the connection with them and LIGHTNING?

AEMICE: Wikipedia says “If Zeus doesn’t get to watch them cavort around in people’s underwear, it makes him furious.”

BORGUS (spittle flying, furious): GREAT! Like my SIGNS aren’t full enough ALREADY!!

#1559; In which a Home is Haunted (Part 8 of 8) transcribed by in

Borgus, still wearing his charred hat, is now on a street corner, holding a series of crudely hand-lettered signs. He has one sign in each hand, he wears a sandwich board, and another sign is propped up next to him. On the signs, he has drawn his impression of the lightning duds. The signs are also full of slogans such as "BE AWARE!" and "AFRAID OF LIGHTNING?" and "THERE ARE CREATURES IN YOUR HOUSE!!"

AEMICE: ...Are you sure THIS is how you want to spend all your time?

BORGUS: It's SHAMEFUL the information that's being HIDDEN from people! Normal people, DECENT people, going through life IGNORANT of the TRUTH!

AEMICE (looking around): Shouldn't we be working on finding a place to LIVE?

BORGUS: And where do the GOBLINS live, HUH? Where do THEY go during the day? WHAT EVEN ARE THEY? Animals? DEMONS?

Aemice, sensibly, consults her phone.

AEMICE: Wikipedia says they're "a subspecies of aardvark."

BORGUS: And what's the connection with them and LIGHTNING?

AEMICE: Wikipedia says "If Zeus doesn't get to watch them cavort around in people's underwear, it makes him furious."

BORGUS (spittle flying, furious): GREAT! Like my SIGNS aren't full enough ALREADY!!

It was on Wikipedia the whole time, dude. You could have looked.

#1559; In which a Home is Haunted (Part 8 of 8)

  — February 1st, 2025

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This storyline began with Part 1.

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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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