Enthusiastic ideas are like crappy rewards points. You earn them fair and square, but then they expire faster than you think.

Comic Transcripts

ERNESTINA: You ever get so excited about an idea that you can’t think of anything else? / It takes over. It crowds every other thought from your mind. It demands attention, regardless of its actual merit as an idea – in fact, that’s impossible to determine. It’s too new!

CHARLES: Sure, but the feeling passes. I’ve learned to wait it out – if it’s really a good idea, then it’ll still be a week later.
ERNESTINA: But that’s the problem! The enthusiasm is only good for about a day. So you can wait it out until it joins the interminable list of “Good Ideas You’ll Never Do” – or you can just spend that energy. Dive in. Just try something. / Better to do something with passion that turns out misguided, than carefully decide to do nothing at all.

CHARLES: That is a very nice-sounding theory that I’m not convinced is actually true. / That is how countries start wars. / Do you ever finish any of the crazy things you dive into?
ERNESTINA: I’d love to, but who has the time?
[[The Dodos break into the panel from the left side and shout as one:]]
THE DODOS: WE HAVE THE TIME

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{{Alt-text: Enthusiastic ideas are like crappy rewards points. You earn them fair and square, but then they expire faster than you think.}}

#730; The Decaying Currency transcribed by in

ERNESTINA: You ever get so excited about an idea that you can’t think of anything else? / It takes over. It crowds every other thought from your mind. It demands attention, regardless of its actual merit as an idea – in fact, that’s impossible to determine. It’s too new!

CHARLES: Sure, but the feeling passes. I’ve learned to wait it out – if it’s really a good idea, then it’ll still be a week later.
ERNESTINA: But that’s the problem! The enthusiasm is only good for about a day. So you can wait it out until it joins the interminable list of “Good Ideas You’ll Never Do” – or you can just spend that energy. Dive in. Just try something. / Better to do something with passion that turns out misguided, than carefully decide to do nothing at all.

CHARLES: That is a very nice-sounding theory that I’m not convinced is actually true. / That is how countries start wars. / Do you ever finish any of the crazy things you dive into?
ERNESTINA: I’d love to, but who has the time?
[[The Dodos break into the panel from the left side and shout as one:]]
THE DODOS: WE HAVE THE TIME

{{Header: get busy at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Enthusiastic ideas are like crappy rewards points. You earn them fair and square, but then they expire faster than you think.}}

#730; The Decaying Currency transcribed by in

ERNESTINA: You ever get so excited about an idea that you can't think of anything else? / It takes over. It crowds every other thought from your mind. It demands attention, regardless of its actual merit as an idea - in fact, that's impossible to determine. It's too new!

CHARLES: Sure, but the feeling passes. I've learned to wait it out - if it's really a good idea, then it'll still be a week later.
ERNESTINA: But that's the problem! The enthusiasm is only good for about a day. So you can wait it out until it joins the interminable list of "Good Ideas You'll Never Do" - or you can just spend that energy. Dive in. Just try something. / Better to do something with passion that turns out misguided, than carefully decide to do nothing at all.

CHARLES: That is a very nice-sounding theory that I'm not convinced is actually true. / That is how countries start wars. / Do you ever finish any of the crazy things you dive into?
ERNESTINA: I'd love to, but who has the time?
[[The Dodos break into the panel from the left side and shout as one:]]
THE DODOS: WE HAVE THE TIME

{{Header: get busy at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Enthusiastic ideas are like crappy rewards points. You earn them fair and square, but then they expire faster than you think.}}

Enthusiastic ideas are like crappy rewards points. You earn them fair and square, but then they expire faster than you think.

#730; The Decaying Currency

  — June 3rd, 2011

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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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