#809; The Remainder of the Starhorse

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#809; The Remainder of the Starhorse
[[The Fisherman is speaking to the Horse Head under glass]] / Fisherman: So listen here, starhorse? / Horse Head: Well, more of a linehorse now. But yes? / Fisherman: Do you, in truth, actually possess the power to grant wishes?
Horse Head: With my brethren, yes. But alone, I can only one-fifth grant wishes. / Fisherman: Ah! So if I were to ask for five million dollars, I might still get one? / Horse Head: Kind of like that. You would get five million fifth-dollars.
Horse Head: Like, bills, but only one-fifth of each bill. Or sacks and sacks of wedge-shaped coins. No vending machine will take them. If you ask for gold, you get sulfur. If you ask for health, you will be rendered one-fifth healthy. In most cases this is actually worse than when you started.
Fisherman: Could I wish to be ruler of the earth? I will settle for ruling merely one-fifth! / Horse Head: You will probably be made comptroller of the entire thing. But hey, if you like paperwork, go nuts.

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{{header: the rules of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: If you ask for a pizza, you get a whole pizza that's only one-fifth baked. If you ask for a fifth of Scotch, you just get the mash. If you ask for five minutes to think, you get five minutes of sitting through loud, off-key humming.}}

If you ask for a pizza, you get a whole pizza that's only one-fifth baked. If you ask for a fifth of Scotch, you just get the mash. If you ask for five minutes to think, you get five minutes of sitting through loud, off-key humming.

#809; The Remainder of the Starhorse

— March 13th, 2012

[ Tags: anomalies, magic, science, thought processes ] Permalink: https://wondermark.com/c/809/

Continued from Friday’s episode.

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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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#809; The Remainder of the Starhorse

— March 13th, 2012

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