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#810; The Evaluation of Wishes

[[The Fisherman is speaking to Woman #1]]
Fisherman: You’re the smartest person I know… what wish should I ask for the one-fifth starhorse?
Woman#1: How about a million misshapen, five-headed dollar bills? So you might end up with regular ones?
Fisherman: Bluh. Good luck getting that to work out the way I want.

[[The Fisherman is speaking to Man]]
Man: If you ask for gold, you get sulfur? Dude, ask for dubnium. You’ll probably end up with scandium, which sells for thirty grand a pound!
Fisherman: Hmmm Suddenly flooding the market with scandium sounds like a great way to get on an FBI watch list

[[The Fisherman is speaking to Woman #2]]
Woman #2: You should ask for the world to be at war. Surely only a fifth of the world being at war would be a gross improvement.
Fisherman: Oh, surely nothing bad could come of asking a magical horsoid with undefinable powers for the entire world to be at war.

[[The Fisherman is speaking to the Horse Head under glass]]
Fisherman: Now look, before we move forward, could you give me the probable results for several potential wishes?
Horse Head: Only if it is your wish that I do so and if it is, I warn you do not trust the answers.

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#810; The Evaluation of Wishes transcribed by in

#810; The Evaluation of Wishes

[[The Fisherman is speaking to Woman #1]]
Fisherman: You’re the smartest person I know… what wish should I ask for the one-fifth starhorse?
Woman#1: How about a million misshapen, five-headed dollar bills? So you might end up with regular ones?
Fisherman: Bluh. Good luck getting that to work out the way I want.

[[The Fisherman is speaking to Man]]
Man: If you ask for gold, you get sulfur? Dude, ask for dubnium. You’ll probably end up with scandium, which sells for thirty grand a pound!
Fisherman: Hmmm Suddenly flooding the market with scandium sounds like a great way to get on an FBI watch list

[[The Fisherman is speaking to Woman #2]]
Woman #2: You should ask for the world to be at war. Surely only a fifth of the world being at war would be a gross improvement.
Fisherman: Oh, surely nothing bad could come of asking a magical horsoid with undefinable powers for the entire world to be at war.

[[The Fisherman is speaking to the Horse Head under glass]]
Fisherman: Now look, before we move forward, could you give me the probable results for several potential wishes?
Horse Head: Only if it is your wish that I do so and if it is, I warn you do not trust the answers.

{header: WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: How could you even fence all that scandium?}}

#810; The Evaluation of Wishes transcribed by in

#810; The Evaluation of Wishes

[[The Fisherman is speaking to Woman #1]]
Fisherman: You're the smartest person I know... what wish should I ask for the one-fifth starhorse?
Woman#1: How about a million misshapen, five-headed dollar bills? So you might end up with regular ones?
Fisherman: Bluh. Good luck getting that to work out the way I want.

[[The Fisherman is speaking to Man]]
Man: If you ask for gold, you get sulfur? Dude, ask for dubnium. You'll probably end up with scandium, which sells for thirty grand a pound!
Fisherman: Hmmm Suddenly flooding the market with scandium sounds like a great way to get on an FBI watch list

[[The Fisherman is speaking to Woman #2]]
Woman #2: You should ask for the world to be at war. Surely only a fifth of the world being at war would be a gross improvement.
Fisherman: Oh, surely nothing bad could come of asking a magical horsoid with undefinable powers for the entire world to be at war.

[[The Fisherman is speaking to the Horse Head under glass]]
Fisherman: Now look, before we move forward, could you give me the probable results for several potential wishes?
Horse Head: Only if it is your wish that I do so and if it is, I warn you do not trust the answers.

{header: WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: How could you even fence all that scandium?}}

How could you even fence all that scandium?

#810; The Evaluation of Wishes

  — March 14th, 2012

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Part 3 of our tale. Continued from Part 1 / Part 2
Thanks to Marskman Steven L. for the dubnium tip.

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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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