Comic Transcripts

[[Gax is gesturing towards Mr. Meanscary]]
Gax; Gaxians secrete serotonin to aid in COMBAT. It reacts with GROBBLAX in the air to create a potent FEAR TOXIN! But for some reason it doesn’t work on humans!
Mr. Meanscary; What- What is grobblax?

Gax; You know. GROBBLAX. It’s like ten percent of the atmosphere!
Mr. Meanscary; We don’t have grobblax.
Gax; Are you an IDIOT? Atomic number 86.
Mr. Meanscary; 86 is radon.
Gax; RAY-DONN? Sounds FAKE

[[Zone out with Gax and Mr. Meanscary in silhouette. Dog is behind Gax facing him.]]
Gax; . . .Wait, what does serotonin do, then?
Mr. Meanscary; Makes people feel happy and content.

[[Close-up on Gax who is in angry shock, piecing it together with his hands]]
Gax; Happy and CONTENT?!

Gax; FIFTY MILLION INHABITED PLANETS AND I GET THE ONE WITHOUT GROBBLAX?! <>
[[Gax kicks the dog into Mr. Meanscary’s face. Blood splatter surrounds his face.]]

{{header: react with Wondermark.com}}
{{alt-text: It’s always disorienting to be faced with the prospect that one’s interactions with the world are controlled not by intention, but by neurochemistry.}}

#820; A Shocking Realization transcribed by in

[[Gax is gesturing towards Mr. Meanscary]]
Gax; Gaxians secrete serotonin to aid in COMBAT. It reacts with GROBBLAX in the air to create a potent FEAR TOXIN! But for some reason it doesn’t work on humans!
Mr. Meanscary; What- What is grobblax?

Gax; You know. GROBBLAX. It’s like ten percent of the atmosphere!
Mr. Meanscary; We don’t have grobblax.
Gax; Are you an IDIOT? Atomic number 86.
Mr. Meanscary; 86 is radon.
Gax; RAY-DONN? Sounds FAKE

[[Zone out with Gax and Mr. Meanscary in silhouette. Dog is behind Gax facing him.]]
Gax; . . .Wait, what does serotonin do, then?
Mr. Meanscary; Makes people feel happy and content.

[[Close-up on Gax who is in angry shock, piecing it together with his hands]]
Gax; Happy and CONTENT?!

Gax; FIFTY MILLION INHABITED PLANETS AND I GET THE ONE WITHOUT GROBBLAX?! <>
[[Gax kicks the dog into Mr. Meanscary’s face. Blood splatter surrounds his face.]]

{{header: react with Wondermark.com}}
{{alt-text: It’s always disorienting to be faced with the prospect that one’s interactions with the world are controlled not by intention, but by neurochemistry.}}

#820; A Shocking Realization transcribed by in

[[Gax is gesturing towards Mr. Meanscary]]
Gax; Gaxians secrete serotonin to aid in COMBAT. It reacts with GROBBLAX in the air to create a potent FEAR TOXIN! But for some reason it doesn't work on humans!
Mr. Meanscary; What- What is grobblax?

Gax; You know. GROBBLAX. It's like ten percent of the atmosphere!
Mr. Meanscary; We don't have grobblax.
Gax; Are you an IDIOT? Atomic number 86.
Mr. Meanscary; 86 is radon.
Gax; RAY-DONN? Sounds FAKE

[[Zone out with Gax and Mr. Meanscary in silhouette. Dog is behind Gax facing him.]]
Gax; . . .Wait, what does serotonin do, then?
Mr. Meanscary; Makes people feel happy and content.

[[Close-up on Gax who is in angry shock, piecing it together with his hands]]
Gax; Happy and CONTENT?!

Gax; FIFTY MILLION INHABITED PLANETS AND I GET THE ONE WITHOUT GROBBLAX?! <>
[[Gax kicks the dog into Mr. Meanscary's face. Blood splatter surrounds his face.]]

{{header: react with Wondermark.com}}
{{alt-text: It's always disorienting to be faced with the prospect that one's interactions with the world are controlled not by intention, but by neurochemistry.}}

It's always disorienting to be faced with the prospect that one's interactions with the world are controlled not by intention, but by neurochemistry.

Part 4 of this story, and a CLIFFHANGER! (The story started here.)

Bolted! Fulfillment Update

Photo courtesy of backer Nicola!

The vast majority of Bolted! game shipments are already shipped, but I understand if you don’t have yours yet, who cares. Here’s a progress report:

Total orders | 1052
Surveys completed | 992
Fully shipped | 946

Incomplete surveys

Obviously, if I don’t have your shipping address, I can’t ship your game! Let me know if you are missing a survey link. As new responses come in, they are rapidly added to the shipping queue.

Orders containing certain add-ons

Some of the add-ons proved more popular than expected — which is lovely! But it meant I had to reprint some stickers, make all the individual comic prints, request a shipment of books from offsite storage, etc, etc. So, any orders which contain an out-of-stock item are still waiting to ship.

All that missing stuff, though, is en route to me at this very second! So those orders will be going out pretty dang soon!

Custom items

I’ve already been in touch directly with the backers who ordered custom collages! Those will be created (and sent to you) after all the other shipments are complete. I’m excited for those, they’ll be fun! My pleasant dessert after the hearty meal of all the other orders.

Anything wrong?

I’m very grateful to the few folks who’ve contacted me to report some kind of issue with their shipment! Thankfully, problems are rare, but when they do occur, I would like to solve them. Please don’t hesitate to send me an email (replying to your shipping confirmation works great) if there’s anything about your order I can correct.

Reviews & photos

On BoardGameGeek are highly appreciated!

Unless you hate the game! You are entitled to that opinion, but please send that review directly to me instead of telling anyone else, so I can eat it and bury it in the yard and watch it grow into a twisted, gnarled tree. Or whatever!


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