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[[A banner at the top reads: Something for all – except those without the means]]

[[A banner lower down reads: “SHOULD YOU COAL-POWER YOUR LIFE?”
Many municipal power plants already use coal to generate electricity. Some enterprising folks have had the clever idea to eliminate the middleman and consume coal directly, using it to power home appliances, vehicles, pets, plants – anything in need of energy. Can this be done feasibly and safely? We have investigated, and the answer appears to be NO. Absolutely not. The notion is ridiculous.
Coal in the home. The family in question had attached turbine-boilers to every device in the home: toasters, refrigerators, can-openers &c. What reports fail to mention is that the lady of the house works in a factory where the small boilers are manufactured. She acquires them at a steep discount. This is clearly out of range for the average family.
Coal-powered vehicles. It also turns out that the man of the house is an auto mechanic specializing in absurd “pimptastic” modifications! This is hardly repeatable.
Coal-powered pets. What are you talking (Text block cuts off here)]]

[[A block at the bottom reads: “”–BOTTOM LINE–“, with some aspects of coal-powering your life outlined underneath:
THE CONVERSION. Is impossible. Don’t even try it.
ENERGY SAVINGS. How would you even calculate that.
CARBON FOOTPRINT. Are you listening. Coal is made of carbon.
FISCAL IMPACT. It would cost literally millions of dollars.
RESALE VALUE. Of what? The house? The cars? Pets? NO
POTENTIAL PITFALLS. Handling coal will give you finger cancer]]

{{Alt-text: Next Issue: Ten Ways to get Soot out of Pet Fur– Because You Had to Go Ahead and Try It}}

The Tinkerer’s Handbook, Page 2 (of 8) transcribed by in

[[A banner at the top reads: Something for all – except those without the means]]

[[A banner lower down reads: “SHOULD YOU COAL-POWER YOUR LIFE?”
Many municipal power plants already use coal to generate electricity. Some enterprising folks have had the clever idea to eliminate the middleman and consume coal directly, using it to power home appliances, vehicles, pets, plants – anything in need of energy. Can this be done feasibly and safely? We have investigated, and the answer appears to be NO. Absolutely not. The notion is ridiculous.
Coal in the home. The family in question had attached turbine-boilers to every device in the home: toasters, refrigerators, can-openers &c. What reports fail to mention is that the lady of the house works in a factory where the small boilers are manufactured. She acquires them at a steep discount. This is clearly out of range for the average family.
Coal-powered vehicles. It also turns out that the man of the house is an auto mechanic specializing in absurd “pimptastic” modifications! This is hardly repeatable.
Coal-powered pets. What are you talking (Text block cuts off here)]]

[[A block at the bottom reads: “”–BOTTOM LINE–“, with some aspects of coal-powering your life outlined underneath:
THE CONVERSION. Is impossible. Don’t even try it.
ENERGY SAVINGS. How would you even calculate that.
CARBON FOOTPRINT. Are you listening. Coal is made of carbon.
FISCAL IMPACT. It would cost literally millions of dollars.
RESALE VALUE. Of what? The house? The cars? Pets? NO
POTENTIAL PITFALLS. Handling coal will give you finger cancer]]

{{Alt-text: Next Issue: Ten Ways to get Soot out of Pet Fur– Because You Had to Go Ahead and Try It}}

The Tinkerer’s Handbook, Page 2 (of 8) transcribed by in

[[A banner at the top reads: Something for all - except those without the means]]

[[A banner lower down reads: "SHOULD YOU COAL-POWER YOUR LIFE?"
Many municipal power plants already use coal to generate electricity. Some enterprising folks have had the clever idea to eliminate the middleman and consume coal directly, using it to power home appliances, vehicles, pets, plants - anything in need of energy. Can this be done feasibly and safely? We have investigated, and the answer appears to be NO. Absolutely not. The notion is ridiculous.
Coal in the home. The family in question had attached turbine-boilers to every device in the home: toasters, refrigerators, can-openers &c. What reports fail to mention is that the lady of the house works in a factory where the small boilers are manufactured. She acquires them at a steep discount. This is clearly out of range for the average family.
Coal-powered vehicles. It also turns out that the man of the house is an auto mechanic specializing in absurd "pimptastic" modifications! This is hardly repeatable.
Coal-powered pets. What are you talking (Text block cuts off here)]]

[[A block at the bottom reads: ""--BOTTOM LINE--", with some aspects of coal-powering your life outlined underneath:
THE CONVERSION. Is impossible. Don't even try it.
ENERGY SAVINGS. How would you even calculate that.
CARBON FOOTPRINT. Are you listening. Coal is made of carbon.
FISCAL IMPACT. It would cost literally millions of dollars.
RESALE VALUE. Of what? The house? The cars? Pets? NO
POTENTIAL PITFALLS. Handling coal will give you finger cancer]]

{{Alt-text: Next Issue: Ten Ways to get Soot out of Pet Fur-- Because You Had to Go Ahead and Try It}}

Next Issue: Ten Ways to get Soot out of Pet Fur -- Because You Had to Go Ahead and Try It

The Tinkerer’s Handbook, Page 2 (of 8)

  — April 27th, 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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