Comic Transcripts

[[MIDGERIE eyes a piece of paper that SHMORACE has discarded in a basket.]]

MIDGERIE: You’re throwing this away?

SHMORACE: Why would I need a perfect attendance certificate from my elementary school?

[[Midgerie extracts the certificate.]]

MIDGERIE:  It has that gold filigree around the edges. That makes it seem IMPORTANT

MIDGERIE: Would anyone ever want to see it?

SHMORACE: Not a chance.

MIDGERIE: Doesn’t it remind you of more carefree times?

SHMORACE: Sure–

SHMORACE: But I don’t need it.  If I EVER needed it, I no longer do.  NO ONE needs it.  It will benefit more lives recycled into a milk carton.

SHMORACE: Perfect attendance doesn’t matter to me now because TODAY, I can express that SAME conscientious impulse by confidently deciding that I don’t need this decades-old piece of paper.

[[Shmorace punctuates the declaration by dropping the certificate back in the basket.]]

MIDGERIE:  At least take a picture

[[Shmorace takes a picture of it with his cell phone]]

SFX: click

MIDGERIE: If you were in my class, I’d have thrown you out on the last day of school just to PREVENT you from getting that certificate.

SHMORACE: That could have spared us this ENTIRE DISCUSSION

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#1252; In which War is waged, Part 1 transcribed by in

[[MIDGERIE eyes a piece of paper that SHMORACE has discarded in a basket.]]

MIDGERIE: You're throwing this away?

SHMORACE: Why would I need a perfect attendance certificate from my elementary school?

[[Midgerie extracts the certificate.]]

MIDGERIE:  It has that gold filigree around the edges. That makes it seem IMPORTANT

MIDGERIE: Would anyone ever want to see it?

SHMORACE: Not a chance.

MIDGERIE: Doesn't it remind you of more carefree times?

SHMORACE: Sure--

SHMORACE: But I don't need it.  If I EVER needed it, I no longer do.  NO ONE needs it.  It will benefit more lives recycled into a milk carton.

SHMORACE: Perfect attendance doesn't matter to me now because TODAY, I can express that SAME conscientious impulse by confidently deciding that I don't need this decades-old piece of paper.

[[Shmorace punctuates the declaration by dropping the certificate back in the basket.]]

MIDGERIE:  At least take a picture

[[Shmorace takes a picture of it with his cell phone]]

SFX: click

MIDGERIE: If you were in my class, I'd have thrown you out on the last day of school just to PREVENT you from getting that certificate.

SHMORACE: That could have spared us this ENTIRE DISCUSSION

{{header: a thorough review of WONDERMARK.COM}}

We have been using a LOT of gunpowder so WHEREVER they're hiding, they have DEFINITELY heard the shots.

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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