#365; The True Meaning of Christmas

Comic Transcripts

CLARENCE: Christmas these days is only sacred to accountants tabulating retail sales figures. Can’t we set aside our selfish urges just for one day, and concentrate on the true, spiritually meaningful roots of the holiday season?
JESUS: Thank you. Seriously. It is just really nice to hear you say that.

CLARENCE: So, let us all give praise to Saturn for another joyous winter solstice.
JESUS: NO NO NO! It’s MY BIRTHDAY and you have to do what I WANT

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{{alt-text: technically the roman saturnalia and the pagan solstice festival were separate and both co-opted by Christianity centuries apart but WHATEVER, HISTORICAL ACCURACY}}

#365; The True Meaning of Christmas transcribed by in

Bolted! games have been shipping to backers over the last couple of weeks! The non-US orders are (mostly) done and some folks have been reporting receiving them already!

@davidmalki.com My game arrived today!! It looks gorgeous 🙂 Hope you are well 🙂

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— Lar deSouza (@lartist.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM

My US inventory of games is now in-country, but still being staged at the fulfillment centers. It’s being distributed to regional warehouses, so the actual shipping to backers happens more efficiently. I hope the bulk of US shipping will start next week.

These are what the cartons (and games) look like!

bolted! games BOLTED! GAMES (pounding the table) B O L T E D ! G A M E S

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— david malki ! (@davidmalki.com) April 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM

I am also waiting on the bonus cards to be finished printing! I ended up needing many more of those than I had anticipated, so I decided to have the game factory print those too, for perfect matching with the base game cards.

Most people will be receiving two separate mailings: the game itself, and “anything else” (bonus cards and/or add-ons) which will be sent by me personally.

As of today, 86% of backers have completed their surveys so far! That’s pretty good, but it’s not everyone. I know YOU PERSONALLY have already completed YOURS though, so no worries!!

We have now moved OFF of Kickstarter and ONTO BackerKit for any new orders. You can bundle a game with basically anything else I sell on that there website, it’s pretty nuts!