#465; In which a Conversation dies

Comic Transcripts

CLIVE: How’s WORKING FROM HOME treating you?
LUCINDA: Great! Except for this GUY who keeps coming into my office and POOPING in the corner of the room.
Onto this, like, MOUND OF SAND set up for JUST THAT PURPOSE!
CLIVE: POOPING–Oh, the CAT! Ha ha ha!

CLIVE: I used to have a co-worker like that! She was cute, but eventually I had to LOCK HER IN THE BATHROOM to stop her from trying to LICK MY FACE all the time!
LUCINDA: The guy in MY office is real “touchy” too.
VERY affectionate, TOTALLY inappropriate for the workplace. He always wants to SIT ON MY LAP while I WORK! I should really file a FORMAL COMPLAINT with H.R.!

REG: I can’t compete with you folks! Weirdest thing that ever happened to me down at the factory was a guy ratted me out for pocketing misformed O-rings off the line an’ takin’ ’em home for “ILLICIT PURPOSES.”
But he got HIS! Four and a half hours o’ NIGHT-VISION VIDEO of him stayin’ after hours an’ HUMPIN’ the welding robots!

[[CLIVE AND LUCINDA just stare at REG silently.]]

#465; In which a Conversation dies 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!