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#545; In which it Keeps Going
[[A king and woman, among several other bystanders, are gathered around a set of stairs, upon which an older man is cowering in fear behind a set of curtains, which the woman has pulled back.]]
King: ARCH-FIEND JONAS!
King: THE BYLAWS OF OUR EXPERIMENTAL AGRARIAN CITY-STATE EXPRESSLY PROHIBIT MISCHIEVOUS TAMPERING WITH THE NATURAL ORDER OF LIVING THINGS!
Old Man: BAH! YOU CRETINS! THERE IS NO NATURAL ORDER! ALL IS BATHED IN CHAOS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF CREATION TILL THE LAST!
Woman: SILENCE! THIS TRIBUNAL WILL NOT HEAR IMPUDENCE!
Old Man: YOU’LL NOT HEAR MUCH OF ANYTHING ONCE MY CYNTHIA FINISHES INITIATING HER BINARY DEFENSE PROTOCOLS!

King: SO THE CRIMINAL EVEN ADMITS HIS HEINOUS OFFENSE!
King: WHA-
King: WHAT IN THE NAME OF GORAX
[[An odd-looking pair of pincers peeks out from behind the curtains.]]
Old Man: CYNTHIA!
Old Man: THIS IS THEM! THE BAD PEOPLE I PROGRAMMED YOU TO KILL!

[[Cynthia makes her way in front of the old man to defend him.]]
Old Man: CYNTHIA
Cynthia: (Said mechanically:) FWEEP?
Old Man: CYNTHIA, MY SWEET CHILD-CREATURE
Old Man: EXECUTE COMMAND SEQUENCE J-W-6

[[The panel zooms out to reveal several people sitting in a theater, of which two women are the focus, watching the previous scenes from a movie or play. Cynthia is seen burning people in the background.]]
<>
Bystander: (Said as if dying:) MY SKIIINNN
Woman 1: NEXT TIME, I PICK THE SHOW.
Woman 2: WELL, THE BOOK WAS GOOD.

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{{alt-text: In the book you get all of Cynthia’s internal monologue.}}

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#545; In which it Keeps Going
[[A king and woman, among several other bystanders, are gathered around a set of stairs, upon which an older man is cowering in fear behind a set of curtains, which the woman has pulled back.]]
King: ARCH-FIEND JONAS!
King: THE BYLAWS OF OUR EXPERIMENTAL AGRARIAN CITY-STATE EXPRESSLY PROHIBIT MISCHIEVOUS TAMPERING WITH THE NATURAL ORDER OF LIVING THINGS!
Old Man: BAH! YOU CRETINS! THERE IS NO NATURAL ORDER! ALL IS BATHED IN CHAOS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF CREATION TILL THE LAST!
Woman: SILENCE! THIS TRIBUNAL WILL NOT HEAR IMPUDENCE!
Old Man: YOU'LL NOT HEAR MUCH OF ANYTHING ONCE MY CYNTHIA FINISHES INITIATING HER BINARY DEFENSE PROTOCOLS!

King: SO THE CRIMINAL EVEN ADMITS HIS HEINOUS OFFENSE!
King: WHA-
King: WHAT IN THE NAME OF GORAX
[[An odd-looking pair of pincers peeks out from behind the curtains.]]
Old Man: CYNTHIA!
Old Man: THIS IS THEM! THE BAD PEOPLE I PROGRAMMED YOU TO KILL!

[[Cynthia makes her way in front of the old man to defend him.]]
Old Man: CYNTHIA
Cynthia: (Said mechanically:) FWEEP?
Old Man: CYNTHIA, MY SWEET CHILD-CREATURE
Old Man: EXECUTE COMMAND SEQUENCE J-W-6

[[The panel zooms out to reveal several people sitting in a theater, of which two women are the focus, watching the previous scenes from a movie or play. Cynthia is seen burning people in the background.]]
<>
Bystander: (Said as if dying:) MY SKIIINNN
Woman 1: NEXT TIME, I PICK THE SHOW.
Woman 2: WELL, THE BOOK WAS GOOD.

{{header: come see WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: In the book you get all of Cynthia's internal monologue.}}

In the book you get all of Cynthia's internal monologue.

#545; In which it Keeps Going

  — August 21st, 2009

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Bolted! Shipping is UNDERWAY

April 4, 2026 by David Malki !

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!


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