#557; The Masters of Tea

Comic Transcripts

HAZEL: How’s the tea?
BAXTER: It’s, ehrm
LIPTON, is it?

HAZEL: Well, of course! The world’s leading tea brand.
Is something wrong with it? If so, I’d like to know.
BAXTER: To those of us that know tea, Lipton is a pretty bad tea.

HAZEL: YOU know tea.
BAXTER: A bit
HAZEL: Bitch, LIPTON knows tea.
Do YOU own tea estates in Kenya and Tanzania? Do YOU invest millions every year in tea research? Do YOU attract tea experts from around the world to work for you?
If anyone, ANYWHERE knows tea, LIPTON knows tea.

[[LIPTON logo.]]
LIPTON
WE KNOW TEA
We just don’t use any of that knowledge in its manufacture.

{{Header: brew up some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: We amass information mainly to keep it from our competitors.}}

#557; The Masters of Tea 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!