#585; A Rat has Many Hobbies

Comic Transcripts

[[Two rats. One holds a tuba.]]
RAYMOND: Can you believe it? They were giving out FREE TUBAS at the grocery store!
Some kind of PROMOTION.
DEBORAH: What
NO.

DEBORAH: What are you going to DO with a tuba?
RAYMOND: I am going to PLAY the tuba.
DEBORAH: Where are we going to KEEP the tuba?
RAYMOND: We will keep it in our tuba nook.

DEBORAH: We have no SPACE in the tuba nook! Remember how it’s full of UNICYCLE?
Which you ALSO brought home and then quickly lost interest in?
But which you’ll NEVER consider PARTING with?
You have to start THINKING before y–
RAYMOND: STOP BEING YOUR MOTHER!

[[RAYMOND is telling this story to a hedgehog (I think). His head is stuck in the tuba.]]
RAYMOND: Anyway that’s pretty much how it happened.

{{header: hoard at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alttext: You know what? Headin’ back to the store to get ten more tubas. JUST TO SHOW WHO’S BOSS}}

#585; A Rat has Many Hobbies transcribed by in

[[Two rats. One holds a tuba.]]
RAYMOND: Can you believe it? They were giving out FREE TUBAS at the grocery store!
Some kind of PROMOTION.
DEBORAH: What
NO.

DEBORAH: What are you going to DO with a tuba?
RAYMOND: I am going to PLAY the tuba.
DEBORAH: Where are we going to KEEP the tuba?
RAYMOND: We will keep it in our tuba nook.

[[RAYMOND is telling this story to a hedgehog (I think). His head is stuck in the tuba.]]
RAYMOND: Anyway that’s pretty much how it happened.

{{header: hoard at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alttext: You know what? Headin’ back to the store to get ten more tubas. JUST TO SHOW WHO’S BOSS}}

#585; A Rat has Many Hobbies 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!