#590; In which Excitement is tempered

Comic Transcripts

[[Man wearing piratey hat, coat and breeches watches woman in cap, long dress and apron hanging laundry on an outdoor clothesline]]
Man: Yeah! LAUNDRY gettin’ DONE!
Woman: We’re ROCKIN’ it We’re ROLLIN’ it We’re DRYIN’ it DENYIN’ it …the right to be wet anymore

[[Man continues to lurk behind laundress while supportively conversing about her work]]
Man: Lookit that FORM! Lookit that TECHNIQUE! Baby this laundry don’t stand a CHANCE!
Woman: Aw, P’shaw, B! Any dang fool can get on this train! It’s just clothespins and finger-squeeze! Old LADIES got this noise covered!

[[Man changes direction of his lurk and continues]]
Man: I can dig it. It ain’t the process, it’s the MEANING. It’s putting a hand in the windstream of that old, ancient interplay between fabric and moisture.
Woman: It’s like Don’t matter how rich you are. Your sheets still gotta get dry.
Man: Are we on a ley line? You got my toes trembling. This is METAPHOR-Y. This is LAUNDRY cranked to ELEVEN.

[[Man continues lurking in a supervisory fashion]]
Woman: So you FEELIN’ it then! You got it so deep in your bones that you’re fixin’ to grab up a pin and help a sister out!
Man: Well hold on I mean the scale goes up to 43

#590; In which Excitement is tempered 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!