#644; The Nocturnal Imposter

Comic Transcripts

HANS: You were in my dream last night!
PHIL: No, I was safe and sound in my own bed. A synaptic construct that resembled me may have been in your dream last night.

HANS: Well, so far as my dream-self was concerned, it was you. And you did some weird stuff.
PHIL: But it wasn’t me! It didn’t have my childhood or my kinks or my aspirations or any of the unspoken fears that color the real me’s daily decision-making.

PHIL: You invented a dream-me out of your personal, and thus by definition limited, understanding of who I am. Anything that shadow-puppet did in the bony cavern of your imagination reflects not on me, but upon your perception of me.

HANS: Apparently deep down I consider you a psychopathic ostrich farmer.
PHIL: Sure, I could see that.

{{alt-text: Your dream-me is within two standard metaphor-derivations of how you really feel about me.}}

#644; The Nocturnal Imposter transcribed by in

HANS: You were in my dream last night!
PHIL: No, I was safe and sound in my own bed. A synaptic construct that resembled me may have been in your dream last night.

HANS: Apparently deep down I consider you a psychopathic ostrich farmer.
PHIL: Sure, I could see that.

{{alt-text: Your dream-me is within two standard metaphor-derivations of how you really feel about me.}}

#644; The Nocturnal Imposter 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!