#730; The Decaying Currency

Comic Transcripts

ERNESTINA: You ever get so excited about an idea that you can’t think of anything else? / It takes over. It crowds every other thought from your mind. It demands attention, regardless of its actual merit as an idea – in fact, that’s impossible to determine. It’s too new!

CHARLES: Sure, but the feeling passes. I’ve learned to wait it out – if it’s really a good idea, then it’ll still be a week later.
ERNESTINA: But that’s the problem! The enthusiasm is only good for about a day. So you can wait it out until it joins the interminable list of “Good Ideas You’ll Never Do” – or you can just spend that energy. Dive in. Just try something. / Better to do something with passion that turns out misguided, than carefully decide to do nothing at all.

CHARLES: That is a very nice-sounding theory that I’m not convinced is actually true. / That is how countries start wars. / Do you ever finish any of the crazy things you dive into?
ERNESTINA: I’d love to, but who has the time?
[[The Dodos break into the panel from the left side and shout as one:]]
THE DODOS: WE HAVE THE TIME

{{Header: get busy at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Enthusiastic ideas are like crappy rewards points. You earn them fair and square, but then they expire faster than you think.}}

#730; The Decaying Currency transcribed by in

{{Header: get busy at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Enthusiastic ideas are like crappy rewards points. You earn them fair and square, but then they expire faster than you think.}}

#730; The Decaying Currency 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!