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[[The candidate, a middle-aged man with a top hat and cane; behind him, several well-dressed ladies and gentlemen.]]
Candidate: If I am elected, let me make one thing clear:
Candidate: It will be an administration of SCANDAL.

Candidate: I promise you, the media will have to work OVERTIME to keep up with my illicit shenanigans. MISTRESSES. BRIBERY. INDICTMENTS 24/7.
Candidate: I will award lucrative contracts to EVERY crony I can get on the phone. I will make lawyers from EVERY regulatory agency work harder than they EVER have in their lives.

Candidate: BLOGGERS will wear their fingers to the BONE. Magazines and newspapers will run EXTRA EDITIONS. TALK RADIO will get so APOPLECTIC that cars will be driven off the road by the SCORE.
Candidate: I will require my own dedicated branch of the Justice Department just to CLASSIFY my crimes.
Candidate: They will probably even have to build a SPECIAL PRISON to hold me. It will cost MILLIONS.

Candidate: And so I PROMISE you
Candidate: I WILL CREATE JOBS!

{{header: report on WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The candidates debate. There’s a light that blinks yellow three times and then turns green. At the green, whoever yells ”JOBS” the loudest becomes president.}}

#782; The Winning Catchphrase transcribed by in

[[The candidate, a middle-aged man with a top hat and cane; behind him, several well-dressed ladies and gentlemen.]]
Candidate: If I am elected, let me make one thing clear:
Candidate: It will be an administration of SCANDAL.

Candidate: I promise you, the media will have to work OVERTIME to keep up with my illicit shenanigans. MISTRESSES. BRIBERY. INDICTMENTS 24/7.
Candidate: I will award lucrative contracts to EVERY crony I can get on the phone. I will make lawyers from EVERY regulatory agency work harder than they EVER have in their lives.

Candidate: BLOGGERS will wear their fingers to the BONE. Magazines and newspapers will run EXTRA EDITIONS. TALK RADIO will get so APOPLECTIC that cars will be driven off the road by the SCORE.
Candidate: I will require my own dedicated branch of the Justice Department just to CLASSIFY my crimes.
Candidate: They will probably even have to build a SPECIAL PRISON to hold me. It will cost MILLIONS.

Candidate: And so I PROMISE you
Candidate: I WILL CREATE JOBS!

{{header: report on WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The candidates debate. There’s a light that blinks yellow three times and then turns green. At the green, whoever yells ”JOBS” the loudest becomes president.}}

#782; The Winning Catchphrase transcribed by in

[[The candidate, a middle-aged man with a top hat and cane; behind him, several well-dressed ladies and gentlemen.]]
Candidate: If I am elected, let me make one thing clear:
Candidate: It will be an administration of SCANDAL.

Candidate: I promise you, the media will have to work OVERTIME to keep up with my illicit shenanigans. MISTRESSES. BRIBERY. INDICTMENTS 24/7.
Candidate: I will award lucrative contracts to EVERY crony I can get on the phone. I will make lawyers from EVERY regulatory agency work harder than they EVER have in their lives.

Candidate: BLOGGERS will wear their fingers to the BONE. Magazines and newspapers will run EXTRA EDITIONS. TALK RADIO will get so APOPLECTIC that cars will be driven off the road by the SCORE.
Candidate: I will require my own dedicated branch of the Justice Department just to CLASSIFY my crimes.
Candidate: They will probably even have to build a SPECIAL PRISON to hold me. It will cost MILLIONS.

Candidate: And so I PROMISE you
Candidate: I WILL CREATE JOBS!

{{header: report on WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The candidates debate. There's a light that blinks yellow three times and then turns green. At the green, whoever yells ''JOBS'' the loudest becomes president.}}

The candidates debate. There's a light that blinks yellow three times and then turns green. At the green, whoever yells ''JOBS'' the loudest becomes president.

#782; The Winning Catchphrase

  — December 20th, 2011

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Bolted! Shipping is UNDERWAY

April 4, 2026 by David Malki !

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!


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