#805; The Maltheist Debate

Comic Transcripts

Bishop: You’re a maltheist. You believe that everything bad in the world is God working against you.
I can see how that’s fun to consider in a sassy, iconoclastic way.

Bishop: But what about those experiencing horror? The desperately poor, the terminally ill, the inescapably oppressed?
Maltheism shrugs its shoulders and says “Sorry! Looks like you lost the fight.”
“You failed. Somehow you were tested, and apparently, you were beaten.” How despairing!

Bishop: At least I would offer them hope. The promise of something better to come. An assurance of justice- in the end if nowhere else.
Woman: Maltheism is only for people who can be energized by the thought that even waking up in the morning is a victorious act of rebellion against a bully.

Bishop: You think spite ahs the power to motivate all of human behavior?
Woman: You sound dubious, guy who expects the same of humility.

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{{alt-text: ‘Maltheist’ should not be confused with ‘malthiest’, which is, of course, the most malthy of something.}}

#805; The Maltheist Debate 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!