#905; In which Hats are purchased

Comic Transcripts

[[Tom sits on a chair. Bob stands behind him. Leonard sits in front of him, leaning forward. Many hats are piled on a table in the background. Tom is wearing a different hat in each panel.]]
Bob: You know, buying even more hats isn’t going to make you HAPPY. Don’t listen to society. You don’t have to be a CONSUMER to be FULFILLED.

Bob: Most objects provide a temporary pleasure at best. Then they just become more CLUTTER. Better to spend that money IMPROVING yourself so you don’t feel like you NEED yet another trinket.

Bob: Take up a sport! Treat yourself to an adventure! Buy EXPERIENCES rather than OBJECTS.
Tom: Okay. I am spending this money to buy the SLIGHTLY GIDDY RUSH of OBTAINING these HATS.

Bob: Really? The act of BUYING HATS is a THRILL worth paying a PREMIUM for?
Tom: Spoken like a person who has never straight-up BOUGHT A bunch of hats

{{header: wouldn’t you like some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: PLUS, thrown in at no extra cost, I ALSO get the experience of enjoying the hats from now until I get bored with them!}}

#905; In which Hats are purchased transcribed by in

Bob: Most objects provide a temporary pleasure at best. Then they just become more CLUTTER. Better to spend that money IMPROVING yourself so you don’t feel like you NEED yet another trinket.

Bob: Take up a sport! Treat yourself to an adventure! Buy EXPERIENCES rather than OBJECTS.
Tom: Okay. I am spending this money to buy the SLIGHTLY GIDDY RUSH of OBTAINING these HATS.

Bob: Really? The act of BUYING HATS is a THRILL worth paying a PREMIUM for?
Tom: Spoken like a person who has never straight-up BOUGHT A bunch of hats

{{header: wouldn’t you like some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: PLUS, thrown in at no extra cost, I ALSO get the experience of enjoying the hats from now until I get bored with them!}}

#905; In which Hats are purchased 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!