#1122; In which a Man Drowns

Comic Transcripts

[[A drowning individual cries for help while a wealthy-looking citizen turns a blind eye. The water looks less than a foot deep, but the drowning person is lying on his back, unable to stand up.]]
Drowning Person: HELP! Please help me up!
Aristocrat: I shan’t! I KNOW you wet people!
Aristocrat: It’s just a ploy to get me close so you can pick my pocket!

Aristocrat: Besides, you probably fell in of your own accord! HOW are you to learn to stay dry if I HELP you?
Drowning Person: Someone pushed me in… I was once as dry as you!

Aristocrat: A likely story. If you don’t admit your own faults, how will you EVER improve?
Aristocrat: Just get up! It doesn’t look deep.

Drowning Person: I twisted my ankle when I fell. Just a hand for a moment, please…
Aristocrat: I’d rather let a HUNDRED MEN DROWN than accidentally help ONE whose misfortune is JUSTIFIED.
Aristocrat: If there is the SLIGHTEST chance that you brought this condition upon yourself, you DESERVE to sit there.

[[Another elderly person joins in on the conversation.]]
Commentator: Water vagrant. This lake used to be NICE.
Aristocrat: Miserable. Someone should DO something for the poor creatures.

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{{alt-text: Really, I’d rather let a hundred men drown than do almost anything at all}}

#1122; In which a Man Drowns transcribed by in

Aristocrat: Besides, you probably fell in of your own accord! HOW are you to learn to stay dry if I HELP you?
Drowning Person: Someone pushed me in… I was once as dry as you!

Aristocrat: A likely story. If you don’t admit your own faults, how will you EVER improve?
Aristocrat: Just get up! It doesn’t look deep.

[[Another elderly person joins in on the conversation.]]
Commentator: Water vagrant. This lake used to be NICE.
Aristocrat: Miserable. Someone should DO something for the poor creatures.

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{{alt-text: Really, I’d rather let a hundred men drown than do almost anything at all}}

#1122; In which a Man Drowns 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!