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[[Two young people discuss a recent television show. One is clearly upset.]]
Knowledgeable Viewer: Can you BELIEVE what happened on Headstabbers last night??
Knowledgeable Viewer: When Duke Gristleton popped out of that birthday cake with a halberd —
Aggravated Viewer: AAHHH! SPOILERS!! I haven’t seen it yet!

Knowledgeable Viewer: SORRY. But, you know, the BOOKS the show is based on have been out for OVER SIX YEARS.
Aggravated Viewer: I haven’t READ the books! The show is still new to me, if I’m ALLOWED to enjoy it!

Knowledgeable Viewer: The books are a loose dramatization of the Franco-Prussian War, anyway. So there aren’t a lot of surprises.
Aggravated Viewer: I don’t know anything about that war! All I know about PRUSSIA is that it sounds like Russia but looks like Germany!

Knowledgeable Viewer: Well, even the Franco-Prussian War, like any troop conflict of the cavalry era, was a rehash (with variations) of every pre-mechanized conflict going back to the Peloponnesian War of 400 B.C.
Aggravated Viewer: You know that stuff’s all Greek to me!!
Knowledgeable Viewer: Really, ANY clash of forces has its roots in the second law of thermodynamics.

[[The aggravated viewer is now so panicked that he appears to be upside down at a 45 degree angle.]]
Aggravated Viewer: I never had a science class! And I only watched Cosmos with the sound off!
Knowledgeable Viewer: It just means that in a closed system, chaos tends to increase.
Aggravated Viewer: C’MON, dude! SPOILERS!!!

{{header: catch up with WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The second season of HEADSTABBERS actually departed from the books in the key scene where Juliys Byl’y’gaen used a cutlass, rather than a rapier, to thread the eye sockets of the Erl of Raemaerael’y}}

#1126; In which Stabbing is spoiled transcribed by in

[[Two young people discuss a recent television show. One is clearly upset.]]
Knowledgeable Viewer: Can you BELIEVE what happened on Headstabbers last night??
Knowledgeable Viewer: When Duke Gristleton popped out of that birthday cake with a halberd --
Aggravated Viewer: AAHHH! SPOILERS!! I haven't seen it yet!

Knowledgeable Viewer: SORRY. But, you know, the BOOKS the show is based on have been out for OVER SIX YEARS.
Aggravated Viewer: I haven't READ the books! The show is still new to me, if I'm ALLOWED to enjoy it!

Knowledgeable Viewer: The books are a loose dramatization of the Franco-Prussian War, anyway. So there aren't a lot of surprises.
Aggravated Viewer: I don't know anything about that war! All I know about PRUSSIA is that it sounds like Russia but looks like Germany!

Knowledgeable Viewer: Well, even the Franco-Prussian War, like any troop conflict of the cavalry era, was a rehash (with variations) of every pre-mechanized conflict going back to the Peloponnesian War of 400 B.C.
Aggravated Viewer: You know that stuff's all Greek to me!!
Knowledgeable Viewer: Really, ANY clash of forces has its roots in the second law of thermodynamics.

[[The aggravated viewer is now so panicked that he appears to be upside down at a 45 degree angle.]]
Aggravated Viewer: I never had a science class! And I only watched Cosmos with the sound off!
Knowledgeable Viewer: It just means that in a closed system, chaos tends to increase.
Aggravated Viewer: C'MON, dude! SPOILERS!!!

{{header: catch up with WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The second season of HEADSTABBERS actually departed from the books in the key scene where Juliys Byl'y'gaen used a cutlass, rather than a rapier, to thread the eye sockets of the Erl of Raemaerael'y}}

The second season of HEADSTABBERS actually departed from the books in the key scene where Juliys Byl'y'gaen used a cutlass, rather than a rapier, to thread the eye sockets of the Erl of Raemaerael'y

#1126; In which Stabbing is spoiled

  — May 19th, 2015

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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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