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[[PLORTIKANT paces along what appears to be a waterfront.]]

PLORTIKANT: I just got a GREAT idea for a novel!
PLORTIKANT: Oh man! It’s gonna be SO cool! All these characters and situations! I’ll get to communicate ideas and share my point of view!!

PLORTIKANT: It’ll be hard. I’ll have to put in untold hours. Writing…revising…feedback…editing…I see it as 500 pages at LEAST
PLORTIKANT: Then I’ll send it to publishers. Or maybe self-publish? Either way the bulk of marketing will fall to me…

PLORTIKANT: SOME people probably won’t care for it. THAT’S if anyone even READS it!
PLORTIKANT: Maybe there’ll be a clamor for a sequel…a small but loyal fanbase…but is it enough to really sustain the series??

PLORTIKANT: I could probably write a second. A third would be tough, but I could eke it out.
PLORTIKANT: I hate to see a JOY turn into a DRUDGERY.

PLORTIKANT: At THAT point I’d better hang it up…let it run its course and come to a satisfying conclusion.
PLORTIKANT: Not everything has to be a soap opera! Let the story stand COMPLETE. I’ll look back at the trilogy as an important milestone in my career, but I’m sorry, fans, it is OVER.

[[A bearded man, GRAMBLETHORPE, interjects.]]

GRAMBLETHORPE: You keep talking about how excited you are to write, but I never see you, y’know, WRITING.
PLORTIKANT: If I can cut out that middleman I get all the same gratification in a fraction of the time

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#1164; Creativity Concentrated transcribed by in

[[PLORTIKANT paces along what appears to be a waterfront.]]

PLORTIKANT: I just got a GREAT idea for a novel!
PLORTIKANT: Oh man! It's gonna be SO cool! All these characters and situations! I'll get to communicate ideas and share my point of view!!

PLORTIKANT: It'll be hard. I'll have to put in untold hours. Writing...revising...feedback...editing...I see it as 500 pages at LEAST
PLORTIKANT: Then I'll send it to publishers. Or maybe self-publish? Either way the bulk of marketing will fall to me...

PLORTIKANT: SOME people probably won't care for it. THAT'S if anyone even READS it!
PLORTIKANT: Maybe there'll be a clamor for a sequel...a small but loyal fanbase...but is it enough to really sustain the series??

PLORTIKANT: I could probably write a second. A third would be tough, but I could eke it out.
PLORTIKANT: I hate to see a JOY turn into a DRUDGERY.

PLORTIKANT: At THAT point I'd better hang it up...let it run its course and come to a satisfying conclusion.
PLORTIKANT: Not everything has to be a soap opera! Let the story stand COMPLETE. I'll look back at the trilogy as an important milestone in my career, but I'm sorry, fans, it is OVER.

[[A bearded man, GRAMBLETHORPE, interjects.]]

GRAMBLETHORPE: You keep talking about how excited you are to write, but I never see you, y'know, WRITING.
PLORTIKANT: If I can cut out that middleman I get all the same gratification in a fraction of the time

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Really, all actions are either proxies to generate emotions, or attempts to cause circumstances that will create emotions. Emotions -- THAT'S the good stuff

#1164; Creativity Concentrated

  — October 6th, 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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