#529; In which Sylvia finds a Project

Comic Transcripts

HORACE: Sylvia. Listen. It won’t be much longer now.
When I die, you must rush immediately to the barn. Find the box hidden beneath the fourteenth floorboard.

HORACE: BURN IT.
Do NOT open it. Simply BURN it. Will you PROMISE me this?
SYLVIA (offpanel): To be honest, I…I’d rather not.

SYLVIA: Instead, can I freeze it with liquid nitrogen, then drop it into a hot spring?
Or send it through an industrial metal shredder?
Or plate the box with cesium and toss it in the lake?

HORACE: It is a simple task! It need not be complicated with novelty!
SYLVIA: HOW sick are you? Do I have time to get a pyro license?

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{{Alt-text: I’m going to need eighteen pounds of C4, a thousand feet of wire, and a blimp.}}

#529; In which Sylvia finds a Project transcribed by in

HORACE: Sylvia. Listen. It won’t be much longer now.
When I die, you must rush immediately to the barn. Find the box hidden beneath the fourteenth floorboard.

HORACE: BURN IT.
Do NOT open it. Simply BURN it. Will you PROMISE me this?
SYLVIA (offpanel): To be honest, I…I’d rather not.

SYLVIA: Instead, can I freeze it with liquid nitrogen, then drop it into a hot spring?
Or send it through an industrial metal shredder?
Or plate the box with cesium and toss it in the lake?

HORACE: It is a simple task! It need not be complicated with novelty!
SYLVIA: HOW sick are you? Do I have time to get a pyro license?

{{Header: go all out at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: I’m going to need eighteen pounds of C4, a thousand feet of wire, and a blimp.}}

#529; In which Sylvia finds a Project 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!