#1534; The Growing Threat, Part 1 (of 3)

Comic Transcripts

[[A woman threatens a man in a top hat, MACPICKLE, with a pan.]]

OLD NORA: I’ll NEVER sell this land, MacPickle! I’ve got too many cats buried in these fertile hills!
MACPICKLE: I THOUGHT you might still be STUBBORN. That’s why I brought along a bit of…

[[A large, muscular man appears behind MacPickle. This is JUNDLEY.]]

MACPICKLE: …PERSUASION.
JUNDLEY: An’ in case I’M not enough, I ALSO brought along a little…

[[Behind Jundley is an even larger, bearded man, SAXOR.]]

JUNDLEY: …INSURANCE.
SAXOR: And just for OPTIONS, I ALSO brought along my good ol’-fashioned…

[[Behind Saxor appears an enormous, muscular woman, JELLINA.]]

SAXOR: …GIRLFRIEND.
JELLINA: And because the dogs FREAK OUT when I’m not home, I ALSO invited along my VERY own…

[[Behind Jellina stands a small, ordinary-looking man with glasses, BIMBLEY.]]

JELLINA: …OTHER BOYFRIEND.
BIMBLEY: I’M just kinda doing the ride-along thing, as research for my podcast? It’s really great to meet you all!

#1534; The Growing Threat, Part 1 (of 3) 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!