#486; There goes the Neighborhood

Comic Transcripts

WESTMORELAND: Hey man, what’s shakin’. What’s the story with this valley? This a good place to live, you think?
LOPEZ: It is very fertile. My family has lived here for many generations.

WESTMORELAND: Awesome. I’ll put my mansion right here sorta where you’re standing.
What’s with the triangle things?
LOPEZ: Those are the SACRED PYRAMIDS where my ANCESTORS are buried.

WESTMORELAND: Cool. There any kinda ZOMBIE CURSE or anything we should know about?
I mean, I want to PILLAGE ’em, but I don’t want to cause no PROBLEMS.
LOPEZ: Our people lie merely ASLEEP in their graves, waiting to SHRIEK forth and bring AGONIZING DEATH to ANY who would dare disturb their peace.

WESTMORELAND: Be serious.
LOPEZ: …in truth the curse is probably apocryphal.
WESTMORELAND: WICKED. Carter, bust out the Gatling guns. I want to be revered as a god by teatime.

{{Header: take over at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: i want to be booty-deep in booty, you know wh’um sayin?}}

#486; There goes the Neighborhood transcribed by in

WESTMORELAND: Hey man, what’s shakin’. What’s the story with this valley? This a good place to live, you think?
LOPEZ: It is very fertile. My family has lived here for many generations.

WESTMORELAND: Awesome. I’ll put my mansion right here sorta where you’re standing.
What’s with the triangle things?
LOPEZ: Those are the SACRED PYRAMIDS where my ANCESTORS are buried.

WESTMORELAND: Be serious.
LOPEZ: …in truth the curse is probably apocryphal.
WESTMORELAND: WICKED. Carter, bust out the Gatling guns. I want to be revered as a god by teatime.

{{Header: take over at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: i want to be booty-deep in booty, you know wh’um sayin?}}

#486; There goes the Neighborhood 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!