#639; The Moment of Clarity

Comic Transcripts

[[Two soldiers are on patrol.]]
ROLF: Listen closely! Your patrol will be along the perimeter of the compound. Maintain high alert at all times.

ROLF: If you see movement, call it in. If you see a squirrel, call it in. If you see two weird-looking leaves in a row, CALL IT IN. If you see adorable deer frolicking lustily in a meadow, it is probably enemy agents in rented costumes trying to lower your guard. SHOOT them and then CALL IT IN.

ROLF: You get no bathroom breaks. You get no coffee breaks. You get no?

ROLF: You are supposed to be FOLLOWING me.
STU: Man it just hit me that “Sex and the City” is a prequel to “Golden Girls”

{{alt-text: it was the mental image of the deer that prompted the cognitive leap}}

#639; The Moment of Clarity 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!