#707; In which a Breakthrough is made

Comic Transcripts

CLARA: Oh, Barbara! James is a writer! Look at him create from his brain! I wonder what he’s writing! Something about me, probably!
BARBARA: A load o’ rubbish mos’ likely. All fulla monsters what never existed an’ other lies similar.

CLARA: I wonder if I will be immortalized as a heroine in one of his magical tales of the fantastic! A princess slaying a deadly dragon to save her people from mass devouring!
BARBARA: Ain’t no such animal in life. Dragon’s an easy villain. All hoarding gold an’ breathing flames-like. Strength of a lion with motives of a man. No such beast in creation!

BARBARA: Fiction is the creation of falsehoods for the delusion of children. This James is half a man, he’s written’ some useful tract on a better way to plow a field or such

[[JAMES’s work revealed: A doodle labeled “half-elephant half BAT HALF TANK CALL GOVERNMENT”]]

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{{alt-text: Any princess who can tame this beast DESERVES to rule a nation.}}

#707; In which a Breakthrough is made 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!