#1021; The Counsel of the Expert (Part 1)

Comic Transcripts

[[Two businesspeople are talking.]]
Otto: I can’t wait to be an EXPERT.
Otto: You know? Really MASTER my field.
Otto: Identify my NICHE and EXCEL at it.

Otto: Get so good that I know lots of superficial stuff about it.
Otto: Have a handful of anecdotal experiences that give me the authority to generalize.

Otto: Develop a talk for corporate events. Write a HOW-TO BOOK using a larger-than-average font and lots of space taken up by inspirational quotes.
Otto: Photo of me on the cover in a suit, all SMILING like the reader and I are PALS in on a PRIVATE JOKE…
Otto: Teaching classes! Holding seminars! OOH! OOH! Holding WEBINARS!!
Otto: THOSE you can do from a hotel room in the Caymans!

[[Darren seems skeptical.]]
Darren: “Make way for Otto! World-renowned…”
Darren: World-renowned what?
Otto: I dunno. Horse racer?
Otto: That bit doesn’t really matter

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#1021; The Counsel of the Expert (Part 1) 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!