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[[Two workers talk to each other. The foreman is well-dressed; the other is dressed more casually, sitting on the hood of a vehicle of some kind and carrying a wrench.]]
Foreman: I can’t BELIEVE we made such a ROOKIE MISTAKE!
Worker: It’s okay. Could happen to anyone.

Foreman: No. I’M the foreman! It’s MY job to anticipate and PREVENT problems like this.
Worker: We were all taken by surprise. There’s no precedent for this sort of thing! Don’t be too hard on yourself!

[[An extremely-upset-looking, balding manager enters.]]
Manager: NOW WHAT IN TARNATION HAPPENED HERE
Foreman: It’s my fault, sir. Management failure. I take full responsibility.
Worker: All the toilets we installed were full of spiders

[[The manager gestures at the back of the van, on which is painted: “NO SPIDERS” Toilet Installery]]
Manager: You REALIZE that this is VERY EMBARRASSING for us, TAYLOR?!

{{header: set up the WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: “We Get Right To Draining, So You Can Get Right To Straining! Without Spiders”}}

#1030; In which a Mistake is made transcribed by in

[[Two workers talk to each other. The foreman is well-dressed; the other is dressed more casually, sitting on the hood of a vehicle of some kind and carrying a wrench.]]
Foreman: I can't BELIEVE we made such a ROOKIE MISTAKE!
Worker: It's okay. Could happen to anyone.

Foreman: No. I'M the foreman! It's MY job to anticipate and PREVENT problems like this.
Worker: We were all taken by surprise. There's no precedent for this sort of thing! Don't be too hard on yourself!

[[An extremely-upset-looking, balding manager enters.]]
Manager: NOW WHAT IN TARNATION HAPPENED HERE
Foreman: It's my fault, sir. Management failure. I take full responsibility.
Worker: All the toilets we installed were full of spiders

[[The manager gestures at the back of the van, on which is painted: "NO SPIDERS" Toilet Installery]]
Manager: You REALIZE that this is VERY EMBARRASSING for us, TAYLOR?!

{{header: set up the WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: "We Get Right To Draining, So You Can Get Right To Straining! Without Spiders"}}

''We Get Right To Draining, So You Can Get Right To Straining! Without Spiders''

#1030; In which a Mistake is made

  — May 16th, 2014

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Bolted! Shipping is UNDERWAY

April 4, 2026 by David Malki !

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!


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