#1121; Choose Your Allies

Comic Transcripts

[[A forlorn-looking individual bemoans the state of the world.]]
Conflicted Person: The world is bigger than me.
Conflicted Person: ISSUES are bigger than me.
Conflicted Person: What I know comes from OTHERS, but I don’t always know who to trust.

Conflicted Person: What I can do feels so small. And I don’t know what will help.

[[A passer-by offers some advice.]]
Conflicted Person: How can I TELL?
Adviser: This sometimes helps.
Adviser: Picture yourself taking some action.

Adviser: Then look carefully around you
Adviser: And see WHICH people are cheering you on.

{{header: all the great WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: have all the internal misgivings you like, but take whichever actions will help build a better world.}}

#1121; Choose Your Allies transcribed by in

Conflicted Person: What I can do feels so small. And I don’t know what will help.

[[A passer-by offers some advice.]]
Conflicted Person: How can I TELL?
Adviser: This sometimes helps.
Adviser: Picture yourself taking some action.

Adviser: Then look carefully around you
Adviser: And see WHICH people are cheering you on.

{{header: all the great WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: have all the internal misgivings you like, but take whichever actions will help build a better world.}}

#1121; Choose Your Allies 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!