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[[An individual muses.]]
Bystander: The part I don’t get is why the devil even NEEDS an advocate!
Bystander: He’s the DEVIL! He’s LITERALLY the personification of evil! He wants to STEAL SOULS and POKE people with pitchforks!

[[The debater appears.]]
Debater: ACTUALLY, that whole imp-in-a-red-suit depiction doesn’t reflect ANYONE’S actual theology. I’d watch out, someone might misunderstand your intimations and get pretty ticked off.
Bystander: Are you serious about this right now
Debater: Honestly, I don’t care. I’m just saying, someone might have a problem with it.
Bystander: SOMEONE.

Debater: Yeah.
Bystander: Someone you KNOW?
Debater: No, not me personally.
Bystander: Some IMAGINARY person might have a HYPOTHETICAL objection.

Debater: Yeah. They could be upset.
Bystander: But not you.
Debater: No, I’m fine with it.

Bystander: I gotta say, there are SOME people who’d call that a huge waste of everybody’s time.
Debater: Oh? Who?
Bystander: ME

{{header: what might be at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: imaginary people don’t need your dang help fighting their battles, they ain’t even real dogg. you don’t want to get in the middle of no ghost war}}

#1138; The Earthworm Bucket, Part 3 (of 4) transcribed by in

[[An individual muses.]]
Bystander: The part I don’t get is why the devil even NEEDS an advocate!
Bystander: He’s the DEVIL! He’s LITERALLY the personification of evil! He wants to STEAL SOULS and POKE people with pitchforks!

[[The debater appears.]]
Debater: ACTUALLY, that whole imp-in-a-red-suit depiction doesn’t reflect ANYONE’S actual theology. I’d watch out, someone might misunderstand your intimations and get pretty ticked off.
Bystander: Are you serious about this right now
Debater: Honestly, I don’t care. I’m just saying, someone might have a problem with it.
Bystander: SOMEONE.

Debater: Yeah.
Bystander: Someone you KNOW?
Debater: No, not me personally.
Bystander: Some IMAGINARY person might have a HYPOTHETICAL objection.

Debater: Yeah. They could be upset.
Bystander: But not you.
Debater: No, I’m fine with it.

Bystander: I gotta say, there are SOME people who’d call that a huge waste of everybody’s time.
Debater: Oh? Who?
Bystander: ME

{{header: what might be at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: imaginary people don’t need your dang help fighting their battles, they ain’t even real dogg. you don’t want to get in the middle of no ghost war}}

#1138; The Earthworm Bucket, Part 3 (of 4) transcribed by in

[[An individual muses.]]
Bystander: The part I don't get is why the devil even NEEDS an advocate!
Bystander: He's the DEVIL! He's LITERALLY the personification of evil! He wants to STEAL SOULS and POKE people with pitchforks!

[[The debater appears.]]
Debater: ACTUALLY, that whole imp-in-a-red-suit depiction doesn't reflect ANYONE'S actual theology. I'd watch out, someone might misunderstand your intimations and get pretty ticked off.
Bystander: Are you serious about this right now
Debater: Honestly, I don't care. I'm just saying, someone might have a problem with it.
Bystander: SOMEONE.

Debater: Yeah.
Bystander: Someone you KNOW?
Debater: No, not me personally.
Bystander: Some IMAGINARY person might have a HYPOTHETICAL objection.

Debater: Yeah. They could be upset.
Bystander: But not you.
Debater: No, I'm fine with it.

Bystander: I gotta say, there are SOME people who'd call that a huge waste of everybody's time.
Debater: Oh? Who?
Bystander: ME

{{header: what might be at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: imaginary people don't need your dang help fighting their battles, they ain't even real dogg. you don't want to get in the middle of no ghost war}}

imaginary people don't need your dang help fighting their battles, they ain't even real dogg. you don't want to get in the middle of no ghost war

#1138; The Earthworm Bucket, Part 3 (of 4)

  — July 2nd, 2015

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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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