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[[A woman, SNAMANTHICA, gestures urgently at a large mechanical device with a baby inside while speaking to a man, SIMON.]]

SNAMANTHICA: Oh! Simon! Those people left their baby in some sort of HYDRAULIC DEATH-SCREW! It winds itself closer to the small, soft body by the second!

SNAMANTHICA: I should SAY something!
SIMON: Leave it alone! It’s none of your business!

SIMON: You don’t KNOW that it’s a DEATH-SCREW! Do you want to be one of those meddling people who lectures others on how to parent?

SIMON: They’re raising THEIR kid THEIR WAY! Do you want someone second-guessing all YOUR parenting decisions?
SNAMANTHICA: I HAVE to say something. Each turn of the screw more certainly augurs a grisly end for the babe

[[Snamanthica departs, presumably to confront the parents in charge of the device. After a moment, she returns.]]

SIMON: Well?
SNAMANTHICA: They wearily explained that the baby has a medical condition requiring his skull to be lanced hourly
SNAMANTHICA: And furthermore, their insurance would only pay for the most terrifying possible device, as a way to obliquely punish them for being of humble means.
SNAMANTHICA: But still. I’m glad I said something

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#1152; In which a Baby is imperiled transcribed by in

[[A woman, SNAMANTHICA, gestures urgently at a large mechanical device with a baby inside while speaking to a man, SIMON.]]

SNAMANTHICA: Oh! Simon! Those people left their baby in some sort of HYDRAULIC DEATH-SCREW! It winds itself closer to the small, soft body by the second!

SNAMANTHICA: I should SAY something!
SIMON: Leave it alone! It’s none of your business!

SIMON: You don’t KNOW that it’s a DEATH-SCREW! Do you want to be one of those meddling people who lectures others on how to parent?

SIMON: They’re raising THEIR kid THEIR WAY! Do you want someone second-guessing all YOUR parenting decisions?
SNAMANTHICA: I HAVE to say something. Each turn of the screw more certainly augurs a grisly end for the babe

[[Snamanthica departs, presumably to confront the parents in charge of the device. After a moment, she returns.]]

SIMON: Well?
SNAMANTHICA: They wearily explained that the baby has a medical condition requiring his skull to be lanced hourly
SNAMANTHICA: And furthermore, their insurance would only pay for the most terrifying possible device, as a way to obliquely punish them for being of humble means.
SNAMANTHICA: But still. I’m glad I said something

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#1152; In which a Baby is imperiled transcribed by in

[[A woman, SNAMANTHICA, gestures urgently at a large mechanical device with a baby inside while speaking to a man, SIMON.]]

SNAMANTHICA: Oh! Simon! Those people left their baby in some sort of HYDRAULIC DEATH-SCREW! It winds itself closer to the small, soft body by the second!

SNAMANTHICA: I should SAY something!
SIMON: Leave it alone! It's none of your business!

SIMON: You don't KNOW that it's a DEATH-SCREW! Do you want to be one of those meddling people who lectures others on how to parent?

SIMON: They're raising THEIR kid THEIR WAY! Do you want someone second-guessing all YOUR parenting decisions?
SNAMANTHICA: I HAVE to say something. Each turn of the screw more certainly augurs a grisly end for the babe

[[Snamanthica departs, presumably to confront the parents in charge of the device. After a moment, she returns.]]

SIMON: Well?
SNAMANTHICA: They wearily explained that the baby has a medical condition requiring his skull to be lanced hourly
SNAMANTHICA: And furthermore, their insurance would only pay for the most terrifying possible device, as a way to obliquely punish them for being of humble means.
SNAMANTHICA: But still. I'm glad I said something

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the fact that the death-screw in use prompts strangers to comment on it daily is actually part of the punishment

#1152; In which a Baby is imperiled

  — August 21st, 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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