#1154; In which a Lesson is imparted, Part 2

Comic Transcripts

[[A young man, NORMAN, stands in a park-like setting.]]

NORMAN: Everyone wants to give me advice, as an impressionable youth.
NORMAN: And half of it contradicts the other half!

NORMAN: It’s ALMOST like — if I didn’t KNOW better — adults kind of make things up as they go, and find patterns in their actions mostly after the fact!

[[Norman approaches an older man, GRINDLEBY, who is sitting with his enormous dog. The dog is not relevant to their exchange.]]

GRINDLEBY: Can’t get wrapped up in worrying about it, man. Me, I just bumper-car it through life.
NORMAN: ‘Bumper-car’?

GRINDLEBY: Yeah…I just do whatever, for the most part
GRINDLEBY: Until somebody yells at me. Then I carom off and do the opposite for a while

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[[A young man, NORMAN, stands in a park-like setting.]]

NORMAN: Everyone wants to give me advice, as an impressionable youth.
NORMAN: And half of it contradicts the other half!

NORMAN: It’s ALMOST like — if I didn’t KNOW better — adults kind of make things up as they go, and find patterns in their actions mostly after the fact!

[[Norman approaches an older man, GRINDLEBY, who is sitting with his enormous dog. The dog is not relevant to their exchange.]]

GRINDLEBY: Can’t get wrapped up in worrying about it, man. Me, I just bumper-car it through life.
NORMAN: ‘Bumper-car’?

GRINDLEBY: Yeah…I just do whatever, for the most part
GRINDLEBY: Until somebody yells at me. Then I carom off and do the opposite for a while

#1154; In which a Lesson is imparted, Part 2 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!