#1575; In which the Audience participates (Part 2 of 3)

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Amberspatch & Bellowton continue their ride across the plain. Amberspatch is now on a giant raccoon. Bellowton is on a camel, but the saddle is on the camel’s neck. Seems possibly uncomfortable for the camel.

AMBERSPATCH: So if the game goes WELL, you need to do everything exactly the same for the next one. Down to where you watch, what you wear, the snacks, everything.

BELLOWTON: Well, yeah. That alchemy WORKED. It’s obviously an inexact science, so the SAFEST thing to do is LIMIT the variables however possible.

AMBERSPATCH: Clearly, whatever your fans did, made the team win. Meaning, whatever THEIR fans did, made them LOSE. So, won’t they be trying a bunch of DIFFERENT things on their side?

AMBERSPATCH: That’s introducing all KINDS of new variables.

BELLOWTON: PROBABLY! Why do you think we HATE THEM so much!!

#1575; In which the Audience participates (Part 2 of 3) 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!