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[[JERMETHY is back at the ol’ workshop, tinkering with a device that resembles a jar with a bunch of valves and an enormous protruding wheel. He’s got his glasses up on his forehead as he concentrates on the task.

LORLA pokes her head in. She’s wearing a long knit sweater and a cozy-looking scarf. This isn’t relevant to the story but I want to call it out.]]

LORLA: Are you STILL tinkering with that? You said you were giving it up.
JERMETHY: I had a new idea for it.

LORLA: You told me “I don’t care if this can somehow be made to work, it’s not worth the effort.” You said “I’m going to give it up, SPECIFICALLY as PRACTICE in giving up. Deciding it’s DONE and putting it on a shelf.” YOUR words were “It’s about FOCUS and PRIORITIES and practicing CONTROL over my impulses.”
JERMETHY: I did say all that.

JERMETHY: But IT was not LISTENING. A new idea came to me, just to SPITE me

JERMETHY (scowling): And I’ll be DAMNED if I let it TAUNT me!
LORLA: What you KEPT REPEATING was “Discipline!”
JERMETHY: Oh, I’m gonna discipline this naughty thing all right.

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#1580; What’s Undone is Undead transcribed by in

[[JERMETHY is back at the ol' workshop, tinkering with a device that resembles a jar with a bunch of valves and an enormous protruding wheel. He's got his glasses up on his forehead as he concentrates on the task.

LORLA pokes her head in. She’s wearing a long knit sweater and a cozy-looking scarf. This isn’t relevant to the story but I want to call it out.]]

LORLA: Are you STILL tinkering with that? You said you were giving it up.
JERMETHY: I had a new idea for it.

LORLA: You told me “I don’t care if this can somehow be made to work, it’s not worth the effort.” You said “I’m going to give it up, SPECIFICALLY as PRACTICE in giving up. Deciding it’s DONE and putting it on a shelf.” YOUR words were “It’s about FOCUS and PRIORITIES and practicing CONTROL over my impulses.”
JERMETHY: I did say all that.

JERMETHY: But IT was not LISTENING. A new idea came to me, just to SPITE me

JERMETHY (scowling): And I’ll be DAMNED if I let it TAUNT me!
LORLA: What you KEPT REPEATING was “Discipline!”
JERMETHY: Oh, I’m gonna discipline this naughty thing all right.

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The man is having trouble getting his one-wheeled valve manifold to work. He's not the first and he certainly won't be the last.

#1580; What’s Undone is Undead

  — January 14th, 2026

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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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