#232; In which is marked an Anniversary of Birth

Comic Transcripts

[[a man shows off his new mandolin]]
– Check it out, I got this for my birthday.
– Hey, I didn’t know it was your birthday! Happy Birthday!

– Thanks. Yeah. I don’t really like to make a big deal out of it. / I mean, you know, if someone else wanted to, like, throw a huge party or something… / …I wouldn’t be against it. (I might even like it.) I just feel weird asking for it. / Like, “Oh, hey, everybody look at me, everyone treat me special because I was born.” / It would be self-centered of me to ask that of everybody, so instead I ignore what I, personally, may in fact want.

– Essentially you’re describing how a civilized society functions despite the presence of individual ego.
– Essentially I am making a veiled plea for belated presents.

{{header: stay calm at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: preferably gift cards please because seriously a mandolin? seriously?}}

#232; In which is marked an Anniversary of Birth 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!