#539; In which Circumstances must be Conquered

Comic Transcripts

[[MACK and MABEL, sitting forlornly in a room.]]
MACK: Okay, here’s the plan.

MACK: We’ll fashion a rope ladder from your petticoat.
Weighted with stones, we’ll throw it onto the roof and hook it over the ledge.
[[He envisions MABEL climbing said rope ladder.]]

MACK: Then, we’ll pry off all the rain gutters, lashing them end-to-end with bits of the ladder using sticks as splints.
While you erect the gutters like a flagpole, I’ll place the other end in contact with the doorknob.
[[He envisions himself working on the gutter-flagpole.]]

[[He envisions lightning striking the makeshift lightning-rod.]]
MACK: Once lightning hits our rod, the charge will travel down the copper gutters, superheat the doorknob assembly, and momentarily soften the deadbolt enough for me to batter the door open.

MABEL: Or we could wait five more minutes for Zach to arrive with our spare keys.
MACK: THAT DOES NOT AFFORD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VICTORY!

{{Header: plan it out at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: If we had gotten OnStar for the front door like I WANTED, this wouldn’t have HAPPENED.}}

#539; In which Circumstances must be Conquered transcribed by in

[[MACK and MABEL, sitting forlornly in a room.]]
MACK: Okay, here’s the plan.

MACK: We’ll fashion a rope ladder from your petticoat.
Weighted with stones, we’ll throw it onto the roof and hook it over the ledge.
[[He envisions MABEL climbing said rope ladder.]]

MABEL: Or we could wait five more minutes for Zach to arrive with our spare keys.
MACK: THAT DOES NOT AFFORD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VICTORY!

{{Header: plan it out at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: If we had gotten OnStar for the front door like I WANTED, this wouldn’t have HAPPENED.}}

#539; In which Circumstances must be Conquered 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!