Comic Transcripts

EVAN: Mom and Dad slipped up and revealed foreknowledge of certain presents that were ostensibly from “Santa.”
HILDEGARD: So what kinds of?conclusions have you drawn from that?

EVAN: Oh, I know the whole Santa Charade is a determined yet pointless falsehood, like Johnny Appleseed or Larry the Cable Guy. But the looks on their faces when they thought they’d ruined it for me! The poor babies were crushed! I had to save their feelings!

[[Visual: EVAN’s horrified parents.]]
EVAN [[narrating]]: I said “Does Santa give you hints in advance of what he’s going to bring? Are his notes written in magic ink on North Pole stationery that dissolves after a single read, leaving no evidence behind?” And then I added “Oh, the MAGIC of it all!” and batted my eyelashes until they smiled. They get to play the game another year.

EVAN: It’s so sweet, you know? Watching them sink back into confidence. Letting them believe a little lie, just to feel a tiny bit more secure for a tiny bit longer.
HILDEGARD: How long do you think you can keep it up?
EVAN: I’m hoping until I go to college

{{header: believe in WONDERMAR.COM}}
{{alt-text: I’m incredibly curious to see how convoluted this Santa mythos will get as they try to keep it plausible for ten more years. Will he eventually be cloned? Have sleeper cells across the world? Be revealed to be an alien? WHO WILL TIRE OF THE RUSE FIRST??}}

#783; In which Belief is maintained transcribed by in

EVAN: Mom and Dad slipped up and revealed foreknowledge of certain presents that were ostensibly from “Santa.”
HILDEGARD: So what kinds of?conclusions have you drawn from that?

EVAN: Oh, I know the whole Santa Charade is a determined yet pointless falsehood, like Johnny Appleseed or Larry the Cable Guy. But the looks on their faces when they thought they’d ruined it for me! The poor babies were crushed! I had to save their feelings!

[[Visual: EVAN’s horrified parents.]]
EVAN [[narrating]]: I said “Does Santa give you hints in advance of what he’s going to bring? Are his notes written in magic ink on North Pole stationery that dissolves after a single read, leaving no evidence behind?” And then I added “Oh, the MAGIC of it all!” and batted my eyelashes until they smiled. They get to play the game another year.

EVAN: It’s so sweet, you know? Watching them sink back into confidence. Letting them believe a little lie, just to feel a tiny bit more secure for a tiny bit longer.
HILDEGARD: How long do you think you can keep it up?
EVAN: I’m hoping until I go to college

{{header: believe in WONDERMAR.COM}}
{{alt-text: I’m incredibly curious to see how convoluted this Santa mythos will get as they try to keep it plausible for ten more years. Will he eventually be cloned? Have sleeper cells across the world? Be revealed to be an alien? WHO WILL TIRE OF THE RUSE FIRST??}}

#783; In which Belief is maintained transcribed by in

EVAN: Mom and Dad slipped up and revealed foreknowledge of certain presents that were ostensibly from "Santa."
HILDEGARD: So what kinds of?conclusions have you drawn from that?

EVAN: Oh, I know the whole Santa Charade is a determined yet pointless falsehood, like Johnny Appleseed or Larry the Cable Guy. But the looks on their faces when they thought they'd ruined it for me! The poor babies were crushed! I had to save their feelings!

[[Visual: EVAN's horrified parents.]]
EVAN [[narrating]]: I said "Does Santa give you hints in advance of what he's going to bring? Are his notes written in magic ink on North Pole stationery that dissolves after a single read, leaving no evidence behind?" And then I added "Oh, the MAGIC of it all!" and batted my eyelashes until they smiled. They get to play the game another year.

EVAN: It's so sweet, you know? Watching them sink back into confidence. Letting them believe a little lie, just to feel a tiny bit more secure for a tiny bit longer.
HILDEGARD: How long do you think you can keep it up?
EVAN: I'm hoping until I go to college

{{header: believe in WONDERMAR.COM}}
{{alt-text: I'm incredibly curious to see how convoluted this Santa mythos will get as they try to keep it plausible for ten more years. Will he eventually be cloned? Have sleeper cells across the world? Be revealed to be an alien? WHO WILL TIRE OF THE RUSE FIRST??}}

I'm incredibly curious to see how convoluted this Santa mythos will get as they try to keep it plausible for ten more years. Will he eventually be cloned? Have sleeper cells across the world? Be revealed to be an alien? WHO WILL TIRE OF THE RUSE FIRST??

#783; In which Belief is maintained

  — December 23rd, 2011

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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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