#804; A Cosmology of Malice

Comic Transcripts

Man: I’m an atheist.
Woman: I’m a maltheist!
Man: I don’t believe that God exists.
Woman: I believe that God exists, and that he hates us.

Man: I believe in a natural explanation for everything that happens in the world.
Woman: I believe that everything bad is caused by a deity who wishes only to cause us pain, and everything good is either luck or our own doing.

Man: I believe that life is fundamentally cruel and unfair, and we’d better learn to live with it.
Woman: I believe that life is cruel and unfair on purpose, and so it’s our duty to fight and make things better for ourselves and for others.

Bishop: I believe that God loves us and wants us to be happy. And that evil in the world is attributable to the Devil.
Woman: Well in MY thing there’s no guarantee that the Devil loses at the end, so we better get to work.

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{{alt-text: Maltheists believe that the Bible is both literally true AND a mean-spirited prank.}}

#804; A Cosmology of Malice 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!