The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
The vast majority of Bolted! game shipments are already shipped, but I understand if you don’t have yours yet, who cares. Here’s a progress report:
Total orders | 1052
Surveys completed | 992
Fully shipped | 946
Obviously, if I don’t have your shipping address, I can’t ship your game! Let me know if you are missing a survey link. As new responses come in, they are rapidly added to the shipping queue.
Some of the add-ons proved more popular than expected — which is lovely! But it meant I had to reprint some stickers, make all the individual comic prints, request a shipment of books from offsite storage, etc, etc. So, any orders which contain an out-of-stock item are still waiting to ship.
All that missing stuff, though, is en route to me at this very second! So those orders will be going out pretty dang soon!
I’ve already been in touch directly with the backers who ordered custom collages! Those will be created (and sent to you) after all the other shipments are complete. I’m excited for those, they’ll be fun! My pleasant dessert after the hearty meal of all the other orders.
I’m very grateful to the few folks who’ve contacted me to report some kind of issue with their shipment! Thankfully, problems are rare, but when they do occur, I would like to solve them. Please don’t hesitate to send me an email (replying to your shipping confirmation works great) if there’s anything about your order I can correct.
On BoardGameGeek are highly appreciated!
Unless you hate the game! You are entitled to that opinion, but please send that review directly to me instead of telling anyone else, so I can eat it and bury it in the yard and watch it grow into a twisted, gnarled tree. Or whatever!
Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.
It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.
It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.
The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!
Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.
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 🙂
— Lar deSouza (@lartist.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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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
— david malki ! (@davidmalki.com) April 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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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!
If you’re at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend in Seattle, come say hello at booth #25000 in the Summit building and check out my single sample copy of the finished, factory-produced Bolted! game:
(I’ll have Wondermark pins, stickers, and books, as well.)
Bolted! games have finished being produced and are currently on a boat heading my way.
If you haven’t yet secured your copy of the game, a tiny little window of post-Kickstarter “late pledging” is still available. Shipping for all pre-orders should commence before the end of March!