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Bolted! A Game of Creative Necromancy

Created by David Malki !

Everyone wants friends. Luckily, YOU have a bunch of loose body parts RIGHT HERE. Can you bolt, screw, and rivet them together to construct viable friends for you to enjoy spending time with? NOTE: They CAN have no feet and five heads, IF YOU WANT.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

BOLTED Photos & Goals!
12 months ago – Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 05:04:38 PM

I'm very pleased to announce we have achieved our first stretch goal -- the game box will now have very fancy foil stamping!!

The next goal is at $18k -- which will be for another printing treatment, spot gloss, which will make the whole package even FANCIER.

Also, here are some photos of the latest prototype! I had a couple of sessions over this past week. 








Thanks in particular to the playtesters at Blue Highway Games in Seattle, one of whom actually achieved the very difficult T-REX STYLE reward card, and another of whom used the Gax bonus card in play:





This is also perhaps a fun place to share a photo of the VERY EARLIEST PROTOTYPE, back when it was all mechanics, no artwork:



I shouldn't say it has NO artwork. It has a certain fun style all its own. But I think the Wondermark vintage angle is an improvement.

Hooray! 🎉 BOLTED is fully funded!!
about 1 year ago – Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 03:04:14 PM

I'm so excited to see that BOLTED reached its funding goal in less than 24 hours -- that's amazing!

Thank you so much, I can't wait to get this game made and into your hands.

There are two things I want to share with you today:


1. PLAY THE GAME WITH ME

The remaining development process on this game involves (a) finalizing the art -- which I'm having a ton of fun chipping away at already -- and (b) ensuring the card mix is balanced.

I've been playtesting for a while now, of course, but more reps are always better, especially as I do tweaks and want to try out new versions.

So -- would you like to play Bolted with me?

I've set up some times when I'll be hosting virtual playtest sessions.

Sign up for one or more, and I'll see you on the internet!! You'll play the latest version of the game AS OF THAT MOMENT.



These three are the sessions planned FOR NOW. The signup link will always show the times available, even if I add more later on: picktime.com/wondermark



2. STRETCH GOALS

You're gonna get an awesome game. BUT, now is the part where we can have fun.

I don't think the game needs to get bigger or more elaborate -- the number of cards feels right for now, and I've already committed to using high-quality card stock and full-color printing.

But with additional funding,  we CAN do some fun things to really make it pop. The more orders we receive, the easier it becomes to add special treatments to the production run.

Later on, should we reach further stretch goals, I've got some cool things I want to give away (over and above the game itself!) so everyone gets even more value for their same pledge! STAND BY FOR THAT.

Here's our current state of stretch goals:


✅ $7,900 - FULLY FUNDED! 🎉

🔒 $13,000 - GOLD FOIL STAMPING ON BOX

🔒 $18,000 - ??????

🔒 $23,000 - ??????



Where will we go from here? I genuinely can't wait to find out!!