Updates and Upcoming

Hi folks,

Wishing you the very best for the coming week from everyone at Rusty Towers!

Firstly, we just want to run through some updates we’ve had from the Patreon team. Some of you may already be aware of a recent update regarding Patreon and the Apple iOS app. From November 2024, Apple will be introducing a 30% fee for any new subscriptions purchased via the Patreon iOS app. This will not change anything for current members, even if you use the Patreon iOS app. However, it will affect any new memberships purchased in the iOS app from November 2024 onwards.

Due to these new terms between Apple and Patreon, there will be a few changes on the Rusty Quill Patreon for you to be aware of and so that you are fully informed for if you ever unsubscribe with the plan to later re-join. Patreon has given all creators the option to automatically increase prices on the iOS app so that Apple’s fee doesn’t impact creators' income. This will mean that, after November 2024, new members signing-up via the iOS app will be paying more each month than our current members or folks who sign-up via any non-iOS method. With this in mind, we strongly recommend that anyone thinking of signing-up to any Patreon – not just our own – does so via a web browser or desktop computer, rather than through the iOS app on Apple devices. Not only would signing up with the iOS app lead to a user paying more each month, but the creator will also not see any of that 30% fee; it goes directly to Apple. Once a subscription is set up using, for example a browser, there are no issues with you using the iOS app – these changes will only affect billing.

Another change you will notice here on Rusty Quill’s Patreon is a change from “First of the Month Billing” to a more standard subscription model, as required by Apple. For members who joined us before 16th August, nothing will change – you will continue to be billed at the beginning of each month. However, anyone who joined us on or after last Friday will now pay when they join and be billed monthly on the same date – for example, anyone who joined us on 18th August on a monthly subscription will be billed again on 18th September. This is a change we had been discussing making this year regardless of Apple’s new policies for Patreon, as it has become a more typical subscription model.

Once again, these changes will have little to no impact for any continuing subscriptions – but we do know that for various reasons folks may have to temporarily leave, and we also want to cover these changes for new members in the future to refer to. We are so grateful to you all for your support here – your donations go directly back into creating our Rusty Quill Original shows, paying our team members and covering essential costs. As always, we will keep you updated on any and all changes coming to Patreon in these newsletters.

If you want to read more about these changes, you can check out the following links:

• Patreon’s main blog post explaining Apple’s requirements

• An explainer for fans on how the changes will impact your memberships

Meanwhile, in this week’s episode of The Magnus Protocol, there’s spring-cleaning at the OIAR. As always, this is released in early access on Tuesday at 4pm BST, and publicly on Thursday at 4pm BST.

Finally, we are delighted to see that there are now over 3,700 folks who have signed-up and pre-pledged through our landing page for The Magnus Protocol Mysteries board game by Rusty Quill and Indie Boards and Cards! We are always completely blown away by the support you have for our projects and we are really excited to be working with the Indie Boards and Cards’ incredible team to bring The Magnus Protocol to you in a whole new way! You can now also visit the official BackerKit page to keep an eye on the countdown and to join over 500 supporters in following the BackerKit page to be notified of the campaign launch!

Finally, as a quick reminder, we are hoping to be able to see some of you at events later this year! Firstly, Protocol cast members Shahan, Anusia and Ryan will be hosting a Q&A and signing at The London Podcast Festival at 7pm BST on Sunday 8th September 2024. We’ll also be hosting a panel and meet & greet at MCM Comic Con London on Saturday 26th October 2024 with Alex, Lowri, Anusia, Billie, and Shahan! You can find out more about these events at www.rustyquill.com/event or by clicking the links above to purchase tickets. We can’t wait to see you there!

Here is our full schedule for this week:

Tuesday 20th August

The Magnus Protocol 27 – Driven (Patreon & Kickstarter backers) (4pm BST)

Thursday 21st August

The Magnus Protocol 27 – Driven (Public) (4pm BST)

Have a good week all!

The Rusty Quill team