Hello to free Patreon members, The Magnus Protocol digital premiere and more!

Hi folks,

Firstly, a huge “hello!” to all our new free Patreon members!

Thank you so much for signing up to our Patreon – it really means a lot to us!

While most of our Patreon content is for our paid subscribers, such as ad-free access to all of our shows, we will be posting periodic free news updates available to every member to read so you can stay up to date with everything happening here at Rusty Towers.

The Latest News

• We’re delighted to say that Rusty Quill will be attending MCM Comic Con in London on Sunday 29th October! We’ll be hosting a free meet and greet and will be appearing on a panel. You can find out more about the event, and purchase tickets on MCM’s website: https://www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/en-us/guests/guest-profile.html?gtID=336103&guest-name=Rusty-Quill
• After extremely dedicated fans managed to complete our The Magnus Protocol ARG (alternate reality game – a series of online and in-person clues, hints and puzzles exploring some of the themes from The Magnus Protocol), we uploaded some brand-new merchandise to our Redbubble and Teepublic stores as a reward. If you didn’t play the ARG, you may be excited to meet Mr Bonzo for the very first time…

Something to Listen to

The finale of Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later released on Thursday - we've had such a good time working on this historical sitcom. If you haven't listened yet, now is the perfect time.

(Image description: Podcast artwork for Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later. The background is a green coloured Roman mosaic. A goblet of red wine has been spilled across it, and a marble bust is lying on its side. To the right is a pile of Roman coins. In white capital letters is the title: Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later. The subtitle is: a Roman Comedy.)

Cry Havoc follows the new leaders of Ancient Rome after the death of Julius Ceasar. They're doing a pretty bad job. Mark Antony and Gaius Octavius can't agree on anything and Rome is out of money. Their only option is to turn to Rome's most powerful ally for help: Cleopatra.

Then there's Gaius' sister, Octavia. She’s meant to be a respectable Roman lady, but she drinks too much, sleeps with other women, and – most scandalously – she likes theatre. Her company stage comedies making fun of her brother – and a new actress has caught her eye...

Still want to know more? Check out this interview of multi-award-winning creator David K Barnes by our intrepid roving reporter, David K Barnes, to find out more about the modern and historical inspirations for the show. Read the interview on our blog: https://rustyquill.com/2023/06/02/cry-havoc-an-interview-with-david-k-barnes/

For Magnus fans who can’t wait for The Magnus Protocol, you’ll be able to familiarize yourself with some of the amazing Protocol cast from their roles in Cry Havoc, including Sarah Lambie who will be playing Lena Kelley, Ryan Hopevere-Anderson who will be playing Colin Bercher, Lowri Ann Davies, who will be playing Celia Ripley, Kazeem Tosin Amore who will be playing Teddy Vaugn and Ellie Dickens who will be playing Lady Mowbray.

Ready to check it out? You can listen to this laugh-out-loud funny show wherever you find podcasts, ad-free for Knights and Nobles here on Patreon, or at the links below.

🪶 Listen on Acast

🪶 Listen on Spotify

🪶 Listen on Apple Podcasts

🪶 Listen YouTube

Protocol Previews

On Sunday 22nd October, we’ll be sharing the digital premiere for The Magnus Protocol – a preview of the pilot episode. Paid subscribers at the Knights and Nobles tiers will be able to watch a video right here on Patreon. The digital premiere includes the pilot episode, an extract from our Making Of documentary, and an exclusive Q&A with Alex and Jonny about the show. For Rusty Citizens and free members, there’s still time to upgrade your pledge this month so you can see the premiere too. Fans who donated to the Kickstarter at Archival Assistant level or above will also receive access to the digital premiere on Sunday. We do ask that you do not share spoilers or clips of the pilot online or in any digital spaces, as this isn’t fair to those who are waiting until the January 2024 release to enjoy the podcast.

Admin aside, we are so excited with the return of Magnus, dipping our toes back into the horror genre just in time for Halloween. In this, the inaugural episode of The Magnus Protocol, Sam starts a new job at the Office of Incident, Assessment and Response.

After this digital premiere, the rest of the series – including an updated, fully mastered pilot episode – will be released on the public feeds in January 2024.

Exciting new merch collaborations

Over the last few months we’ve been working on some really special merchandise items. While we have our Redbubble, Teepublic and Crowdmade stores for more standard items, such as t-shirts, stickers and mugs, we have really loved producing more special, bespoke items for fans to treasure.

You may have already seen our Rusty Quill Gaming dice from Dice Dungeon (there are a very small number of these sets still available on the Dice Dungeon website), and we are so excited to be running a pre-order for another set: The Magnus Archives dice set. This beautiful set features and standard set of polyhedral gaming dice and a very special, extra-large d16 “entities” dice, with symbols for each of the fifteen fears referenced in The Magnus Archives.

(Image description: A photo of a set of dice and a large black presentation box on a white background. The dice are dark green. As well as a standard polyhedral set there is also a much larger dice with icons on, such as a a mask and a web. The design on the box mimics a tape player at the top, with a green web on the front and the words “The Magnus Archives”.)

We’ve also just launched the Jon & Martin The Magnus Archives perfume, created by Sucreabeille (who you may be familiar with from their scents for Old Gods of Appalachia). This completely custom-made scent, created in collaboration with folks here at RQ and in a hand-engraved bottle, represents the comfort of a cup of tea on a bad day, and the smell of an archive of papers, statements and old books. You can find out more about the perfume on Sucreabeille’s website.

(Image description: a perfume bottle with an engraving of The Magnus Archives podcast artwork on it.)

Thanks so much once again for being here on Patreon with us. We will be updating here every month or so with a free update, however if you’re interested in a weekly newsletter, ad-free podcast episodes, and all sorts of bonuses, do consider upgrading to a paid subscription. If you’d like to browse the available content, you can check out our Patreon Content Explorer on our website to get an idea for what’s available at each subscription level.

The Rusty Quill team