A lovely end and new beginnings

Hi folks,

Happy Monday from all of us at Rusty Towers, we hope you’re keeping well.

Thank you to everyone who has listened, reacted and wished us well over the finale of The Magnus Archives – the events of last week are going to remain with us for a long while to come. From our side it was a very edifying conclusion to more than five years of writing and work to bring you this very special show. And to see the outpouring of community on social media and on the post-show celebration stream has warmed all our hearts. If you’re on Twitter, you can check out the #MagnusMemories hashtag to see what your fellow fans have been sharing.

As a reminder, the mailbag for Season 5 questions is open for you to submit your question here! Submissions are open until this Saturday 3rd April. Due to a high volume of questions expected, we’re asking that folks please limit themselves to one question only, and apologies in advance if we are unable to answer yours.

You may have also seen that we released a whole wave of new designs across our Teepublic and Redbubble storefronts! You can check them out over there to see new commissions from Jessie Weirich (Twitter/Instagram - @jehusethemoose), Grace Holsten (Instagram - @graceholsten_art) and Laura Alyce (Twitter - @villanargh / Instagram – safeinmyframe). We’ll be putting together a specific post of all the new designs later this week as well, so stay tuned for that.

These new designs are not time-limited, but speaking of that, there is just one week left to get your hands on the “I Was There at The End” design if you want – orders for that particular artwork to commemorate the series will finish on Sunday 4th April.

Don’t forget that while the story may be over, there is still activity to come – as we look back at The Magnus Archives with a whole heaping of post-series content. And that’s not just for the public feed.

We have a bunch of things in the works for Magnus-related Patreon bonuses including some new artworks, more poetry, from both Martin and Arun, the continuation of the Deluxe Transcripts, a Lovecraftesque RPG special with Sue Sims, Imogen Harris, Alasdair Stuart and Ben Meredith, more lore, and some other, more offbeat ideas that we’ve been playing around with.

And in other news, are you ready for a show premiere? This Friday sees the release of Episode 1 of Inexplicables! All is in place for us to head north, from London to Gravesby, and find out just what supernatural secrets Meredith and Harold Stonewell (Beth Eyre & Harry Farmer) discover after the passing of their mother…

This Patreon-exclusive dark comedy in six-parts is written by Tom Critch and Alexander J Newall, and will release at 6pm weekly from this Friday for all Citizen-tier and higher Patrons. Check out our previous post for details of the primary cast, and you can listen out in Episode 1 for cameos from Alexander J Newall, Alasdair Stuart, Imogen Harris, Maddy Searle and Mike LeBeau!

A big thanks also goes out to everyone who voted in last year’s Audio Verse Awards – the results are in, and I’m overwhelmingly pleased to say that we astonishingly swept the board with a win for everything/everyone that made the nominees shortlist.

The full results are wins for:

· Action Sound Design in a Production – Elizabeth Moffatt (MAG), Maddy Searle (STL), and Tessa Vroom (RQG)

· Environmental Sound Design in a Production – Elizabeth Moffatt (MAG), Maddy Searle (STL), and Tessa Vroom (RQG)

· Writing of an Audio Play Production – Jonathan Sims (MAG)

· Player Direction of a Production – Alexander J Newall (RQG)

· Vocal Direction of a Production – Alexander J Newall (MAG)

· Player in an Improvised Production – Ben Meredith as Zolf (RQG), Ben Meredith as David 7 (STL), Bryn Monroe as Hamid (RQG), and Imogen Harris as I.M.O.G.E.N. (STL)

· Performance of a Supporting Role in an Audio Play Production – Alasdair Stuart as Peter Lukas (MAG), and Alexander J Newall as Martin Blackwood (MAG)

· Performance of a Leading Role in an Audio Play Production – Jonathan Sims as The Archivist (MAG)

· Cover Art for a Production – Anika Khan for The Magnus Archives

· Improvised Production – Rusty Quill Gaming and Stellar Firma

· Audio Play Production – The Magnus Archives

Other members of the crew also picked up awards, and congratulations go to:

· Katie Seaton for Vocal Composition in a Production for The Hidden People; and

· Jeffrey Nils Gardner for Vocal Direction of a Production & Audio Play Production for Unwell.

Plus shoutouts in particular for wins by some good friends, notably The White Vault, Old Gods of Appalachia and Campaign: Skyjacks! You can check out the full list of winners on the awards website.

In quick RQ Streams news, we’re pleased to welcome Tessa back this Friday, who will be investigating things with Nancy Drew! Nico is here on Wednesday with a popular sci-fi dystopia in The Outer Wilds, and Mike is taking this weekend off, so stay tuned to our social media for who will be taking on the Saturday Session this week.

A reminder for folks that Daylight Savings Time in now in effect in the UK & Europe, so do check show release timings for your time zone just in case.

Here's what you can expect from us this week (all shows release at 4pm UK time, unless otherwise stated):

Tue 30th March
RQG190 – Back to the Start * (Patreon)

Wed 31st March
MAG – The Making of Season 5 (Patreon)
RQG190 – Back to the Start * (Public)
RQ Streams – Nico plays… The Outer Wilds (5pm)

Thu 1st April
STL068 – Slides and Sass (Patreon)
MAG – The Making of Season 5 (Public)

Fri 2nd April
Knight / Noble Bonus – RQGaming / These Flimsy Rituals Crossover, Part 3
STL068 – Slides and Sass (Public)
INEX1 – Old Wounds, New Tricks (6pm)
RQ Streams – Tessa plays… Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness (11pm)

Sat 3rd April
RQ Streams – Autumn plays… Tales from the Borderlands (4pm)

*  Provisional title, subject to change

Have a good week all!

Anil
Community Manager