New hands on deck

Hi folks,

Happy Monday from Rusty Towers! The weather here in the UK continues to be as changeable as our government’s decision making, with warnings for thunderstorms now after the recent heatwave. However, that hasn’t halted construction here at Rusty Towers as we continue to make room for new folks – and even though the council have refused us permission for an airport, it doesn’t look like we’ll be stopping international arrivals any time soon.

Indeed, it is my delight and pleasure to announce that we have four (4) new people on board, all hailing from the USA! Please join me in welcoming our newest crew members…

For the production team, I am delighted to introduce:
- Hannah Preisinger as the new Producer for Rusty Quill Gaming; and
- Marisa Ewing as a new Audio Editor, also starting on Rusty Quill Gaming.

And folks may remember that one of our recent Patreon milestones was to bolster the communications team and help me out. Well our search on that front has also concluded, and joining me in the Comms Garret we have:
- Quinn Rodriguez as Communications Assistant; and
- Autumn Jarvis as Community Assistant.

No doubt you will start seeing more from all of these folks over the coming months, particularly on the social media and community fronts as everyone settles in to their roles. In addition, for those of you who are on the Discord server, Autumn will also be taking on the hat of Head Moderator, and leading the Community Moderation Team there. This doesn’t mean that I’m disappearing, but this is part of our wish to bring through new voices and new perspectives at all levels, and I will still be very much involved in talking, hyping and making you aware of the things we’re doing. 

In other news, many thanks to everyone who has been reading and playtesting Ensemble, our first TRPG. We’ve been very encouraged to see that people are trying it out, and now that it’s been out for a little while, it’s time to open the door to your feedback. If you have engaged with the game at all, we have a short survey to gather your initial impressions of it, and we’d be very grateful if you could fill this in.

And if you do have more detailed feedback that you would like to submit, you can send an email to: rqensemblefeedback@gmail.com. If you haven’t had a chance to get to grips with it yet, don’t worry – the beta testing period is not yet over, there is still plenty of time to check it out [https://www.patreon.com/posts/knights-ensemble-39413764] if you are a Knight/Noble-tier supporter.

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

Tue 18th August
RQG166 – Smooth Sailing (Patreon)
RQ Streams – Bryn plays… Pathfinder: Kingmaker (8pm)

Wed 19th August
MAG – PodUK Horror Panel (Patreon)
RQG165 – Smooth Sailing (Public)
RQ Streams – Anil plays… The Wolf Among Us (5pm)

Thu 20th August
MAG – PodUK Horror Panel (Public)

Fri 21st August
Citizen / Knight / Noble Bonus – Meet the Stellar Firma Editors!

Sat 22nd August
RQ Streams – Mike & LuckyBonez play… Dead by Daylight (12pm)

Sun 23rd August
RQ Streams – Mike & Frank sail away… Raft (3pm)

Have a good week all!

Anil
Community Manager