Arts and crafts

Salutations all!

Good wishes from Rusty Towers for the week ahead & hope the weekend was decent for you.

We start off with a bit of update on the merch front! We know there hasn't been much in the way new material for the longest of whiles - and believe me, it's something we've had a lot of discussions about. However, thanks to Callum, we're getting moving on this front. Rather than release designs individually though, we feel it's better (especially from a shipping angle) if we collate the designs into different batches and do a drop of multiple designs at once.

So, you can expect at least two drops of new merch designs on the Redbubble store this year, with the first coming up in April! This lot will include the long-awaited Azu & Grizzop #RQGaming designs, as well as some surprises - so stay tuned for a first look at images and more details a little closer to the time.

And talking of art, Callum and I have been talking about a better way to showcase some of the amazing contributions & creations the community has been doing (especially as they can get a little drowned out on Twitter) as well as exploring another medium to play around in. So, look forward to seeing our new Instagram account at @rustyquilluk bursting into life - coming soon-ish.

Cheers to folks who tuned in for the first Sandbox Sunday on RQ Streams and got to see Mike, basically, undertake a 3 hour Geography exam live on air - if you missed it, you can catch up on his amazing determination in the VOD. And, for anyone wondering, I can do an evil laugh along with the best of them, but, more importantly, I agreed to let Mike have his gleeful revenge on my quiz-setting, so you'll get to see live how much I know/remember about Rusty Quill shows (from RQ Gaming to Outliers) coming in April!

Plus, good news! We've started archiving the old streams on our YouTube channel - starting with FTL - so head on over to youtube.com/rustyquill and give us a follow there to be alerted to new show drops. 

Also, judging on the Rusty Fears 3: Fearsome writing competition is well in hand - we've managed to whittle nearly 200 entries down to a more manageable longlist of 32. And now we search for the winning 2... 

Small note to say that you might see our social media be a little quieter over the next couple weeks - as well as the next two of these newsletters being somewhat shorter - as I will be visiting family overseas from next Monday, but I'll be back in good time to make sure everyone's ready for the start of Season 5...

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

Tue 3rd March
RQG149 - The Machinery of Evil (Patreon)

Wed 4th March
MAG - The Making of MAG158 (Patreon)
RQ Streams - Anil plays... Sid Meier's Colonization (4.30pm GMT)
RQG149 - The Machinery of Evil (Public)

Thu 5th March
STL038 - Muscles and Moral Egotism (Patreon)
MAG - The Making of MAG158 (Public)

Fri 6th March
STL038 - Muscles and Moral Egotism (Public)

Sat 7th February
RQ Streams - Mike plays... SOMA (3pm GMT)
 

Have a great week all!

Anil
Community Manager