This is what Maddy Searle and Hannah Preisinger imagined they might see if they rifled through the old personnel files at the Institute!
Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon.
Written by Maddy Searle, with annotations by Hannah Preisinger
Produced by Katie Seaton
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Eustace Watford
Martin Blackwood
Today, Helen is joined by Fay, Imogen, Nemo, and Rafaella to discuss period drama TV. What can they tell us about ourselves, which are the best ones, and which ones are not the best but we love them anyway?
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Rhys teaches Mike some valuable life lessons... but will he listen to them? Who is in the lead? And can they escape from this creepy mansion? Find out right here!
Transcripts: please click through to the YouTube information for the links!
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Mentions of: death, phrenology
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Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia, and Ben as they answer MORE of your questions about the campaign and characters of Erasing the Line!
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Editing by Lowri Ann Davies and Cathy Rinella.
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2022-03-22 16:21:53 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks,
Wishing you the very best for the coming week from everyone at Rusty Towers!
Firstly, we wanted to give you an update on our charity initiatives. Rusty Quill has been giving 10% of our Patreon income every month since March 2020 to the Covid Response Fund. We feel that 2 years later is the right time to look at other causes, and so for the month of March, we will be giving that 10% to UNICEF, in aid of helping children fleeing Ukraine....
2022-03-21 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone - thanks for your patience while we sorted this out! We are pretty certain the new version I've just linked is correct (though it still took me ages to solve!). I'll attach the answer to tomorrow's puzzle. - Katie
(Updated 1st April 2022, but no fooling.)
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It's team building day at the Institute...
This week's puzzle was set by Lowri Anne Davies.
Attached are the solutions to last week's anagrams.
Have ...
2022-03-19 09:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The organ, orchestra, and bagpipes in Trexel's head take time to mark this solemnest of occasions.
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Word: Instrumentastrophe#4 - Oh, Board Over Us - Transcript.docx
In today’s episode, Annie, Helen, Marisa, Nathan, and Sasha talk about clothes, accessories, and how style can be an empowering way of expressing yourself.
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Welcome to Game 2, and this one's going to be a doozie! Mike and Rhys have been thrown into Escape Simulator for a battle of wits as the person with the most mini-solves wins... but who will come out on top?
Transcripts: PDF - 2022-03-16 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Join Ben, Helen, Lowri and Lydia as they play Scene Thieves by Tyler Crumrine, a theatrical roleplaying game where players write a play whilst planning an elaborate heist at the same time! There will be some familiar names from the last time we visited Sasha’s troupe of thieves, but also some new characters.
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Hartro is back in the Appreciation Chair, and she's in a dancing mood! What a shame about the restraints...
She and I.M.O.G.E.N. will assess the impact of teenage angst, small town life and glitter on Citizen-Employee compliance, in the movie Footloose.
In the next episode, on the 28th March, Hartro will be Appreciating the film Free Guy.
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Hi folks,
Wishing you the very best for the coming week from all of us at Rusty Towers.
This week, we start with another visit to Stellar Firma Inc’s compulsory citizen employee enrichment scheme. This time, Hartro is voluntarily appreciating the movie Footloose. Can she and IMOGEN find it in themselves to rebel against the Board in the form of dance and rock music? Find out at 5pm GMT today.
Meanwhile on Enthusigasm, to echo a regular sentiment ...
2022-03-14 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThink you know the avatars of The Magnus Archives? Below are jumbled up anagrams of 20 characters featured in the show.
This week's puzzle was set by Nico Vettese
Attached is the solution to last week's Petdoku. Have a good weekend!
2022-03-12 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Sam Jones is back to discuss his music for RQ once more! This time, we welcome Inexplicables director Maddy Searle to join him and Katie. We take an in-depth listen to the musical toolkits Sam built specially for Inexplicables and its colourful lead characters.
Join us soon for the final installment, where Tim and Katie talk with Sam about writing the two Stellar Firma themes!
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If this is the first episode you've come to, then BE WARNED! This has BIG spoilers for the end of the Farming Simulator series. If you'd like to catch up, the link is below:
Farming Simulator Episode 1: https://youtu.be/HAikf_HQTbo #Cookies 2022-03-10 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Today, Becky, Helen, Jon, Liz, and Muna discuss myths and legends. Tune in to hear what we think mythology is for, our favourite stories and figures, and how mythology is still used today.
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Welcome to the Farming Sim Finale!
In this initial pilot series, Rhys and Mike go head to head to see who can be the best farmer in Farming Simulator 2022... except neither of them have a clue how to play Farming Sim. Oh boy...
Join Ben, Helen, Lowri and Lydia as they play Scene Thieves by Tyler Crumrine, a theatrical roleplaying game where players write a play whilst planning an elaborate heist at the same time! There will be some familiar names from the last time we visited Sasha’s troupe of thieves, but also some new characters.
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In which we take a closer look at that baking competition...
Featuring, this time, Dente Rinella*, The Degus Of Meredith, Twitch Lawson, Derek LeBeau*, Chonko LeBeau*, Admiral 'Sweet Pea' Nils Gardner+, Colonel Oliver 'Ollie' Mustard Nils Gardner+, Leggs Garcia, TIkka Vroom and Chewie Sumner.
* soft toy pets +pet alumni
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Drawn by Tessa Vroom
Devised by Tessa Vroom and Katharine Seaton
The visual descrip...
2022-03-07 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks,
Wishing you the very best for the coming week from everyone at Rusty Towers!
Here in the UK things are beginning to look spring-like and we’re continuing to work towards the release of our new shows later this year. This past Friday, we bade a fond farewell to Rusty Quill Gaming with a small wrap party for all those involved in the show. While this does not yet mean the end of the RQG feed, we have now confirmed that the last episode of our p...
2022-03-07 16:00:51 +0000 UTC View PostFind the missing Pets of Rusty Towers pictures!
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Puzzle this week set by Tessa Vroom
Drawings by Tessa Vroom
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Attached is the solution to last week's Magnus Fears crossword!
2022-03-05 09:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hannah Preisinger, Helen Gould, Tessa Vroom and Rusne Stankeviciute discuss those little things that really get on their nerves!
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Join in our crusade and listen to the songs that are in our hearts as we talk about the sound of musicals! Helen, Liz, Lowri, and Shamini talk about the shows that must go on, including our favourite songs, performances, and how difficult Sweeney Todd is to sing along to.
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Welcome to Episode 3 of NPC: New Player Challenges! In this initial pilot series, Rhys and Mike go head to head to see who can be the best farmer in Farming Simulator 2022... except neither of them have a clue how to play Farming Sim. Oh boy...
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Depictions of: minor vehicular collisions & accidents
Discussions of: foo...
2022-03-02 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Join Ben, Helen, Lowri and Lydia as they play Scene Thieves by Tyler Crumrine, a theatrical roleplaying game where players write a play whilst planning an elaborate heist at the same time! There will be some familiar names from the last time we visited Sasha’s troupe of thieves, but also some new characters.
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Deep in the heart of the mighty ship of Stellar Firma, mysterious artefacts have been discovered. They are a primitive form of 2D entertainment stored on a device called a ‘DVD’.
In completely unrelated news, lucky, lucky Citizen Employee Line Manager Hartro Piltz has had a suitable hobby chosen for her from a Board-approved list! Film Appreciation!
And I.M.O.G.E.N. is just the computer to guide her along the narrow path of Appreciating them in a Board-approved manne...
2022-02-28 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks,
Wishing you the very best for the coming week from everyone at Rusty Towers!
You may have noticed that, a few hours after our newsletter last week, our brand new website went live! We knew it was coming sometime last week but we did not expect it to be quite that hot on the heels of the newsletter so apologies for any confusion there.
There have been some big changes over at rustyquill...
Find the Fear that matches all the other words in each clue to complete the crossword.
This week's puzzle was set by Katie Seaton
The solution to last week's RQG Locations Wordsearch is attached - with apologies for any confusion over spellings!
2022-02-26 09:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
3, 2, 1... Enthusigasm Outtakes Part 2!
Featuring Helen Gould, with: Becky Annison, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Lowri Ann Davies, Jeremy Enfinger, Marisa Ewing, Imogen Harris, Tai Lawson ('s eyes), Nemo Martin, Ben Meredith, Alexander J. Newall, Lex Noteboom, Hannah Preisinger, Fay Roberts, Jonathan Sims, April Sumner, Rhys Tirado, Nora Unkel, Travis Vengroff, and Frank Voss.
For more details on who's who, see the transcripts!
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Stellar Firma: Compulsory Film Appreciation begins this coming Monday, 28th February, at 5pm GMT on Rusty Quill Patreon.
It stars Jenny Haufek as Hartro and Imogen Harris as I.M.O.G.E.N., and is directed by Tim Meredith.
Based on the world of Stellar Firma by Tim Meredith and Ben Meredith.
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