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RQG METACAST 6 - Change is Good

Join Alex, Lydia, Bryn, Helen and Ben as they talk about how to handle change in long-form campaigns.

In this episode we cover topics such as character death, introducing new characters & changing players.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Lake Potter, Allan Hunt, Carissa Bloom, Katie Bowling, Isabelle Evangelista, Phillip Goodboy, Olivia Pugh, M. Amber Nall, Jose Ignacio Acin Pozo and Tides Podcast

Editing this week by Ed von Aderkas & Alexander J Newall

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MAG 99 - Dust to Dust

#9522002

Case 9522002 - Robert E. Geiger. Incident occurred in Boise City, Oklahoma, April 1935. Victim’s name given as Stefan Brotchen. Statement given 20th February, 1952. Committed to tape 2nd September, 2007. Gertrude Robinson Recording.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Jeff Goodhind, Liraven, Ryan Byrne, Rachel Brownhill, Chad Wiley, Paul Richardson, Doug Bostic, Cooper Dukes, Jay Honsey, Mark H, DisasterNick<...

RQG - Season 2 Q+A

Join Alex, Lydia, Bryn, Helen and Ben as they answer some questions from you lot.

In this episode Alex is Alex, Lydia is Lydia, Bryn is Bryn, Helen is Helen & Ben is a plate of eggs.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Jeff Goodhind, Liraven, Ryan Byrne, Rachel Brownhill, Chad Wiley, Paul Richardson, Doug Bostic, Cooper Dukes, Jay Honsey, Mark H, DisasterNick

Editing this week by Ed von Aderkas & Alexander J Newall

SFX this week by previously credited artists via freesound...

MAG 98 - Lights Out

#8640514

Martin Blackwood, Archival Assistant at the Magnus Institute, recording statement number 8640514, statement of Doctor Algernon Moss, given May 14th 1864.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Emma Bogan, Jon, Victoria Wetherington, Jack Merryman, Alexandra Sipe, Nadia Heller, Charlotte, Steven Gilbert, Internaut, Maz Dixon

Edited by Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.

Tim Stoke...

RQG 85 - Proper Hospitality

Join Alex, Lydia, Bryn and Ben as they deal with the weather & make a new friend.

In this episode Hamid receives a message, Grizzop wants to be put down and Sasha continues to be secretive.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Emma Bogan, Jon, Victoria Wetherington, Jack Merryman, Alexandra Sipe, Nadia Heller, Charlotte, Steven Gilbert, Internaut, Maz Dixon

Editing this week by Ed von Aderkas, Ian Hayles & Alexander J Newall

SFX this week by sagetyrtle, quistard & previ...

A News Update - New Show, Patron Series & RPG

Hi folks,

Three topics today... things are afoot!

1) The TRPG is taking shape & now has a codename: Ensemble! We're working on the core system at the moment, but we've decided we'd like it to be modular. This means the "basic" system will have a core package of modules to give people something to get started with, but more experienced players will be able to customise the game to make something which suits them (or the setting they want to use). Of course, this isn't final so we may ...

[NOBLES] Yonder (by K Blackwood)

Season 1, Poem 6

Written by Anil Godigamuwe

Edited by Jonathan Sims

Performed by Alexander J Newall

MAG 97 - We All Ignore The Pit

#0090303

Statement of Jackson Ellis, regarding the geographical oddities in the town of Bucoda, Washington. Original statement given 3rd March 2009.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Dania Gross, Christine Labrie, Anne Ackermann-Carter, Coco, Joshua Pittman, Gary A Bonilla, Lawrence Taylor, Bradley Beth, Saumya Sankhavaram, Techorb

Edited by Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.

The A...

RQG 84 - Dishing the Dirt

Join Alex, Lydia, Bryn and Ben as they hand Liliana over to the authorities & work out what to do next.

In this episode an old friend makes a surprise reappearance, the party dig up some new dirt & everyone goes on a trip.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Dania Gross, Christine Labrie, Anne Ackermann-Carter, Coco, Joshua Pittman, Gary A Bonilla, Lawrence Taylor, Bradley Beth, Saumya Sankhavaram, Techorb

Editing this week by Ed von Aderkas, Ian Hayles & Alexander J Newall<...

MAG 96 - Return To Sender

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Statement of Alfred Breekon, regarding a new pair of workers at his delivery company. Original statement given May 15th 1996.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Joshua Diiorio, Eva, Alexa, David Tynan, Helen Clifford, Avon Gale, Joanna Kowalik, Sara Baldwin, Tim Helmstedt, Nikhil Rode

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RQG 83 - Fatal Attraction

Join Alex, Lydia, Bryn and Ben as they explore Newton's pocket dimension.

In this episode Sasha & Grizzop go looting and Hamid has a conversation which is absolutely fine.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Joshua Diiorio, Eva, Alexa, David Tynan, Helen Clifford, Avon Gale, Joanna Kowalik, Sara Baldwin, Tim Helmstedt, Nikhil Rode

Editing this week by Ed von Aderkas, Ian Hayles & Alexander J Newall

SFX this week by Bliss, rempen, PlayPauseAndRewind and previously credited ...

Error in last week's show notes

Hi folks,

Just to let you know we made an error in the show notes for Magnus episode 95 - Absent Without Leave regarding one of the character's names:

Frank Voss plays PC Basira Hussain. The original credit got Basira's surname wrong as it was based off of a document which hadn't been updated for a long, long time. Kahn was a draft surname for her, which was changed before the character was introduced.

I've corrected the mistake in Patreon and public shownotes, sorry for any confus...

[NOBLES] Visitors (by Martin K)

Season 1, Poem 5

Written by Anil Godigamuwe

Edited by Jonathan Sims

Performed by Alexander J Newall

FX from chaosportal and mzui via freesound.org

A couple of updates

Hi folks,

Sorry for not doing more of these, my bad! 

First: bonus content for our podcasts.

Things have been a little sparse for our $10+ patrons, and for that I can only apologise. Things have been pretty busy for everyone so we just haven't had as much time as we'd like to and we've had to prioritise the podcasts. However, this should be changing soon (I already have a couple more of Martin's poems to schedule). 

As far as the Deluxe Transcripts are concerned, th...

MAG 95 - Absent Without Leave

#9770211

Martin Blackwood, Archival Assistant at the Magnus Institute, recording statement number 9770211, statement of Luca Moretti, given November 2nd 1977.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Lara Whelan, Ellanora Childs, Danny, Beth Buell, Bec Savage, Dave Agnew, AlmavivaConte, Paul Gregory, Alex Smith, Samantha Henderson

Edited by Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.

Martin Blackw...

RQG 82 - Hostile Work Environment

Join Alex, Lydia, Bryn and Ben as they continue their intrepid journey across the study floor.

In this episode Sasha & Grizzop play I Spy, Hamid takes a tumble and the group face their tallest challenge yet.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Lara Whelan, Ellanora Childs, Danny, Beth Buell, Bec Savage, Dave Agnew, AlmavivaConte, Paul Gregory, Alex Smith, Samantha Henderson

Editing this week by Ed von Aderkas, Ian Hayles & Alexander J Newall

SFX this week b...

MAG 94 - Dead Woman Walking

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Statement of Georgina Barker regarding the last words of possible corpse. Recorded direct from subject April 29th 2017.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Joshua Wilson, Rhiannon Knol, Cynthia J. Steward, Morgan, Julian Plumadore, Zenia McAllister, Chris Schneidmiller, Ryan Frazier, Dan Pratt & Shaun

Edited by James Austin, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall

The Archivist is played by Jona...

RQG 81 Breakfast With Desert

Join Alex, Lydia, Bryn and Ben as Oscar Wilde gives them their next assignment.

In this episode the gang have to go and visit a Professor out of office hours, which goes just well in this fantasy land as it does in real life.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Joshua Wilson, Rhiannon Knol, Cynthia J. Steward, Morgan, Julian Plumadore, Zenia McAllister, Chris Schneidmiller, Ryan Frazier, Dan Pratt & Shaun

Editing this week by Alexander J Newall

SFX this week by gladkiy, brunob...

MAG 93 - Contaminant

#9950503

Statement of Lester Chang regarding the cleaning habits of his father-in-law. Original statement given March 5th 1995.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Jonathan Walters, Shad Bolling, Anna Malczyk, Olivia Tysoe, Margaret (Peggy) Whitfield, April Kluever, Marie-Anne Dupont, Kristina Kirkland, Isaac M & Kazimier Stine

Edited by James Austin, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.

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RQG 80 - What Now

Join Alex, Lydia, Bryn and Ben as they deal with a brand new situation up in Prague University.

In this episode Hamid grieves, Grizzop and Sasha... help? And then they all get arrested.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Jonathan Walters, Shad Bolling, Anna Malczyk, Olivia Tysoe, Margaret (Peggy) Whitfield, April Kluever, Marie-Anne Dupont, Kristina Kirkland, Isaac M & Kazimier Stine

Editing this week by Alexander J Newall

SFX this week by terminallynerdy, davidjgurney, speed...

MAG 92 - Nothing Beside Remains

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Statement of Barnabas Bennett, as given in a short letter to Jonah Magnus. April 9th 1824.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Brian Karas, Brittany Shaw, Katharina, Laura Hill, Patrick Schneeweis, Mary S, David Hicks, Jeremy McQuadie, Muriel Roussillon, Luke Alexander and Bertram Morton

If you'd like to support us, head to 2018-02-07 00:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post

RQG 79 - Farewell Bertie

Join Alex, Lydia, James, Bryn and Ben as they pick up the pieces in Prague and say farewell to a... colleague.

In this episode Grizzop goes on a Hamid hunt, Sasha deteriorates and Bertie is gone.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Brian Karas, Brittany Shaw, Katharina, Laura Hill, Patrick Schneeweis, Mary S, David Hicks, Jeremy McQuadie, Muriel Roussillon, Luke Alexander and Bertram Morton

Editing this week by Ed von Aderkas, Ian Hayles & Alexander J Newall

SFX this week by 1...

Content Warnings update

Hi folks,

So, as you've likely noticed, we've started adding content warnings to episodes, starting with The Coming Storm. 

I just wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone who gave us feedback either in the comments, or direct messages. We have a list of things to look out for now, so you've given us a really solid foundation from which to build. We really appreciate your involvement and that you're helping us to be better.

However I want to remind people that we're still n...

An RPG Update

Hey folks,

As part of the $2000 milestone we said we'd start development on a TRPG system which people could use to inhabit the worlds we create... OK so that's just Magnus for now, since Gaming kinda has its own system. But! That'll change in the future, and we're building a system which can accommodate those changes.

We've assembled the design team: Anil Godigamuwe, Ben Meredith, Sasha Sienna & Jonathan Sims.

That's enough preamble, time for the update.

We want to creat...

MAG 91 - The Coming Storm

#0172804-A

Statement of Micheal Crew regarding his experiences with the supernatural.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Lara Taffer, Justin Bankert & Akvilina Petrutis, Alexandra Krzoska, Jameson Senger, Ian Barrett, Jonny, Fabian Beranovsky, Richard Maxton & Rob Kerr

If you'd like to support us, head to 2018-01-31 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Oops - RQG 78

Sorry about that, scheduled the early access episode to go out tonight, not yesterday. All sorted and published now, but if you want to know what time I sneakily log into Patreon on my work computer when I get in of a morning, now you do.

-Ben

RQG 78 - Stage Fright

Join Alex, Lydia, James, Bryn and Ben as an ultimate evil is ended.

In this episode Grizzop & Sasha leave the basement as Bertie is short of words & Hamid takes a breather.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Lara Taffer, Justin Bankert & Akvilina Petrutis, Alexandra Krzoska, Jameson Senger, Ian Barrett, JonnyFabian Beranovsky, Richard Maxton & Rob Kerr

Editing this week by Ed von Aderkas, Ian Hayles & Alexander J Newall

SFX this week by previously credited art...

MAG 90 - Body Builder

#0130807

Martin Blackwood, Archival Assistant at the Magnus Institute, recording statement number 0130807, statement of Ross Davenport, given August 7th 2013.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Patrick Monroe, Erika Kvistad, Tessa Wright, Rebecca Clayton, Elin Furu Markusson, Jennifer Shepard, Melanie Atherton Allen, Autumn Jarvis, Jonathan Bryan,Pedro Rosario Silva & Sara Johnson

If you'd like to support us, head to 2018-01-24 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

The Magnus Archives: Content Warnings

Hey folks,

We're going to start putting Content Warnings on episodes of The Magnus Archives (at the bottom of the Show Notes, so those of you who are more concerned about spoilers won't accidentally see them).

As a first bit of research, we'd like to know if people would particularly appreciate Content Warnings about any particular topics. We'll be trying to cover everything we can, but it would be good to know what to focus on while we get used to doing it.

I realise this informat...

RQG 77 - Hello Kafka!

Join Alex, Lydia, James, Bryn and Ben as they confront the deadly necromancer, Franz Kafka!

In this episode Grizzop & Sasha attempt to deal with an infestation in the basement as Bertie & Hamid have their moments in the limelight.

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Jennifer Shepard, Melanie Atherton Allen, Autumn Jarvis, Jonathan Bryan, Pedro Rosario Silva & Sara Johnson

Editing this week by Ed von Aderkas, Ian Hayles & Alexander J Newall

SFX this week by Slave2th...