A Magnus Board Game, a collab to watch out for, and how to listen to the first episode of The Magnus Protocol season 2 early! (Patreon)

Hi folks,

Today we have another update, exclusive to you, our Free Patreon members! While most of Patreon content is for our paid subscribers, such as ad-free and early access to our shows (Knights and Nobles tiers), we will be posting periodic free news updates available for everyone to read so you can stay up to date with everything happening here at Rusty Towers.

Latest news

• The Magnus Protocol Mysteries, a new board game, is crowdfunding now

• A collaboration with the amazing team at Watcher will be released this week

• Our Digital Premiere for The Magnus Protocol season 2

(Image description: a horizontal grid of three square images. From left to right: a still from a promo video for The Magnus Archives x Are You Scared collaboration. An old, black cassette tape player sits on a dark table. A white mug with the Watcher logo is just behind it, as well as an old fashioned storm lantern, most of which is cut off by the edge of the photo. In the centre is a mock-up of The Magnus Protocol Mysteries board game. A box with the name "The Magnus Protocol Mysteries: The Last Supper" sits on top of a pile of papers and files. Far right is a photograph from the in-person celebration for The Magnus Protocol season one, taken in October 2023. A large crowd of people sit facing a cinema screen, which has The Magnus Protocol logo displayed on it.)

The Magnus Protocol Mysteries

The BackerKit crowdfund for this new mystery-solving boardgame has officially launched today!

Designed by the team behind “The Resistance” and “Coup”, The Magnus Protocol Mysteries puts you in the role an O.I.A.R. employee, piecing together clues and information about supernatural cases – perfect for fans of escape rooms, puzzles and mystery games!

Each game box is filled with all the evidence you need to uncover the truth, including documents, photographs, news reports and even audio recordings featuring some familiar voices from The Magnus Protocol!

There’s also some amazing, exclusive add-ons available – Mr Bonzo fans, make sure you don’t miss out on a Bonzo plushie!

To celebrate the launch and to give you a sneak preview of the game, we’ll be hosting a Twitch livestream today at 17:30 BST. Join Alex, Jonny and special guest Sydney, who designed the game! Make sure you’re following out Twitch channel at www.twitch.tv/rusty_quill to get a notification as soon as we go live.

You can find out more about the game, and back it here: The Magnus Protocol Mysteries - BackerKit

Are you scared? A Rusty Quill and Watcher Hallowe’en collaboration

We have been working on a collaboration with the amazing team at Watcher, best known for their ghost hunting show, Ghost Files! The three-part, Magnus-flavoured, Hallowe’en special for their series, Are You Scared? launches later this week, exclusively to their WatcherTV platform, before becoming available on their YouTube channel on 17th November. However, they’ve provided us with a special, audio-only version of each episode which we can share with our Knights and Nobles tier paid Patreons starting this Thursday! Join hosts Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej as they listen to horror story – one that has arrived mysteriously on a cassette tape. The episodes feature Alex and Jonny as guest voices and are a lot of fun – we can’t wait to share them with you!

The Magnus Protocol Season 2 Digital Premiere

Whilst season one of The Magnus Protocol has finished, we are already hard at work on season two. February 2025 may seem like a long way away, but we are pleased to say that we will once again be hosting digital premiere of the first episode of the season, exclusively for early access paid Patreons (Knights and Nobles) and Kickstarter backers. Coinciding with an in-person celebration in Manchester, we’ll be sharing the digital premiere on Sunday 27th October. If you can’t wait season 2, we hope that this will keep you going until the full release next year. We’ll be sharing more information on this with our paid members in the coming weeks.

As a quick reminder, we’ll be at MCM Comic Con in London the day before the digital premiere, on Saturday 26th October, hosting a panel and meet and greet! You can pick up tickets on the MCM website!

Thanks so much once again for being here on Patreon with us. We will be updating here every month or so with a free update, however if you’re interested in a weekly newsletter, ad-free podcast episodes, and all sorts of bonuses, do consider upgrading to a paid subscription. If you’d like to browse the available content, you can check out our Patreon Content Explorer on our website to get an idea for what’s available at each subscription level.

The Rusty Quill team