Join Helen, Ben, Lydia, Bryn, and Maddy as the winds of winter - and the community's final reckoning - draw ever closer. This week Lydia sees fire, Ben starts contentious projects, Helen builds hasty defenses, Maddy seeks a cure, and Bryn brings it all to a close. Content Notes: - Death (inc. murder) - Food & food scarcity - Physical violence - Innuendo - Discussions of: fire & natural disasters, war, disease, mind control & implied cult - Mentions of: animal death, religion & faith, mould, children in distress, climate change - SFX: fire, wind & rain, birdcalls & sheep, construction & clinking, bubbling This game is focused around the drawing of a map - the final map created by the players can be found here: https://bit.ly/3luGEEd. Please note that this image comes from the conclusion of the game and therefore contains some visual spoilers! Editing this week by Lowri Ann Davies, Elizabeth Moffatt & Cathy Rinella. SFX this week by _local_weather, 14GPanskaValaChristoffer, aglinder, Australopithecusman, courter, cyoung510, DaNi7337, dheming, Dynamicell, Eelke, EminYILDIRIM, Emmaproductions, Fission9, klankbeeld, kwandalist, kyles, LamaMakesMusic, Matislav, Melthurian, mitchanary, Nebulo9, Nox_Sound, skinnytecboy, spanrucker, speedygonzo, Svanne78, walthamstow_walker, Wdomino, Yap_Audio_Production and previously credited artists via Freesound.org. This week's game is The Quiet Year by Avery Alder, available at https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year. Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill. Join our community: WEBSITE: rustyquill.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquill TWITTER: @therustyquill REDDIT: reddit.com/r/RustyQuill EMAIL: [email protected] Rusty Quill Gaming is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 4.0 International Licence. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.