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Edited and produced sessions of Matryoshka, a cosmic horror investigation rpg set in the USSR during the Cold War. Each season is self-contained, but they all take place in the same continuity/world. If you're new, start with season 1 episode 1! The season 0 Matryoshka episodes are non-canonical. Music from each episode and credits for episode art are listed on redgametable.com For comments, questions, or just to talk, you can email me at utopologist@protonmail.com.

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Matryoshka 4.6 - The Burn, pt. I 25.09.2024 1:10:08

Division 3 works with counterparts in the DPRK to investigate sightings of what look like people made of ashes. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com . Listen to Lina's labor news podcast Work Stoppage, find Johnny's show Subversive History on his Linktree , and listen to Jeremy here . Talk with other listeners in the Work Stoppage discord . Music used in this episode can b...

Matryoshka 4.5 - The Sphere 22.07.2024 1:44:04

Katya and Yahyo investigate multiple sightings of an unidentified flying object. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com . Listen to Lina's labor news podcast Work Stoppage and find Johnny's show Subversive History on his Linktree. Talk with other listeners in the Work Stoppage discord . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.com . The pdf of version 1.5 of M...

Matryoshka 4.4 - The Staircase 09.06.2024 1:34:57

The team investigates a newly uncovered island in the Aral Sea which contains a stone staircase leading into the earth. [Note: Nikolai disappears in the middle of the sesssion for a while but he does return by the end. We apologize for the inconvenience.] For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com . Listen to Lina's labor news podcast Work Stoppage and find Johnny's show Subversiv...

Matryoshka 4.x (interlude) - The Spacewalk 13.04.2024 1:15:25

The crew of Soviet space station Salyut 7 investigate an unexpected visitor. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com . Listen to Lina's labor news podcast Work Stoppage and find Johnny's show Subversive History on his Linktree. Talk with other listeners in the Work Stoppage discord . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.com . The pdf of version 1.5 of Matry...

Matryoshka 4.2 - Cave Diver, pt. II 22.03.2024 2:17:45

The team joins their KGB comrade to go into the caves underneath the cabin in the woods. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com . Listen to Lina's labor news podcast Work Stoppage, find Johnny's show Subversive History on his Linktree , and listen to Jeremy here . Talk with other listeners in the Work Stoppage discord . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable...

Matryoshka 4.2 - Cave Diver, pt. I 26.02.2024 1:59:10

Katya and Yahyo investigate a musical performance that caused its audience to go berserk. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com . Listen to Lina's labor news podcast Work Stoppage and find Johnny's show Subversive History on his Linktree . Talk with other listeners in the Work Stoppage discord . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.com . The pdf of versio...

Matryoshka 4.1 - The Town 01.02.2024 2:32:40

The entire population of a town near the Pacific coast of the RSFSR disappears overnight and the Vladivostok branch of Division 3 is brought in to find where they went and how to bring them back. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com. Listen to Lina's labor news podcast Work Stoppage and find Johnny's content on his Linktree . Talk with other listeners in the Work Stoppage di...

Fragment II - Statement of Maksim Agliulovich Nurgaliev 16.08.2023 13:15

Taken 11 Nov 1964 by field agent K. Artemov at Clinical Hospital No. 2, Vladivostok, RSFSR (h/t R. Lentz)

Fragment I - statement of Gennady Mikhailovich Leonov 12.06.2023 10:37

Taken 3 Sept 1971 by field agent N. Rostova at City Hospital No. 5, Sochi, RSFSR

Matryoshka 3.12 - Sailfish 08.05.2023 2:24:20

Matryoshka and their Yugoslav comrades make a plan with the Ct'kathka to drive the imperialists out of the sea. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com. Listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage and watch Johnny's twitch stream Subversive History . Talk with other listeners in the Work Stoppage discord . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.co...

Matryoshka 3.11 - Lights From the Sea 18.04.2023 2:02:26

The squad goes to Yugoslavia to help investigate reports of a large and dangerous bird-/fish-like creature in a small Croatian town on the Adriatic. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com. Listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage and watch Johnny's twitch stream Subversive History . Talk with other listeners in the Work Stoppage discord . Music used in this ep...

Matryoshka 3.10 - The Far-spider 10.03.2023 1:42:50

Pavel joins Mels and Emiliano as they return to the Blessed Theotokos Monastery to confront what lies beneath it. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com. Listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage and watch Johnny's twitch stream Subversive History . Talk with other listeners in the Work Stoppage discord . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable....

Matryoshka 3.9 - The Signal 28.02.2023 1:44:11

Mels and Emiliano go to the Tajik SSR to investigate a plane that went down near Communism Peak under very bizarre circumstances. (h/t R. Lentz) For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com. Listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage and watch Johnny's twitch stream Subversive History . Talk with other listeners in the Work Stoppage discord . Music used in this episod...

Matryoshka 3.8 - The Singers of Songs 02.02.2023 2:00:04

Mels and Pavel head to the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic to find a pair of researchers who disappeared while camping on a deceptively plain-looking tract of land. (h/t R. Lentz) For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com. Listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage and watch Johnny's twitch stream Subversive History . Music used in this episode can be found at red...

Matryoshka 3.x (interlude) - The Shadow Under Leningrad pt. II 15.01.2023 2:10:52

The special investigators, joined by a former agent who specialized in the paranormal, come up with a plan to protect the people of Leningrad from the horrors below. Featuring Jeremy from Invent The Future and A Terrible Influence. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com, and listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage . Music used in this episode can be found a...

Matryoshka 3.7 - The Mother of Hounds, pt. 2 21.11.2022 1:48:05

Underneath Vaduz, the team must navigate an unfamiliar and unfriendly labyrinth to accomplish their mission. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com, and listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.com . The pdf of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold War USSR can be downloaded at utopologist...

Matryoshka 3.x (interlude) - The Shadow Under Leningrad pt. I 10.11.2022 1:39:19

With the city of Leningrad under siege from the Nazis, a group investigates an interruption in bread delivery and discovers a much darker explanation than they could have dreamed of. Featuring Jeremy from Invent The Future and A Terrible Influence. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com, and listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage . Music used in this episode...

Matryoshka 3.6 - The Mother of Hounds, pt. I 25.10.2022 2:14:23

The trio must go undercover in Liechtenstein to get their hands on a dangerous artifact before any other more nefarious ones can. For comments or questions, email utopologist@protonmail.com, and listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.com . The pdf of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold War USSR can be down...

Matryoshka 3.5 - The Storm 06.10.2022 2:01:54

The team find themselves stranded in the Belarussian forest in the middle of a blizzard, and something is driving the animals out of their minds. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com and listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.com . The pdf of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold Wa...

Matryoshka 3.4 - The Knife in the Dreaming 20.09.2022 2:09:58

After a Soviet submarine in the Mediterranean disappears while hunting for the rumored French stay-behind submarine, the team heads for its last known location in hopes of finding both it and the imperialists. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com and listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.com . T...

Matryoshka 3.3 - Blackcurrants for the Devil 01.09.2022 2:39:12

Matryoshka investigates the disappearances of everyone on a collective farm on the border of Estonia and Russia. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com and listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.com . The pdf of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold War USSR can be downloaded at utopo...

Matryoshka 3.2 - The Sea-mother 12.08.2022 2:04:22

Emiliano summons Pavel and Mels to Algeria to help investigate sightings of figures coming out of the sea to take iron and steel back into the Mediterranean. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com and listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.com . The pdf of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in...

Matryoshka 3.1 - His Approach Is Swift 26.07.2022 1:58:14

In September 1962, a pair of Matryoshka agents go to the forests of Cuba to help investigate a series of unexplained eclipses. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com and listen to Lina and Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage . Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.com . The pdf of Matryoshka will be downloadable very soon at utopologist.itch.io/matryosh...

Matryoshka 2.9 - The Atrocity Exhibition 01.04.2022 2:19:25

A midnight conference call lets Division C know about a missing member of the team, which in turn leads them up close and personal with enemies they've only heard about until now. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com and listen to Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage . As usual, music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.wordpress.com . Once it's completed,...

Matryoshka 2.8 - The Sixth Dictionary 27.02.2022 1:16:08

The gang gets a tip from an old friend that sends them to Beirut, Lebanon to get some more clues about what's going on. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com and listen to Dan's labor news podcast Work Stoppage . As usual, music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.wordpress.com .