Episodes
The crew of Soviet space station Salyut 7 investigate an unexpected visitor. For comments or questions, email [email protected]. 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 Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold War USSR can be downloaded at...
Published 04/13/24
Published 04/13/24
The team joins their KGB comrade to go into the caves underneath the cabin in the woods. For comments or questions, email [email protected]. 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.com. The pdf of version 1.5 of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold War USSR can be...
Published 03/22/24
Katya and Yahyo investigate a musical performance that caused its audience to go berserk. For comments or questions, email [email protected]. 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 Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold War USSR can be downloaded at...
Published 02/26/24
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 [email protected]. 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 discord. Music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.com. The pdf of version 1.5...
Published 02/01/24
Taken 11 Nov 1964 by field agent K. Artemov at Clinical Hospital No. 2, Vladivostok, RSFSR (h/t R. Lentz)
Published 08/16/23
Taken 3 Sept 1971 by field agent N. Rostova at City Hospital No. 5, Sochi, RSFSR
Published 06/12/23
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 [email protected]. 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.com. The pdf of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold War USSR can be downloaded at...
Published 05/08/23
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 [email protected]. 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.com. The pdf of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in...
Published 04/18/23
Pavel joins Mels and Emiliano as they return to the Blessed Theotokos Monastery to confront what lies beneath it. For comments or questions, email [email protected]. 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.com. The pdf of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold War USSR can be downloaded...
Published 03/10/23
Mels and Emiliano go to the Tajik SSR to investigate a plane that went down near Communism Peak under very bizarre circumstances. For comments or questions, email [email protected]. 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.com. The pdf of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold War USSR...
Published 02/28/23
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. For comments or questions, email [email protected]. 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 redgametable.com. The pdf of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold War USSR can be downloaded at...
Published 02/02/23
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 [email protected], 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...
Published 01/15/23
Underneath Vaduz, the team must navigate an unfamiliar and unfriendly labyrinth to accomplish their mission. For comments or questions, email [email protected], 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.itch.io/matryoshka. It's pay-what-you-want, so if you want the book but have nothing, you are...
Published 11/21/22
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 [email protected], 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...
Published 11/10/22
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 [email protected], 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.itch.io/matryoshka.  It's pay-what-you-want, so if you want the book but...
Published 10/25/22
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 War USSR can be downloaded at utopologist.itch.io/matryoshka. It's pay-what-you-want, so if you...
Published 10/06/22
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. The pdf of Matryoshka: Cosmic Horror Investigation in the Cold War USSR can be downloaded at...
Published 09/20/22
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 utopologist.itch.io/matryoshka. It's pay-what-you-want, so if you want the book but have nothing, you...
Published 09/01/22
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 the Cold War USSR can be downloaded at utopologist.itch.io/matryoshka. It's pay-what-you-want,...
Published 08/12/22
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/matryoshka.
Published 07/26/22
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, the link to download the rulebook for Matryoshka will be shared here.
Published 04/01/22
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.
Published 02/27/22
Imprisoned by enemy forces, Matryoshka searches for a way to escape as well as to find out what the US Navy is protecting in the middle of the ocean as far away from land as possible. 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.
Published 01/11/22
In December 1991 amidst the chaos of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Tselinograd branch of Matryoshka is sent to rural Kazakhstan to investigate reports of people being "replaced." 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.
Published 12/09/21