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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.x (interlude) - The Spacewalk
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 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 just as welcome to the book as anyone.
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Matryoshka 4.2 - Cave Diver, pt. II
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.com.
The pdf of version 1.5 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 just as welcome to the book as anyone. -
Matryoshka 4.2 - Cave Diver, pt. I
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 version 1.5 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 just as welcome to the book as anyone. -
Matryoshka 4.1 - The Town
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 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 utopologist.itch.io/matryoshka. It's pay-what-you-want, so if you want the book but have nothing, you are just as welcome to the book as anyone. -
Fragment II - Statement of Maksim Agliulovich Nurgaliev
Taken 11 Nov 1964 by field agent K. Artemov at Clinical Hospital No. 2, Vladivostok, RSFSR
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Fragment I - statement of Gennady Mikhailovich Leonov
Taken 3 Sept 1971 by field agent N. Rostova at City Hospital No. 5, Sochi, RSFSR
Customer Reviews
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I love this show, the first season or now the zero”st” season is where I started and it was a great campaign. After the dissolution of PRT I was scared to move on to season 2/1 but I did and I can’t express how much I love this show. It was even better than the first. Its inspired my campaigns I’ve done and I feel like I’m watching a tv series instead of listening to a tabletop rpg. I can’t express how much I love it, I almost feel like I’m apart of a fandom for a show, great, love it.
Solid
This podcast is excellent. Both the GM and players are consistently smart and creative, there’s enough humor to keep it entertaining, but the setting and the supernatural stuff are what really set this podcast apart. I’ve listened to and read innumerable Weird stories set in the early twentieth century or within the last forty years and mostly all set in north america or western europe, so Slavic folklore plus Lovecraftian threats in the U.S.S.R. in the late 60’s is so refreshing. Solidarity forever.
Fantastic
Definitely one of my favorite RPG podcasts