Donatas and Pavel go to investigate what appears to be the victim of a fatal industrial accident coming back to life during his funeral. 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.

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Matryoshka 3.5 - The Lockbox

In 1919, the British and the Americans have invaded Russia to support the White Russians in putting down the new socialist government. What's left of a Red Army machine gun unit make their way to Arkhangelsk to help take it back from the Whites and the imperialists, but along the way they encounter a fearsome mechanical foe that may be more than it appears. The regular campaign will resume next episode! 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.

Matryoshka 3.? (interlude) - Archangel

Matryoshka goes to Geneva to meet with a possible ally and ends up having to plan an art heist. There are all kinds of weird audio things happening with Dan and M; sorry about that. 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

Matryoshka 3.4 - Gretchen's First Experience with the Sun

Pavel and Donatas head to the Arctic to find out why a Soviet research station went silent. Apologies for the audio artifacts in Dan's audio; we don't know what caused it and minimized it as much as we could. 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

Matryoshka 3.3 - The Dreamer of Dreams

Matryoshka is sent to the German Democratic Republic to investigate the appearance of some bodies burned in a ritual manner. Apologies for the audio artifacts in Dan's audio; we don't know what caused it and minimized it as much as we could. 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

Matryoshka 3.2 - The Spinning Boy

GRU Division C is back! It's 1969. While making plans to deal with some of the unsolved mysteries from the previous year, Matryoshka's home office undergoes some bizarre changes. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com As usual, music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.wordpress.com. At the time of recording I didn't know about it, but make sure to check out Dan's other show Work Stoppage all about labor news!

Matryoshka 3.1 - The Nine Doors of Consciousness

(This was supposed to be released in the middle of some December holidays, but various factors including some COVID scares prevented this. However, I've been told that on the liturgical calendar, it's Christmas until Epiphany on January 6, so I'm clear.) Matryoshka is sent to Arkhangelsk to investigate the mysterious disappearance of some children and the sightings of an odd bearded man who may be the only suspect. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com As usual, music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.wordpress.com.

Matryoshka 2020 Holiday Special

The season finale. The team, along with their new ally Jurgen, track down De Visser once and for all and settle some old scores with Rainer Frosch. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com As usual, music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.wordpress.com.

Matryoshka 2.7 - Leviathan

Division C gets the chance to interrogate an early figure from the case, finally gets some answers to some questions about what's been going on, and gets a lead that might take them to the source of all this. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com As usual, music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.wordpress.com.

Matryoshka 2.6 - Cycles, Awakenings

The team goes to a small town to investigate a simple ghost sighting in the woods. Of course, the forests are old and may hold more than ghosts. (Matt's audio has an odd background sound for the first 20 or so minutes but it does improve.) For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com As usual, music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.wordpress.com.

Matryoshka 2.5 - The Visitors

Division C follows a thread from an earlier case to a small village north of the Arctic Circle whose citizens have a bizarre secret. For comments or questions, email utopologist at protonmail.com As usual, music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.wordpress.com.

Matryoshka 2.4 - The Parade

A skeleton crew of Matryoshka is sent behind enemy lines to the Aleutian Islands to track down a missing Soviet nuclear submarine.  As usual, music used in this episode can be found at redgametable.wordpress.com.

Matryoshka 2.3 - The God of Dreams

Matryoshka is sent to rural northern Russia to investigate several sightings of an ominous figure around a group of quiet farming villages. (Taylor's mic has some weird feedback throughout, but especially near the end. We apologize for the inconvenience.) Music can be found at redgametable.wordpress.com

Matryoshka 2.2 - De Visser

GRU Division C is back, sort of! This is a good place to start if you're just now discovering RGT, or you can listen to Matryoshka season 1. This is a prequel, however! In 1968, Matryoshka is sent to Azerbaijan to investigate a curious issue of people not being able to get in or out of their apartment block.  (Ethan mispronounces Bernhard's name as "Berhard" because he typed it in wrong on his sheet. We apologize for the error.) Intro music: "matryoshka" - Colleen Quine Outro music: "Elena's Sound-World" - Sinoia Caves

Matryoshka 2.1 - The One Who Knows The Silence In The Earth

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