Red Game Table

(This is Season 0 of Red Game Table and isn't part of the canon of Matryoshka, if you're interested in that sort of thing.)

The gang interrogates Brown Jenkin, then finally catches up with the Sergeyovich brothers in Irkutsk, where they're trying to find the entrance to the Veins of the Earth. They learn something new and important about the world and get a little more information on Visser.

Intro music: "matryoshka (theme)" by Colleen Lenin Quine

Outro music: "Hurdy Hurry" by Phill Niblock

(This is Season 0 of Red Game Table and isn't part of the canon of Matryoshka, if you're interested in that sort of thing.)

Vasily is back, but so is an old nemesis. The gang makes a new friend, learns about the corporation that's somehow connected to all of this, and actually finds one of the items they're looking for for once. Also the doctor makes some really bad decisions.

Intro music: "matryoshka (theme)" by Colleen Lenin Quine

Outro music: "Death Valley" by Rene Aubry

(This is Season 0 of Red Game Table and isn't part of the canon of Matryoshka, if you're interested in that sort of thing.)

The team makes it to Vladivostok but has to deal with losing one of their members as well as infiltrating an underground bunker that definitely should not lead to where it does. The KGB makes another appearance and our heroes have to deal with bureaucracy thicker than Brezhnev's eyebrows.

Intro music: "matryoshka (theme)" by Colleen Lenin Quine

Outro music: "Manhunter" by HEXSYSTEM

(This is Season 0 of Red Game Table and isn't part of the canon of Matryoshka, if you're interested in that sort of thing.)

The GRU gang picks up where they left off, escorting Ms. Marsh onboard the Trans-Siberian Railway en route to Vladivostok. On the way, they investigate spooky sounds and encounter mysterious figures who may not be what they seem....

Outro music: "From The Sea / It Looms", Leon Vynehall

(This is Season 0 of Red Game Table and isn't part of the canon of Matryoshka, if you're interested in that sort of thing.)

ALERT: There is strange audio tearing starting around 15 minutes in, but it only lasts for about 6 or 7 minutes.

Picking up where they left off last time, GRU Division C heads to Tallinn, the capital of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, to investigate an antiques dealer who may know something about what the party found in Siberia. Along the way, they meet up with a local KGB agent (played by our friend Johnny Samyavadi!) and hijinks ensue.

CORRECTION: Most people in Estonia speak Estonian and not Finnish. Estonian is very close to Finnish, but it is a separate language. We regret the error.

Outro music: Prelude in E minor, Gerry Mulligan Sextet

(This is Season 0 of Red Game Table and isn't part of the canon of Matryoshka, if you're interested in that sort of thing.)

GRU Division C (code-named "Matryoshka") is sent on their first assignment: investigate a nuclear missile silo in the frozen north of Siberia which has gone silent. HEADS UP: A non-player character commits suicide in this episode around the 51 minute mark. It's quick and not lingered on, but if that upsets you, please skip to 00:51:20 or just hit your "advance 30 seconds" button if listening on a podcast app.

Outro music: "All This I Do For Glory" - Colin Stetson