Push The Roll with Ross Bryant | Call of Cthulhu Improv TTRPG Podcast
Call of Cthulhu actual play meets improv comedy in a fast, funny TTRPG show with Ross Bryant. A weekly actual play podcast where Ross (Dropout TV, The Glass Cannon Podcast) and friends turn listener prompts into cinematic horror-comedy one-shots. For fans of tabletop roleplaying, improv, and spooky laughs.
Episodes
The Doom That Came To My Doorstep 1/3 with Aabria Iyengar
A strange inheritance brings the Rook family and interested outsiders deep into the Louisiana bayou. Rook Manor has seen better days, but there may be more money and secrets hiding around the property than anyone expected.Content Warnings: children in peril, animal attack, alcohol use, sexual humor, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreAabria Iyengar as Ariadne "Ari" Sto
The Levers That Tilt the World 3/3 | Retro Futuristic Call of Cthulhu
The City of Tomorrow shows what has been keeping all those bright smiles running. Connie, Holly, Trixy, and Grayson find themselves caught between old programming and one very unpleasant rabbit.Content Warnings: body horror, cannibalism, forced labor, child endangerment, vomit, confinement, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreSara Caplan as Beatrice "Trixy" GladstonePau
The Levers That Tilt the World 2/3 with Paula Deming
Grayson Crane remembers what he was never meant to know. Holly, Trixy, and Connie have to decide whether to follow protocol or follow their friend into the dark.Content Warnings: body horror, claustrophobia, cannibalism, child endangerment, mind control, water confinement, vomit, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreSara Caplan as Beatrice "Trixy" GladstonePaula Deming a
The Levers That Tilt the World 1/3 with Sara Caplan
The City of Tomorrow is bright and cheerful if you don’t ask too many questions. Holly, Trixy, Connie, and Grayson keep the museum running, the cafeteria safe, and one particular secret mostly hidden. But the future can't look perfect forever.Content Warnings: vomiting, confinement, body horror, abduction, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreSara Caplan as Beatrice "Tri
I Heard the Secret Loudly 3/3 | Film Noir Call of Cthulhu
The investigators follow the memories pulling them deeper, making the mystery even harder to walk away from. Things get violent and strange, and more than a little personal.Content Warnings: suicide, gunshots, body horror, sexual themes, emotional manipulation, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreIfy Nwadiwe as Francois CalhounLondon Carlisle as StabbyPaula Deming as Ri
I Heard the Secret Loudly 2/3 with London Carlisle
The call from Constantine sends everyone chasing answers, but the St. Clair house still has a few ugly things tucked away. Some secrets refuse to stay beneath the surface.Content Warnings: drug use, heroin, alcohol use, smoking, sexual themes, body horror, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreIfy Nwadiwe as Francois CalhounLondon Carlisle as StabbyPaula Deming as Rita St
I Heard the Secret Loudly 1/3 with Ify Nwadiwe
A rainy night drops a worried dame into Francois Calhoun's office. Her missing husband might be tied to something a lot stranger than marital trouble.Content Warnings: drug references, alcohol use, smoking, body horror, missing person, sexual themes/innuendo, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreIfy Nwadiwe as Francois CalhounLondon Carlisle as StabbyPaula Deming as Rita
Trash Panda Pandemonium 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu Critter Horror
The raccoons finally meet the humans, and it goes about how you'd expect.Content Warnings: body horror, fire injury, animal peril and death, mutation, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreKate Stamas as SparkyBranson Reese as RomeoScott Dorward as Professor Rowlycuppycup as Paulie BigmanDialogue Editing by cuppycupSound and Music Design by cuppycupProduced by cuppycupTra
Trash Panda Pandemonium 2/3 with Kate Stamas
The raccoons push farther into the ruined city in search of a safer home. Strange growths and an organized society get in the way.Content Warnings: drug use, body horror, animal peril, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreKate Stamas as SparkyBranson Reese as RomeoScott Dorward as Professor Rowlycuppycup as Paulie BigmanDialogue Editing by cuppycupSound and Music Design
Trash Panda Pandemonium 1/3 with Branson Reese
A very normal Call of Cthulhu game in the ruins of the world. Treasure Island is home but probably smells terrible.Content Warnings: fire, animal injury, body horror, drug misuse jokes, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreKate Stamas as SparkyBranson Reese as RomeoScott Dorward as Professor Rowlycuppycup as Paulie BigmanDialogue Editing by cuppycupSound and Music Design
Old Girlfriends Never Die 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu Cozy Horror
The girls finally start to remember what they did and why they tried to forget. Dreams and reality blur. And something on the other side is offering them a tempting choice.Content Warnings: cognitive decline/dementia, terminal illness, body horror, children in peril, missing persons, arson, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreSydney Amanuel as Mimi MonroeJosephine McAda
Old Girlfriends Never Die 2/3 with Josephine McAdam
The Secret Attic Society reunites after a funeral, but the past doesn’t come back the way you expect. It kind of feels like they’ve done all this before.Content Warnings: cognitive decline/dementia, terminal illness, missing persons, arson, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreSydney Amanuel as Mimi MonroeJosephine McAdam as Wolf MoonbeamDanny Scott as Nelly Williamscupp
Old Girlfriends Never Die 1/3 with Sydney Amanuel
A group of old friends reunite for a funeral in a quiet Connecticut town, but something about the past feels wrong.Content Warnings: cognitive decline/dementia, terminal illness, dead animal imagery, arson, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreSydney Amanuel as Mimi MonroeJosephine McAdam as Wolf MoonbeamDanny Scott as Nelly Williamscuppycup as Aggie WilliamsDialogue Editing by Vi
Until the Washing Is Done (April Fools D&D One-Shot) 2/2 with Sara Caplan
The party heads deeper into the washer’s guild tunnels and things get honestly kind of wetter than expected.Content Warnings: sexual humor and crude jokes, body horror, suffocation, religious parody, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Dungeon MasterZach Reino as Gullina PierwalkerMary Lou as Mona BluebottleSara Caplan as Lady Muffinia CuddlebunnesClinton Trucks as Qylfein Hollowcuppycup as
Until the Washing Is Done (April Fools D&D One-Shot) 1/2 with Zach Reino
A routine armor pickup turns weirdly tense when the washer’s guild starts acting off. The party gets pulled into something deeper than dirty laundry.Content Warnings: sexual humor and crude jokes, references to drugs, suggestive content, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Dungeon MasterZach Reino as Gullina PierwalkerMary Lou as Mona BluebottleSara Caplan as Lady Muffinia CuddlebunnesClint
Outpost at the Edge of Dark Space 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu Sci-Fi in Space
Something goes very wrong on a remote outpost when the crew starts noticing doubles. It's honestly hard to tell what’s real anymore.Content Warnings: corporate exploitation, mental deterioration, paranoia, isolation, smoking and substance use, gun use, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreNoura Ibrahim as Sandy RiveraSeth Skorkowsky as Tripp MurdockMary Lou as Betty Morg
Outpost at the Edge of Dark Space 2/3 with Seth Skorkowsky
A corporate deep-space expedition lands on a distant moon looking for evidence of ancient life. The deeper they look the more it feels like they’ve stepped into someone else’s territory.Content Warnings: corporate exploitation, mental deterioration, paranoia, isolation, smoking and substance use, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreNoura Ibrahim as Sandy RiveraSeth Skor
Outpost at the Edge of Dark Space 1/3 with Noura Ibrahim
A small crew wakes from cryosleep to begin an isolated research mission at the far edge of explored space. Out here, with nothing but darkness beyond the stars, what could possibly go wrong?Content Warnings: corporate exploitation, mental deterioration, paranoia, isolation, smoking and substance use, discussion of killing animals for food, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcan
Stuff Is Supposed To Go Down Drains, Right? 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu One Shot
A group of teen water park employees discover something living in the drains. The park seems to be waking up around them. And whatever is in the water isn’t done with them yet.Content Warnings: body horror, teens in peril, drowning, loss of bodily autonomy, gaslighting, references to child death, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreJosephine McAdam as FinnPaula Deming a
Stuff Is Supposed To Go Down Drains, Right? 2/3 with Paula Deming
A late shift at a rundown water park turns weird fast when something in the drains starts reaching back. Goofing off after hours slips into something dark, and by the time anyone realizes they should’ve left, it might be too late.Content Warnings: body horror, teens in peril, drowning, suffocation, claustrophobia, teeth horror, loss of bodily autonomy, religious imagery, teen drug and alcohol use,
Stuff Is Supposed To Go Down Drains, Right? 1/3 with Josephine McAdam
A group of teenage employees get stuck on the night shift at a run-down 1980s water park. Huh, the drains aren’t behaving the way drains are supposed to. It’s summer, it’s humid, and something in the pool filters might be listening.Content Warnings: references to drowning, body horror, religious themes, sexual humor, teen smoking, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreJosephine McA
The Butterfly Factory 2/2 with Brennan Lee Mulligan
An exclusive after-hours party slips past midnight and straight into something stranger and much harder to walk away from. Art becomes an experience and everyone is a little too willing to participate. Nobody’s quite sure what they're witnessing. Only that it means something.Content Warnings: extreme body horror, suicide, self-harm, cannibalism, drugging, alcohol and drug use, loss of bodily auton
The Butterfly Factory 1/2 with Brennan Lee Mulligan
A late-60s New York art scene full of beautiful frauds and very bad vibes comes together around a special party invitation. Fame feels close. But so does something colder watching from just offstage. Everyone’s chasing the next big thing, and it’s unclear what that might turn out to be.Content Warnings: sexual themes, exploitation, gaslighting, drug and alcohol use, profanity, political violence r
Horror at the Innsmouth Inn 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu One Shot
An MLM retreat turns even stranger when the unsettling details refuse to stay in the background. The group realizes this night isn't just dangerous... it's personal. Dreams bleed into reality and whatever is waiting at the center is very patient.Content Warnings: references to real-world Tylenol poisonings, body horror, cannibalism, religious imagery, gaslighting, loss of bodily autonomy, wet mout
Horror at the Innsmouth Inn 2/3 | 1980s Call of Cthulhu
A conference stay turns strange as late night conversations spiral into things that don’t quite line up. The inn itself feels wrong as pressure mounts and reality slips. It becomes harder to tell who’s awake, who’s dreaming, and who might already be lost.Content Warnings: references to real-world Tylenol poisonings, self-harm, suicidal ideation, medication overdose imagery, drug use, body horror,
Horror at the Innsmouth Inn 1/3 with Oscar Montoya
A beauty sales convention at a remote Maine inn turns into something stranger than a weekend of pep talks. As the players improvise their way through an early 1980s Call of Cthulhu setup, awkward social pressure and guilt bleed together.Content Warnings: references to real-world Tylenol poisonings, body horror, social coercion, vomiting, profanity, thunder and microphone feedback (SFX)FeaturingRos
The Worst Gift Ever Given 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu Christmas
A strange case escalates quickly as unsettling visions and coincidences begin to stack up. By the time the shape of the "gift" becomes clear, it’s already far too late to simply walk away.Content Warnings: self-harm, suicide, cannibalism, religious imagery, forced pregnancy, abortion references, body horror, sexual references, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreBecca S
The Worst Gift Ever Given 2/3 | Invictus Call of Cthulhu
A holiday investigation drifts off the rails as the group uncovers something deeply wrong. Visions and warnings begin to pile up, pointing toward a larger pattern no one can quite name yet. What is this "gift" anyway?Content Warnings: self-harm, suicide, animal sacrifice, cannibalism, misophonia, sexual references, religious imagery, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
The Worst Gift Ever Given 1/3 with Becca Scott
A festive title inspires an improvised Call of Cthulhu story set during Saturnalia in Imperial Rome. Prophecy, sacrifice, and cosmic horror! Merry Saturnalia, I guess.Content Warnings: animal sacrifice, harm to children, misophonia, sexual references, religious imagery, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreBecca Scott as Brenda the BoldPaula Deming as MarcellaJosephine M
Bout of Radness (Freebie) | Companion Show to Push the Roll with Ross Bryant
Ohhh yeah. We're dropping a free episode of Bout of Radness, our Patreon companion show to Push the Roll with Ross Bryant. This is a full-on hangout with a truly deranged buffet of unused titles we absolutely wish we could've used. It’s an hour of horror brainstorming and media inspiration with Ross Bryant, cuppycup, Scott Dorward, and Mary Lou. We also chat about our most recent series "Side Effe
Side Effects May Include... 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu One-Shot
The group’s plan to gather evidence collapses almost immediately, sending everything into chaos. The line between waking life and nightmare logic continues to blur.Content Warnings: drugging, kidnapping, body horror (incl. fingernails), drug experimentation, sleep paralysis, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreColton Dunn as Dr. Reginald BiggsMary Lou as Beth SilvermanS
Side Effects May Include... 2/3 | Modern Call of Cthulhu
The sleep study gets a whole lot weirder as everyone beds down for the night. By morning nothing feels quite right and one participant mysteriously vanishes. Everyone is pretty sure this study isn’t what they signed up for.Content Warnings: children in peril, drugging, harm to livestock, kidnapping, body horror (fingernails), drug experimentation, sleep paralysis, violence, profanityFeaturingRoss
Side Effects May Include... 1/3 with Colton Dunn
Join Ross Bryant and special guest Colton Dunn for an improvised Call of Cthulhu adventure about a clinical sleep trial that already feels a little too good to be true. The weirdness starts creeping in almost immediately.Content Warnings: children in peril, harm to livestock, fear of kidnapping and sex trafficking, body horror, drug experimentation, sleep paralysis, violence, profanityFeaturingRos
The Right Stuff 3/3 | Improv Call of Cthulhu
The band heads into a remote town hoping to help a girl in trouble. As tensions rise and trust cracks, the group tries to stick together even as the world around them stops making sense.Content Warnings: teens in peril, body horror, drugging, eating sounds, religious themes, sexual themes, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreMatt Young as Nate HighlandNic Rosenberg as B
The Right Stuff 2/3 | Call of Cthulhu 1990s Modern
The band stumbles deeper into the trees and finds a girl who really shouldn’t be where she is. They try to help, then detour to a tiny town with a very quiet church because that should be safe.Content Warnings: teen in peril, body horror, screams, eating sounds, mention of PTSD, religious themes, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreMatt Young as Nate HighlandNic Rosenbe
The Right Stuff 1/3 with Matt Young
A boy band called The Other Side hits the road after a mall signing. Between fame, rivalry, and an ambitious manager, the guys are already cracking before the real weirdness starts.Content Warnings: children in peril, body horror, sexual innuendo, parasocial behavior, profanity, violenceFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreMatt Young as Nate HighlandNic Rosenberg as Bobby KingPaula Deming
The 1931 Miskatonic University Reunion Disaster 3/3 | Actual Play Halloween
As the Miskatonic University reunion spirals out of control, strange forces awaken in the campus natatorium. The investigators face impossible choices as something ancient rises. Will anyone answer its call?Content Warnings: body horror, bullying, drowning, self-harm, fire, mass death, innuendo, intense sound effects, profanity, alcohol and smokingFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreAshly
The 1931 Miskatonic University Reunion Disaster 2/3 | Call of Cthulhu Halloween
A reunion at Miskatonic University takes a turn as old memories resurface. The nostalgic scavenger hunt quickly unravels into cosmic terror for our investigators. Things are about to get wet, weird, and deeply unsettling.Content Warnings: body horror, bullying, drowning, self-harm, sexism, innuendo, profanity, alcohol and smokingFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreAshly Burch as Angel Cof
The 1931 Miskatonic University Reunion Disaster 1/3 w/ Ashly Burch
The class of 1931 returns to Miskatonic University for a Halloween reunion in 1951. Old classmates reunite and stir up memories that won’t stay buried. A scavenger hunt leads them into the haunted halls of campus. Has the past been waiting for them all along?Content Warnings: war trauma, sexism, mild innuendo, profanity, alcohol and smokingFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreAshly Burch a
What Makes That Windmill Bleed So? 2/2 | Call of Cthulhu in France
Our investigators tumble deeper into Cécile Swann’s world, where sanity stretches thin. What begins as a strange investigation plunges through impossible spaces. Somewhere between love, madness, and creation, they may finally discover what makes the windmill bleed.Content Warnings: gore, body horror, violence, sexual references, self-harm, gaslighting, profanity, alcohol useFeaturingRoss Bryant as
What Makes That Windmill Bleed So? 1/2 w/ Abubakar Salim
Paris, 1890-something? The Moulin Rouge burns bright with music, lust, and secrets. Our investigators tumble through the velvet haze of Montmartre. An ex-dancer, an eccentric poet, a music box artisan, and a guy named Bill Buckaroo. What begins as backstage chaos soon drips into something much darker.Content Warnings: gore, violence, sexual references, gaslighting, profanity, alcohol and smokingFe
The Day We Met? 3/3 | Actual Play Improv Comedy
In this actual play episode, we’re back in a scary place where the angles don’t make sense and neither do our choices. Luck just keeps running out inside the weird geometry of Keystone Tower. Feelings get messy and something impossible squeezes its way into the night in our Call of Cthulhu one-shot finale.Content Warnings: body horror, violence, gunshot SFX, sexual innuendo, profanityFeaturingRoss
The Day We Met? 2/3 | Actual Play One-Shot Adventure
In this actual play episode, our Call of Cthulhu investigators step into the gleaming halls of Keystone Tower. Strange architecture blurs the line between reality and illusion in this cosmic horror scenario. Nothing about this visit goes quite as planned.Content Warnings: drugging, sexual innuendo, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreRashawn Scott as Pamela ForgePaula Deming as L
The Day We Met? 1/3 w/ Rashawn Scott
The cast dives headfirst into an improvised TTRPG romantic comedy. What starts as quirky New Yorkers juggling careers and love lives begins to spiral. Maybe, just maybe, the universe has bigger plans than anyone expects in this Call of Cthulhu one-shot game.Content Warnings: drug and alcohol use, sexual innuendo, animal endangerment, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LoreRashawn Sc
The Obverse of the Mirror 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu One-Shot
In this improv horror episode, fire spreads and choices spiral out of control in this actual play one-shot finale. Dreams blur with reality as allies and enemies both reveal unexpected sides. Will everyone make it back out, and if so will they be happy living with the forbidden knowledge of cosmic horrors?Content Warnings: self-harm, body horror, psychological horror, depictions of violence and go
The Obverse of the Mirror 2/3 | Call of Cthulhu Actual Play
In this actual play episode, the group goes all in on a séance, but things don’t exactly go as planned . The mirror has its own secrets, and soon enough, they’re up against eldritch horror they can barely comprehend.Content Warnings: psychological horror, depictions of violence and gore, drug use, smoking, unsettling imagery, profanityFeaturingRoss Bryant as Keeper of Arcane LorePaula Deming as An
The Obverse of the Mirror 1/3 w/ Paula Deming
In this Call of Cthulhu TTRPG one-shot, the group dives into a story set in Victorian England. A croquet champion, an occult shopkeeper, a Pinkerton agent, and a decadent artist find themselves drawn into the orbit of a strange aristocrat with a disturbing new acquisition. What begins as witty banter over beauty and decadence soon takes a darker turn into psychological horror when the artifact is
Call of Cthulhu and You: Rules for TTRPG Actual Play
New to Call of Cthulhu? This TTRPG rules primer will help you follow along with Push the Roll with Ross Bryant. We cover the basics you’ll hear in play. Character sheets, skill rolls, pushing the roll, spending luck, sanity loss, and what combat really means when you’re just a fragile human in a world of cosmic horror. Using our improvised boarding school scenario The House of Inner Children, we d
What is Push the Roll with Ross Bryant? (Call of Cthulhu Actual Play Podcast)
Welcome to Push the Roll with Ross Bryant, our improvised comedy horror actual play podcast. We use Call of Cthulhu to tell stories that are as unpredictable as they are unsettling.This episode is our “what the heck is this show?” moment. If you’re new here or just want to hang out with Ross, Paula, and cup while we talk about what makes PTR tick, this is for you. We explain how Patreon-suggested
Trailer - Push the Roll with Ross Bryant (Call of Cthulhu Actual Play Podcast)
Hey there. Welcome to Push the Roll with Ross Bryant, an improvised Call of Cthulhu podcast shaped entirely by suggestions you submit on our Patreon. This quick trailer is our way of setting the stage and inviting you into our delightfully weird storytelling space. Each episode is spontaneous and bursting with cosmic horror, strange intrigue, and plenty of laughs. No scripts or limits, just your i
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