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. How it works: Patreon supporters submit weird and funny scenario titles each month. Ross and friends roll dice against these prompts to spark a brand-new Call of Cthulhu one-shot on the spot. Midway through, they “push the roll” to introduce another suggestion that twists the horror. If you’re into actual play podcasts, improv, or the Chaosium Call of Cthulhu RPG, you’ll find something funny and bizarre here. Start anywhere. The series are stand‑alone one‑shots. Join us at https://patreon.com/pushtheroll to help shape future Call of Cthulhu episodes and https://slayed.me/discord, our Discord server to chat with the community! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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, gaslighting, references to chi...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Josephine McAdam as Finn
Paula Deming as ...
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 autonomy, religious imagery, sexual ...
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 references
Featuring
Ross Brya...
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 mouth sounds, profanity, violence
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, child endangerment, misophonia,...
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)
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcan...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Becca Scott as Brenda the Bold
Paul...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Becca Scott as Brenda the B...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Becca Scott as Brenda the Bold
Paula Deming as Marcella
Josephine McAdam as Caspius Law
cuppycu...
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 Effects May Include..."
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Colton Dunn as Dr. Reginald Biggs
Mary Lou as Beth Silverman
Scott Dorward as Charlie Fin...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane ...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcan...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Matt Young as Nate Highland
Nic Rosenberg as Bobby King
Paula Deming as B....
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Matt Young as Nate Highland
Nic Rosenberg as Bobby King
Paula Demin...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Matt Young as Nate Highland
Nic Rosenberg as Bobby King
Paula Deming as B.B. Baker
cuppycup as Ch...
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 smoking
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Ashly Burch as Angel Coffield
Ras...
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 smoking
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Ashly Burch as Angel Coffield
Rashawn Scott as Diana...
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 smoking
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Ashly Burch as Angel Coffield
Rashawn Sco...
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