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 pla...
Bout of Radness (Preview) with Rob Kerkovich
BOUT OF RADNESS is doing hard time, revisiting "Barbed Wire Lullabies."
In this free preview, Ross Bryant, Rob Kerkovich, Paula Deming, and cuppycup dig into some of the titles we didn't get to use.
Patreon members can hear the full episode now, and "Push the Roll with Ross Bryant" returns next week with a brand-new series featuring Matthew Lillard.
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<...Barbed Wire Lullabies 3/3 | 1970s Call of Cthulhu
The crew makes it to Station Seven which should be good news. While they look for a way off the island, an abandoned facility has a few answers.
Content Warnings: drug use and withdrawal, body horror, explosions (SFX), drowning, profanity, violence
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Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Rob Kerkovich as Leon Face
Paula Deming as Linus Link
Scott Dorward...
Barbed Wire Lullabies 2/3 with Paula Deming
The escape is on! Somehow the plan gets worse every step of the way. Will anyone make it off this island in one piece?
Content Warnings: incarceration, drug addiction and withdrawal, smoking, gunfire (SFX), explosions (SFX), stalking, culturally insensitive references, profanity, violence
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Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Rob Kerkovich as Leon Face
Paula Deming as Linus Link
Scott...
Barbed Wire Lullabies 1/3 with Rob Kerkovich
A motley crew of criminals had the perfect plan. Now they're stuck in the Alcatraz of the East Coast and trying to put together a slightly less terrible one.
Content Warnings: incarceration, drug use and overdose, threats against children, gunfire, profanity, violence
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Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Rob Kerkovich as Leon Face
Paula Deming as Linus Link
Scott...
Bout of Radness (Freebie) with Katie Marovitch
BOUT OF RADNESS is doing a rewind on our latest series, The TV Static Lies.
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Push the Roll with Ross Bryant is entering year two, and we're making a little change to our programming schedule. We’ll continue releasing new episodes on Wednesdays during a series, but between series we’ll run Bout of Radness in the Wednesday slot instead of a regular episode.
This week, we’re sharing the full episode on the...
The TV Static Lies 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu Modern Horror
A weird VHS tape has the Neighborhood Video crew asking questions they probably should have left alone. Turns out some movies really do change you.
Content Warnings: body horror, eye trauma, dismemberment, abduction, profanity, violence
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Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Katie Marovitch as Liz Sanders
Rashawn Scott as Edith Vincent
Paula Deming as Alyson Colde
cuppycup as Caleb "Daz"...
The TV Static Lies 2/3 with Rashawn Scott
Something impossible happens in the back room of Neighborhood Video and everyone is having a pretty bad night about it.
Content Warnings: missing persons, self-strangulation, stalking, profanity, violence
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Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Katie Marovitch as Liz Sanders
Rashawn Scott as Edith Vincent
Paula Deming as Alyson Colde
cuppycup as Caleb "Daz" Tyfair
Dialogue Editing by...
The TV Static Lies 1/3 with Katie Marovitch
A summer job at Neighborhood Video starts getting weird when the employees decide to close shop and take a long break.
Content Warnings: sexual references, stalking, body horror, profanity, violence
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Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Katie Marovitch as Liz Sanders
Rashawn Scott as Edith Vincent
Paula Deming as Alyson Colde
cuppycup as Caleb "Daz" Tyfair
Dialogue...
Miskatonic Spring Break (Live at Gen Con) 1/1 with Amy Vorpahl
Spring break hits Rehoboth Beach as a group of Miskatonic sorority sisters go looking parties. This live performance of Push the Roll with Ross Bryant was recorded at Gen Con on August 1, 2026.
Content Warnings: drug use and intoxication, alcohol, sexual themes and humor, body horror, cannibalism, drowning peril, self-harm imagery, religious imagery, profanity, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Amy Vorpahl as Mizzou
Josephine McAdam as Willow Walker
Sydney Amanuel as Sydney Walker
cuppycup as Wendy
Dialogue...
The Wrath of the Wraith 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu by Gaslight
Night falls over Ursuline Manor, but nobody gets much rest. By morning, the manor has made its feelings about the wedding very clear.
Content Warnings: suicidal ideation, coercive sexual themes, body horror, gun violence and gunshot SFX, profanity, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Felicia Day as Emma Wentworth
Josephine McAdam as Xerxes Ozymandius Arundell
Nic Rosenberg as Eida Schneider
cuppycup as Gregory R. Putin
Lullaby piano music by Josephine McAdam
Dialogue Editing by...
The Wrath of the Wraith 2/3 with Josephine McAdam
Emma Wentworth finally arrives at Ursuline Manor, though her future husband and new home are not quite what she imagined.
Content Warnings: suicidal behavior, illness, coercive marriage, profanity, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Felicia Day as Emma Wentworth
Josephine McAdam as Xerxes Ozymandius Arundell
Nic Rosenberg as Eida Schneider
cuppycup as Gregory R. Putin
Lullaby piano music by Josephine McAdam
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
<...The Wrath of the Wraith 1/3 with Felicia Day
A wealthy American bride-to-be crosses the moors with her stern lady’s maid and occult interior decorator. Their journey to the abbey is interrupted.
Content Warnings: gun violence, gunshot sfx, sexual humor, profanity, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Felicia Day as Emma Wentworth
Josephine McAdam as Xerxes Ozymandius Arundell
Nic Rosenberg as Eida Schneider
cuppycup as Gregory R. Putin
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
...The Doom That Came To My Doorstep 3/3 | Modern Call of Cthulhu
A messy will reading turns into a full-blown Rook family nightmare. Questionable science and even more questionable romance collide.
Content Warnings: drowning, animal attack, body horror, needles and injections, sexual humor, thunder sfx, profanity, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Aabria Iyengar as Ariadne "Ari" Stone
Amy Vorpahl as Cher Boudelaire
Scott Dorward as Fitzroy Rook
cuppycup as Elias Rook
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup<...
The Doom That Came To My Doorstep 2/3 with Amy Vorpahl
The swamp outside Rook Manor makes a very strong first impression. The heirs finally get inside, mostly intact, where the will reading begins.
Content Warnings: animal attack, harm to animals, drowning, sexual humor, profanity, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Aabria Iyengar as Ariadne "Ari" Stone
Amy Vorpahl as Cher Boudelaire
Scott Dorward as Fitzroy Rook
cuppycup as Elias Rook
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup<...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Aabria Iyengar as Ariadne "Ari" Stone
Amy Vorpahl as Cher Boudelaire
Scott Dorward as Fitzroy Rook
cuppycup as Elias Rook
Dialogue Editing by...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Sara Caplan as Beatrice "Trixy" Gladstone
Paula Deming as Holly St. Clair
Scott Dorward as Grayson Crane
cuppycup as Connie Vale
Outro Music "Polished Boots" by Bertie Mononym
<...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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Sara Caplan as Beatrice "Trixy" Gladstone
Paula Deming as Holly St. Clair
Scott Dorward as Grayson Crane
cuppycup as Connie Vale
Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup
<...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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Sara Caplan as Beatrice "Trixy" Gladstone
Paula Deming as Holly St. Clair
Scott Dorward as Grayson Crane
cuppycup as Connie Vale
Dialogue Ed...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Ify Nwadiwe as Francois Calhoun
London Carlisle as Stabby
Paula Deming as Rita St. Clair
cuppycup as Leon Grimaldi
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
<...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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Ify Nwadiwe as Francois Calhoun
London Carlisle as Stabby
Paula Deming as Rita St. Clair
cuppycup as Leon Grimaldi
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Ify Nwadiwe as Francois Calhoun
London Carlisle as Stabby
Paula Deming as Rita St. Clair
cuppycup as Leon Grimaldi
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup<...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Kate Stamas as Sparky
Branson Reese as Romeo
Scott Dorward as Professor Rowly
cuppycup as Paulie Bigman
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
Submit your own titles +...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Kate Stamas as Sparky
Branson Reese as Romeo
Scott Dorward as Professor Rowly
cuppycup as Paulie Bigman
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Kate Stamas as Sparky
Branson Reese as Romeo
Scott Dorward as Professor Rowly
cuppycup as Paulie Bigman
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Sydney Amanuel as Mimi Monroe
Josephine McAdam as Wolf Moonbeam
Danny Scott as Nelly Williams
cuppycup as Aggie Williams
Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng...
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, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Sydney Amanuel as Mimi Monroe
Josephine McAdam as Wolf Moonbeam
Danny Scott as Nelly Williams
cuppycup as Aggie Williams
Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup
Sound and Musi...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Sydney Amanuel as Mimi Monroe
Josephine McAdam as Wolf Moonbeam
Danny Scott as Nelly Williams
cuppycup as Aggie Williams
Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup<...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Dungeon Master
Zach Reino as Gullina Pierwalker
Mary Lou as Mona Bluebottle
Sara Caplan as Lady Muffinia Cuddlebunnes
Clinton Trucks as Qylfein Hollow
cuppycup as Nilbog the Righteous
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Dungeon Master
Zach Reino as Gullina Pierwalker
Mary Lou as Mona Bluebottle
Sara Caplan as Lady Muffinia Cuddlebunnes
Clinton Trucks as Qylfein Hollow
cuppycup as Nilbog the Righteous
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound an...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Noura Ibrahim as Sandy Rivera
Seth Skorkowsky as Tripp Murdock
Mary Lou as Betty Morgan
cuppycup as Simon Cross
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Pr...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Noura Ibrahim as Sandy Rivera
Seth Skorkowsky as Tripp Murdock
Mary Lou as Betty Morgan
cuppycup as Simon Cross
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Noura Ibrahim as Sandy Rivera
Seth Skorkowsky as Tripp Murdock
Mary Lou as Betty Morgan
cuppycup as Simon Cross
...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Josephine McAdam as Finn
Paula Deming as Esther Jones
Virginia Lee as Annette McCormick
cuppycup as Corey Turner
Dialogue Ed...
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, gaslighting, references to child death, violence, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Josephine McAdam as Finn
Paula Deming as Es...
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, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Josephine McAdam as Finn
Paula Deming as Esther Jones
Virginia Lee as Annette McCormick
cuppycup as Corey Turner...
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 autonomy, religious imagery, sexual coercion, violence, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Brennan Lee Mulligan as Allen Clay
Paula Deming as Margot Marceau
...
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 references
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Brennan Lee Mulligan as Allen Clay
Paula Deming as Margot Marceau
Nic...
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 mouth sounds, profanity, violence
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Oscar Montoya as Gerson Meyers
Paula Deming as Lou Griffith
Mary Lou as Val Jansson<...
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, child endangerment, misophonia, tinnitus, violence, sexual references, profanity
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Oscar Montoya as Gerson Meyers
Paula Deming as Lou Gr...
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)
Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Oscar Montoya as Gerson Meyers
Paula Deming as Lou Griffith
Mary Lou as Val Jansson
cuppycup as...
