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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://discord.gg/pushtheroll, our Discord server to chat with the community!
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- Improv chart
- #28
- Episodes
- 68
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 57 min
- On air since
- 2025
- Latest episode
- 6 days ago
Episodes
68 episodes, newest first
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59 min
The Shadows That Bind 3/3 | Halloween Call of Cthulhu
Season 1, Episode 64
Show notes
The Davenports venture deeper beneath the family home in search of Lee. Old warnings are starting to make a lot more sense.
Content Warnings: body horror, graphic birth description, animal death, child endangerment, abduction, skittering animal sounds, wet mouth sounds (misophonia), profanity, violence
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Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Matthew Lillard as Archie Davenport
Noura Ibrahim as Emily Davenport
Paula Deming as Edie Davenport
cuppycup as Kinsey Davenport
Outro Music "The Shadows That Bind" by Bertie Mononym
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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54 min
The Shadows That Bind 2/3 with Matthew Lillard
Season 1, Episode 63
Show notes
The Davenport family reunion has moonshine, awkward flirting, and strange old traditions. Then the cousins find themselves searching a part of the house they'd rather leave alone.
Content Warnings: child disappearance, terminal illness, sexual themes, alcohol use, unsettling animal sounds, profanity, violence
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Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Matthew Lillard as Archie Davenport
Noura Ibrahim as Emily Davenport
Paula Deming as Edie Davenport
cuppycup as Kinsey Davenport
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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56 min
The Shadows That Bind 1/3 with Matthew Lillard
Season 1, Episode 62
Show notes
The Davenport family is gathering at their old homestead in the mountains of North Carolina. It's the 1980s and there's plenty of family baggage to go around.
Content Warnings: alcohol use, smoking, sexual innuendo, classism, insect and creature sounds, profanity
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Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Matthew Lillard as Archie Davenport
Noura Ibrahim as Emily Davenport
Paula Deming as Edie Davenport
cuppycup as Kinsey Davenport
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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1 hr 59 min
The Mausoleum's Kaleidoscope (Live at Burg Quest) 1/1 with Ify Nwadiwe
Season 1, Episode 61
Show notes
It's the 1970s and Williamsburg's finest mystery crew has a new case. What's the worst that could happen in an old graveyard? This live performance of Push the Roll with Ross Bryant was recorded at Burg Quest on September 26, 2026.
Content Warnings: teens in peril, drug use, sexual innuendo, nudity descriptions, body horror, profanity, violence
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Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Ify Nwadiwe as Benny Folk
Sarah Elmaleh as Doctor Bettany
Paula Deming as Ruby Tuesday
cuppycup as Peter Prentiss
Audio Capture by Jill Petracek
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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14 min
Bout of Radness (Preview) with Rob Kerkovich Bonus
Season 1
Show notes
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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54 min
Barbed Wire Lullabies 3/3 | 1970s Call of Cthulhu
Season 1, Episode 60
Show notes
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 as Forrest Burns
cuppycup as Eddie Keys
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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57 min
Barbed Wire Lullabies 2/3 with Paula Deming
Season 1, Episode 59
Show notes
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 Dorward as Forrest Burns
cuppycup as Eddie Keys
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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46 min
Barbed Wire Lullabies 1/3 with Rob Kerkovich
Season 1, Episode 58
Show notes
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
Use code PTR for 15% off your order on Call of Cthulhu products at Chaosium!
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Featuring
Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore
Rob Kerkovich as Leon Face
Paula Deming as Linus Link
Scott Dorward as Forrest Burns
cuppycup as Eddie Keys
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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1 hr 9 min
Bout of Radness (Freebie) with Katie Marovitch Bonus
Season 1
Show notes
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 public feed. In future Bout of Radness weeks, you’ll get about five minutes of highlights here, with the full episode available on Patreon.
Join Ross Bryant, Katie Marovitch, Scott Dorward, and cuppycup as we chat about your titles and make media recs.
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1 hr 3 min
The TV Static Lies 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu Modern Horror
Season 1, Episode 57
Show notes
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" Tyfair
Outro Music "The Static Lies" by Bertie Mononym
Dialogue Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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53 min
The TV Static Lies 2/3 with Rashawn Scott
Season 1, Episode 56
Show notes
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 cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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1 hr 4 min
The TV Static Lies 1/3 with Katie Marovitch
Season 1, Episode 55
Show notes
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 Editing by cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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1 hr 55 min
Miskatonic Spring Break (Live at Gen Con) 1/1 with Amy Vorpahl
Season 1, Episode 54
Show notes
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 Editing by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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55 min
The Wrath of the Wraith 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu by Gaslight
Season 1, Episode 53
Show notes
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 cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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44 min
The Wrath of the Wraith 2/3 with Josephine McAdam
Season 1, Episode 52
Show notes
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
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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54 min
The Wrath of the Wraith 1/3 with Felicia Day
Season 1, Episode 51
Show notes
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
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1 hr 1 min
The Doom That Came To My Doorstep 3/3 | Modern Call of Cthulhu
Season 1, Episode 50
Show notes
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
Transcript coming soon.
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48 min
The Doom That Came To My Doorstep 2/3 with Amy Vorpahl
Season 1, Episode 49
Show notes
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
Transcript coming soon.
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1 hr 8 min
The Doom That Came To My Doorstep 1/3 with Aabria Iyengar
Season 1, Episode 48
Show notes
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 cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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56 min
The Levers That Tilt the World 3/3 | Retro Futuristic Call of Cthulhu
Season 1, Episode 47
Show notes
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
Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup
Sound and Music Design by cuppycup
Produced by cuppycup
Transcript coming soon.
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