Push The Roll with Ross Bryant | Call of Cthulhu Improv TTRPG Podcast

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Until the Washing Is Done (April Fools D&D One-Shot) 1/2 with Zach Reino

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:30:00 GMT

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 and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

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Outpost at the Edge of Dark Space 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu Sci-Fi in Space

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:34:00 GMT

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

Produced by cuppycup

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Outpost at the Edge of Dark Space 2/3 with Seth Skorkowsky

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:30:00 GMT

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 Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

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Outpost at the Edge of Dark Space 1/3 with Noura Ibrahim

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:30:00 GMT

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

Dialogue Editing by cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

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Stuff Is Supposed To Go Down Drains, Right? 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu One Shot

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:32:00 GMT

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 Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

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Stuff Is Supposed To Go Down Drains, Right? 2/3 with Paula Deming

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:32:00 GMT

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 Esther Jones

Virginia Lee as Annette McCormick

cuppycup as Corey Turner

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

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Stuff Is Supposed To Go Down Drains, Right? 1/3 with Josephine McAdam

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:30:00 GMT

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

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

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The Butterfly Factory 2/2 with Brennan Lee Mulligan

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:33:00 GMT

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

Nic Rosenberg as Willow

cuppycup as Velvet Bloom

Dialogue Editing by cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

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The Butterfly Factory 1/2 with Brennan Lee Mulligan

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:31:00 GMT

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 Rosenberg as Willow

cuppycup as Velvet Bloom

Dialogue Editing by cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript coming soon.

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Horror at the Innsmouth Inn 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu One Shot

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:33:00 GMT

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

cuppycup as Doogie Wilson

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

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Horror at the Innsmouth Inn 2/3 | 1980s Call of Cthulhu

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:31:00 GMT

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 Griffith

Mary Lou as Val Jansson

cuppycup as Doogie Wilson

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

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Horror at the Innsmouth Inn 1/3 with Oscar Montoya

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:34:00 GMT

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 Doogie Wilson

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-horror-at-the-innsmouth-inn-part-1

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The Worst Gift Ever Given 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu Christmas

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:32:00 GMT

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

Paula Deming as Marcella

Josephine McAdam as Caspius Law

cuppycup as Maximus Artifex

Dialogue Editing by cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-worst-gift-ever-given-part-3

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The Worst Gift Ever Given 2/3 | Invictus Call of Cthulhu

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:32:00 GMT

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 Bold

Paula Deming as Marcella

Josephine McAdam as Caspius Law

cuppycup as Maximus Artifex

Dialogue Editing by cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-worst-gift-ever-given-part-2

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The Worst Gift Ever Given 1/3 with Becca Scott

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:32:00 GMT

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

cuppycup as Maximus Artifex

Dialogue Editing by cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-worst-gift-ever-given-part-1

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Bout of Radness (Freebie) | Companion Show to Push the Roll with Ross Bryant

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:31:00 GMT

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..."

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Side Effects May Include... 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu One-Shot

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:34:00 GMT

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 Finch

cuppycup as Hitch Gordon

Dialogue Editing by cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-side-effects-may-include-part-3

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Side Effects May Include... 2/3 | Modern Call of Cthulhu

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:34:00 GMT

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 Lore

Colton Dunn as Dr. Reginald Biggs

Mary Lou as Beth Silverman

Scott Dorward as Charlie Finch

cuppycup as Hitch Gordon

Dialogue Editing by cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-side-effects-may-include-part-2

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Side Effects May Include... 1/3 with Colton Dunn

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:34:00 GMT

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 Arcane Lore

Colton Dunn as Dr. Reginald Biggs

Mary Lou as Beth Silverman

Scott Dorward as Charlie Finch

cuppycup as Hitch Gordon

Dialogue Editing by cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-side-effects-may-include-part-1

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The Right Stuff 3/3 | Improv Call of Cthulhu

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:31:00 GMT

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.B. Baker

cuppycup as Chris Holloway

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript available at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-right-stuff-part-3

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The Right Stuff 2/3 | Call of Cthulhu 1990s Modern

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:31:00 GMT

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 Deming as B.B. Baker

cuppycup as Chris Holloway

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-right-stuff-part-2

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The Right Stuff 1/3 with Matt Young

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:32:00 GMT

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 Chris Holloway

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-right-stuff-part-1

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The 1931 Miskatonic University Reunion Disaster 3/3 | Actual Play Halloween

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:34:00 GMT

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

Rashawn Scott as Diana Patter

Paula Deming as Judy Brown

cuppycup as Hal Meddler

Dialogue Editing by Scott Dorward and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-1931-miskatonic-university-reunion-disaster-part-3

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The 1931 Miskatonic University Reunion Disaster 2/3 | Call of Cthulhu Halloween

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:33:00 GMT

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 Patter

Paula Deming as Judy Brown

cuppycup as Hal Meddler

Dialogue Editing by Scott Dorward and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-1931-miskatonic-university-reunion-disaster-part-2

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The 1931 Miskatonic University Reunion Disaster 1/3 w/ Ashly Burch

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:31:00 GMT

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 Scott as Diana Patter

Paula Deming as Judy Brown

cuppycup as Hal Meddler

Dialogue Editing by Scott Dorward and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-1931-miskatonic-university-reunion-disaster-part-1

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What Makes That Windmill Bleed So? 2/2 | Call of Cthulhu in France

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:32:00 GMT

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 use

Featuring

Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore

Abubakar Salim as Bill Buckaroo

Josephine McAdam as Margot Abadie

Scott Dorward as Henri Roi

cuppycup as Marcel Dubois

Dialogue Editing by Scott Dorward and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-what-makes-that-windmill-bleed-so-part-2

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What Makes That Windmill Bleed So? 1/2 w/ Abubakar Salim

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:32:00 GMT

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 smoking

Featuring

Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore

Abubakar Salim as Bill Buckaroo

Josephine McAdam as Margot Abadie

Scott Dorward as Henri Roi

cuppycup as Marcel Dubois

Dialogue Editing by Scott Dorward and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-what-makes-that-windmill-bleed-so-part-1

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The Day We Met? 3/3 | Actual Play Improv Comedy

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:33:00 GMT

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, profanity

Featuring

Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore

Rashawn Scott as Pamela Forge

Paula Deming as Lucy Flowers

Scott Dorward as Marty Shell

cuppycup as Jordan Benning

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-day-we-met-part-3

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The Day We Met? 2/3 | Actual Play One-Shot Adventure

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:31:00 GMT

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, profanity

Featuring

Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore

Rashawn Scott as Pamela Forge

Paula Deming as Lucy Flowers

Scott Dorward as Marty Shell

cuppycup as Jordan Benning

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-day-we-met-part-2

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The Day We Met? 1/3 w/ Rashawn Scott

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:32:00 GMT

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, profanity

Featuring

Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore

Rashawn Scott as Pamela Forge

Paula Deming as Lucy Flowers

Scott Dorward as Marty Shell

cuppycup as Jordan Benning

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-day-we-met-part-1

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The Obverse of the Mirror 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu One-Shot

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:36:00 GMT

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 gore, themes of body image insecurity, drowning, unsettling imagery, profanity

Featuring

Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore

Paula Deming as Anna St. Clair

Scott Dorward as Jasper Bastian

Virginia Lee as Claire Windby

cuppycup as Silas Watson

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-episode-5-the-obverse-of-the-mirror-part-3

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The Obverse of the Mirror 2/3 | Call of Cthulhu Actual Play

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:07:00 GMT

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, profanity

Featuring

Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore

Paula Deming as Anna St. Clair

Scott Dorward as Jasper Bastian

Virginia Lee as Claire Windby

cuppycup as Silas Watson

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-episode-4-the-obverse-of-the-mirror-part-2

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The Obverse of the Mirror 1/3 w/ Paula Deming

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:32:00 GMT

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 unveiled.

Content Warnings: psychological horror, depictions of violence and gore, themes of body image insecurity, unsettling imagery, profanity

Featuring

Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore

Paula Deming as Anna St. Clair

Scott Dorward as Jasper Bastian

Virginia Lee as Claire Windby

cuppycup as Silas Watson

Dialogue Editing by Victoria Cheng and cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-the-obverse-of-the-mirror-part-1

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Call of Cthulhu and You: Rules for TTRPG Actual Play

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:39:55 GMT

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 demonstrate the rules in action with Ross Bryant, Paula Deming, cuppycup, Bridgett Jeffries, and Scott Dorward.

Content Warnings: Harm to children, Self-harm, Body horror, Fluids entering body/nose/mouth, Sanity and mental breakdown mechanics, Suffocation, Violence, Profanity

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-episode-2-call-of-cthulhu-and-you-a-rules-primer

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What is Push the Roll with Ross Bryant? (Call of Cthulhu Actual Play Podcast)

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:48:48 GMT

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 titles become the heart of each tabletop roleplaying series, what happens when we “push the roll” midway through, and why we think this show will keep you guessing and laughing all the way through. Near the end, we even roll for a listener suggested title to show you how the openings of these episodes work.

If you like what you hear and want to help shape future episodes, join our Patreon! You can submit your own weird titles, get bonus content, and peek behind the scenes.

Transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcript-episode-1-what-is-push-the-roll

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Trailer - Push the Roll with Ross Bryant (Call of Cthulhu Actual Play Podcast)

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:16:44 GMT

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 ideas and our improvised roleplaying. Join us, because anything can happen when we Push the Roll.

Narrated by Ross Bryant

Produced and designed by cuppycup.

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