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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Latest episodes
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Barbed Wire Lullabies 2/3 with Paula Deming
#15 trending · Improv
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 an
Sep 23 56 min
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 War
Sep 16 46 min
Bout of Radness (Freebie) with Katie Marovitch
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Sep 9 1 h 09 min
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: bod
Sep 2 1 h 03 min
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-strangula
Aug 27 52 min
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, bod
Aug 19 1 h 03 min
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
Aug 12 1 h 54 min
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
Aug 6 55 min
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,
Jul 29 43 min
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: g
Jul 22 54 min
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 a
Jul 15 1 h 01 min
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 a
Jul 8 48 min
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 secr
Jul 1 1 h 08 min
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
Jun 24 55 min
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
Jun 17 56 min
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 pa
Jun 10 58 min
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 person
Jun 3 49 min
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
May 27 59 min
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:
May 20 56 min
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, violen
May 13 1 h 01 min
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Where Push The Roll with Ross Bryant | Call of Cthulhu Improv TTRPG Podcast ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 24, 2026).
A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.
Every step of this podcast is bolstered with talent. From the improvised scenarios, the fantastic Keeper-ship of Ross, the impressive improvisation of the players, and the ability to quickly teach the game to guests! Also the editing and producing is top notch- way to go Cup and team!
JonDMeadows · Aug 2026
This is the best actual play podcast currently running; if you are looking for masterfully run short-form RPG horror stories, this is the podcast for you.
I knew Ross Bryant from his staggeringly impressive work with the Improvised Shakespeare Company as well as Baby Wants Candy and other shows at Upright Citizens Bridgade in Hollywood, as well as his always entertaining appearances on Dropout.
All impressive, but his GMing easily rivals and (I'd argue surpasses) contemporary D&D legends like Brennan Lee Mulligan, Matt Mercer, and Aabria Iyengar.
Ross's secret is his efficiency (which is certainly bolstered by the podcast's excellent editing team). With these extraordinary sessions, you're quickly dunked through character creation, a gripping tale of horror and woe, and, in less than three hours, you've blasted through exposition, drama, revelation, horror, death, and always an efficient and darkly comic epilogue.
And the other performers are absolutely lovely. With some guest stars that will always delight.
This is the only RPG podcast that I've recommended to my wife.
You should listen too.
Ksjudvkidd · Jul 2026
Found this show recently, and I’ve been binging the entirety of it the past few days. It’s incredible. The improv, the humor, the guests, the concept of the show - all tremendous. I’ve listened to a ton of CoC podcasts, but this is probably my favorite.
Also, as a keeper, it’s really helpful in improving my own improv skills for failed rolls, fumbles, random stuff my players do, etc. Highly recommend!
Ojex69 · Jun 2026
Obligatory long review because Push the Roll deserves it. This show has quickly become one of my all time favorite actual play shows out of probably dozens I listen to. Of course, I love all the players. The cast is semi-rotating but they always, without fail, have crazy chemistry that makes every episode fire on all cylinders. And Cup’s sound design is always flawlessly executed and adds so much depth to every episode. But honestly, the star of the show is Ross Bryant. I already knew from Dropout TV that he is some kind of improv savant, but WOW. I am an English major and I would empty out my entire bank account right now just to be able to write something as good as the stories he can tell with these people off-the-cuff. The guy has a Cormac McCarthy level vocabulary (yes, seriously—I have to look up words sometimes,) and will use every word to build an atmosphere that can shift from quaint and fun to creepy and even terrifying on a dime. Heck, I don’t care if you even know who Lovecraft or Cthulhu are or what this game even is. (Admittedly I am more partial to DnD than CoC myself.) Just listen for the storytelling he and these folks are capable of.
Also, I have to applaud the way that it’s always the titles that you think wouldn’t work for this kind of genre that end up becoming the best episodes. The Right Stuff—such a broad title it could mean anything. They turn it into a hilarious story about a 90’s boy band whose signing tour goes horribly wrong. Old Girlfriends Never Die—what does that even mean?? I won’t spoil it but they turn it into a horror mystery that made my skin crawl so bad I couldn’t finish it at night. And then, of course, there was their last batch of episodes—Trash Panda Pandemonium. Sounds like a joke title, right? They took that title and told a story so shockingly creative, funny, and horrifying that it propelled me to finally leave that five star review. And I might go back and listen to it again after this.
Thanks Ross & Co. I look forward to this show every week.
Aidene Siannodel · May 2026
Ross is brilliant as a PC on Time for Chaos, but improv GMing is not doing it for me. And in a TTRPG actual play, I don’t think the rotating cast is my cup of tea either, no matter how much I like the other guests.
If you like improv GMs at the table you play RPGs at, you’ll probably like this. But I prefer a gm who’s prepped, and I think it translates over to which TTRPG pods I like best.
It was worth a try, and it’s not terrible, but it’ll never be the podcast I play first on my commute.
Thisguy8643:5678 · May 2026
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