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/aintslayed to help shape future Call of Cthulhu episodes and https://slayed.me/discord, our Discord server to chat with the community!
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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/aintslayed to help shape future Call of Cthulhu episodes and https://slayed.me/discord, our Discord server to chat with the community!
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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 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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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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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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Ain’t Slayed Nobody and Rusty Quill
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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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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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Ain’t Slayed Nobody and Rusty Quill
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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
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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
Patreon: https://patreon.com/aintslayed
Merch: https://aintslayed.dashery.com/
Discord: https://slayed.me/discord
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Cover Photos: Jill Petracek
Ain’t Slayed Nobody and Rusty Quill
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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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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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Ain’t Slayed Nobody and Rusty Quill
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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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Ain’t Slayed Nobody and Rusty Quill
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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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Ain’t Slayed Nobody and Rusty Quill
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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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Ain’t Slayed Nobody and Rusty Quill
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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 at Ain't Slayed Nobody.
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Ain’t Slayed Nobody and Rusty Quill
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