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

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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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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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

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

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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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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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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

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

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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

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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 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

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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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