Ross Bryant
Keeper of Arcane Lore
Ross Bryant is an actor, writer, and improviser whose work spans Dropout, The Improvised Shakespeare Company, and The Glass Cannon Network. Fans know him from his Shakespearean riffs, musical improv, and improv work on Make Some Noise and Play It By Ear, while his screen credits include The Good Place, Crashing, and Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters. He also performs regularly with Improvised Shakespeare and has roots in both UCB and The Second City Mainstage. On the tabletop side, he’s part of Time for Chaos, Ain't Slayed Nobody, and now hosts Push The Roll, where his improv background and love of horror fuel weekly Call of Cthulhu games.
What is Push the Roll with Ross Bryant? (Call of Cthulhu Actual Play Podcast)
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...
Call of Cthulhu and You: Rules for TTRPG Actual Play
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 wor...
The Obverse of the Mirror 1/3 w/ Paula Deming
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 bante...
The Obverse of the Mirror 2/3 | Call of Cthulhu Actual Play
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, ...
The Obverse of the Mirror 3/3 | Call of Cthulhu One-Shot
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 h...
The Day We Met? 1/3 w/ Rashawn Scott
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, s...
The Day We Met? 2/3 | Actual Play One-Shot Adventure
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,...
The Day We Met? 3/3 | Actual Play Improv Comedy
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 ...
What Makes That Windmill Bleed So? 1/2 w/ Abubakar Salim
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 darke...