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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 sp ...
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The Bassanda Podcast

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Being a repository of information on the Elegant Savages Orchestra and their nation of Bassanda, largely collected in the Correspondence at the Archives at Miskatonic University. See www.elegantsavagesorchestra.com
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This episode, Keepers Dave and Bridgett interview Gregory Geiger to discuss accessibility in game design. Recent Gaming – Patreon Plug & Update If you would like to support the podcast and engage with other backers, please consider backing. So yes – please back us on Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-pod…
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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,…
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This episode, Keepers Dave and Bridgett interview Gregory Geiger to discuss accessibility in game design. Recent Gaming – Patreon Plug & Update If you would like to support the podcast and engage with other backers, please consider backing. So yes – please back us on Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-pod…
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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 experimentatio…
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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 Arc…
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This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett discuss roleplaying as children with award winning creator, Jesse Ross! Recent Gaming Recent Gaming is where we talk about the games we’re playing. So whatcha been playing? Patreon Plug & Update If you would like to support the podcast and engage with other backers, please consider backing. So yes – please back…
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This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett discuss roleplaying as children with award winning creator, Jesse Ross! Recent Gaming Recent Gaming is where we talk about the games we’re playing. So whatcha been playing? Patreon Plug & Update If you would like to support the podcast and engage with other backers, please consider backing. So yes – please back…
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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…
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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…
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This episode on MUP, Keepers Dave & Bridgett discuss Systemless Horror Game with creator Sarah Cole! Patreon Plug & Update If you would like to support the podcast and engage with other backers, please consider backing. So yes – please back us on Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over…
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This episode on MUP, Keepers Dave & Bridgett discuss Systemless Horror Game with creator Sarah Cole! Patreon Plug & Update If you would like to support the podcast and engage with other backers, please consider backing. So yes – please back us on Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over…
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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 smokin…
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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 Br…
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This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett discuss Moral Ambiguity in storytelling with Keeper Doc! Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon that is directly used to keep our podcast going, pays the bills, the hosts, the editors, and everything else needed to run a podcast. If you would like to support the podcast and engage with other backers, please co…
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This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett discuss Moral Ambiguity in storytelling with Keeper Doc! Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon that is directly used to keep our podcast going, pays the bills, the hosts, the editors, and everything else needed to run a podcast. If you would like to support the podcast and engage with other backers, please co…
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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 Featur…
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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, gasligh…
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This episode on MUP, Keepers Dave & Bridgett interview Justin Alexander on the Three Clue Rule and designing mysteries in gaming! Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon that is directly used to keep our podcast going, pays the bills, the hosts, the editors, and everything else needed to run a podcast. If you would like to support the podcast and e…
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This episode on MUP, Keepers Dave & Bridgett interview Justin Alexander on the Three Clue Rule and designing mysteries in gaming! Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon that is directly used to keep our podcast going, pays the bills, the hosts, the editors, and everything else needed to run a podcast. If you would like to support the podcast and e…
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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 refere…
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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, g…
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This episode, Keeper Dave meets special guests Oscar Rios and Jeff Moeller from Golden Goblin Press to discuss Halloween Scenarios! Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon that is directly used to keep our podcast going, pays the bills, the hosts, the editors, and everything else needed to run a podcast. If you would like to support the podcast and…
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This episode, Keeper Dave meets special guests Oscar Rios and Jeff Moeller from Golden Goblin Press to discuss Halloween Scenarios! Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon that is directly used to keep our podcast going, pays the bills, the hosts, the editors, and everything else needed to run a podcast. If you would like to support the podcast and…
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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 Arca…
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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 Fea…
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This episode, Keepers Bridgett & Dave discuss mindful online gaming. Patreon Plug & Update We have new and updated Patreon tiers and benefits. If you would like to support the podcast and engage with other backers, please consider backing. So yes – please back us on Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podc…
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This episode, Keepers Bridgett & Dave discuss mindful online gaming. Patreon Plug & Update We have new and updated Patreon tiers and benefits. If you would like to support the podcast and engage with other backers, please consider backing. So yes – please back us on Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podc…
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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, …
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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 R…
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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 tu…
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This episode, Keepers Bridgett & Evan welcome back the HPLHS to showcase their newly released awesomeness and epicness! Patreon Plug & Update Dear listeners– do you know that we have a Patreon? That’s right! We have a Patreon! How else do you think that we keep the lights on around here? Here at MUP we pay our editors, we pay our hosts, and we also…
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This episode, Keepers Bridgett & Evan welcome back the HPLHS to showcase their newly released awesomeness and epicness! Patreon Plug & Update Dear listeners– do you know that we have a Patreon? That’s right! We have a Patreon! How else do you think that we keep the lights on around here? Here at MUP we pay our editors, we pay our hosts, and we also…
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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…
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This episode, Keeper Bridgett and Guest Keeper Evan Perlman discuss…wait for it…wait for it…waaaaaaait for iiiit… Tension in Storytelling. PART II! We’ll discuss what tension is, why it’s important, how to deploy it, and how to keep your players on the edge of their seat! We’ll also probably confuse “tension” and “suspense” because we’re profession…
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This episode, Keeper Bridgett and Guest Keeper Evan Perlman discuss…wait for it…wait for it…waaaaaaait for iiiit… Tension in Storytelling. PART II! We’ll discuss what tension is, why it’s important, how to deploy it, and how to keep your players on the edge of their seat! We’ll also probably confuse “tension” and “suspense” because we’re profession…
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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,…
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This episode, Keeper Bridgett and Guest Keeper Evan Perlman discuss…wait for it…wait for it…waaaaaaait for iiiit… Tension in Storytelling. We’ll discuss what tension is, why it’s important, how to deploy it, and how to keep your players on the edge of their seat! Patreon Plug & Update Dear listeners– do you know that we have a Patreon? That’s right…
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This episode, Keeper Bridgett and Guest Keeper Evan Perlman discuss…wait for it…wait for it…waaaaaaait for iiiit… Tension in Storytelling. We’ll discuss what tension is, why it’s important, how to deploy it, and how to keep your players on the edge of their seat! Patreon Plug & Update Dear listeners– do you know that we have a Patreon? That’s right…
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This episode, we return to our new segment titled, “Miskatonic University Debate Booth.” During these segments, the hosts will poll debatable gaming topics from our backers and then argue them! Our personal beliefs don’t actually have to align with our defense, but we climb these hills to die upon! Guest Host: Keeper Evan Perlman Patreon Plug & Upd…
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This episode, we return to our new segment titled, “Miskatonic University Debate Booth.” During these segments, the hosts will poll debatable gaming topics from our backers and then argue them! Our personal beliefs don’t actually have to align with our defense, but we climb these hills to die upon! Guest Host: Keeper Evan Perlman Patreon Plug & Upd…
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