The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau (IoDM) is a campaign horror/romance roleplaying game for a GM and 2-6 players where one player leads the story as Dr. Moreau, guiding and clashing with the other players in the roles of the doctor's unlucky guests subjects. Slowly being altered by Moreau's mad science, these 'Islanders' must overcome dangerous adversaries both within the Lab and stalking the jungle, all while finding love in the strangest places. As the erosion of Dr. Moreau's authority brings the taste of freedom ever closer, it also carries the harsh realities of survival on a remote island inhabited by man-made monsters.;

The only way to escape is together.

Set in 2005, IoDM seeks to emulate the messy drama of online forum roleplaying in the early internet, with a dash of captive body horror. It's Lost combined with Love Island, working with a large cast in a small setting. Each player can control multiple characters, even powerful staff members and outsiders, encouraging cooperative yet asymmetric story building. Players use a deck of poker or tarot cards to progress the story with a light-weight system, where every character is represented by a unique card. IoDM is a capsule game: An entirely self-contained setting and cast of characters. Enjoy a tight, focused campaign of 20-30 sessions and ready to play from page one.

Inside the Book: A gorgeous 272 page hardcover book with everything needed for running a campaign from start to finish, including:;

• A huge cast of 50 characters to both play and encounter, with 40 transformation sequences illustrating their gradual animal mutations.
• Over 20 events that shape the power struggle between Dr. Moreau and their subjects with branches for emotional side plots and lighthearted escapades.
• A compact island setting with dozens of locations and a detailed map.
• Arania's guide to starting your own Online Text Role Playing group. Learn to organize your own forum RP group from an expert!

Comes with a PDF copy and additional digital-only content:

• A 9-track original soundtrack to set the mood on the island, with character themes and ambient environmental music.
• d20 5th Edition compatible stat blocks for all the characters that let you easily swap in your preferred roleplaying system. 
• A shipping chart for tracking the complex character relationships and love quadrangles that develop between the islanders (and staff!?).
• Access to the complete archive of the 80+ original GAIA Online IoDM transformation sequences, still some of the most iconic TF art from the early internet era.

IoDM is written by Dr. Ulysses Duckler, with contributions from Arania, Marquis Orias, Ewen Albright (Author of InaES), Darling Demon Eclipse (Author of Sapphicworld & Biotrophication), IFeelOdd (Author of Roadkill City) and Naomi Maratea (Writer for Wild Ties & CDR).;

Layout and editing by Luna and Angrboda.

Artists include: Arania, Fletch, Sara Olsen, Mel Echavarria (Artist for To Change), Angrboda, Bunkka, Lawros, HIBI, BlackSheepTFs, Redacted, Michel0dy (Artist for Wild Ties), StrawberryTF, and Sera-fuku. Additional non-TF by art by Winter Skye, Bianca Gazzingan, and Snowy.

Funded on Kickstarter. The original moderators of the GAIA IoDM roleplay group, Arania, Kamaki, and Trinantula, are executive producers and have approved use of the IoDM concept.