The Island of Dr. Moreau TTRPG

Welcome to The Island of Dr. Nicholas Moreau. Please be aware that this facility is host to many sensitive scientific experiments, Anything observed or encountered is strictly confidential. Anyone breaching the Confidentiality Code outlined by Feral Laboratories will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Enjoy your stay and don't forget your sunscreen!

The Island of Dr. Moreau (IoDM) is a campaign TTRPG where one player leads the story as the titular 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 lonely '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.

How it Plays

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, inspired by capsule TTRPGs like Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast and Sapphicworld.

• Each player can control multiple characters, even powerful staff members and outsiders, encouraging cooperative yet asymmetric story building.
• Use a Future 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 that is ready to play from page one.

 What You Get

• A gorgeous 272 pages rule book with everything need 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 small island setting with dozens of locations and a detailed map.
  •  Arania's guide to starting your own Online Text Role Playing group. Let's bring back forum RP together!

• A shipping chart for tracking the complex character relationships and love quadrangles that develop between the islanders (and staff!?)
• A dynamic original soundtrack with character themes and ambient island music.
• 5th Edition compatible stat blocks for all the characters that let you easily swap in your preferred roleplaying system.
• 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.
• (COMING SOON) Access to multiple campaign reskins that give the game plenty of replayability: Set sail to the 'new world' in the 1500's with the gothic horror Voyage to Brasil. Drift through a sea of stars in the 3000's with the pulp sci-fi adventure Escape from Planet Aeaea.

IoDM is written by Dr. Ulysses Duckler, with contributions from Arania, Marquis Orias (Author of Rewilding), Ewen Albright (Author of InaES), Darling Demon Eclipse (Author of Sapphicworld & Biotrophication), IFeelOdd (Coauthor of INHUMAN RESOURCES) and Naomi Maratea (Writer for Wild Ties & CDR). IoDM was edited by Luna, Ewen, and Chatoyant.

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

Sensitivity Consultation by Gar “Sahoni” Atkins and Zilepo.

Soundtrack by CheasyDino, RoscoTF, and Bilexth/MOGA.

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. IoDM's system and design falls under the To Change 3rd Party License Agreement.