“Congratulations [Competitor]. You have been selected to participate in DEATHMATCH ISLAND. Winning will mean fame, freedom, and unlimited wealth. You may be experiencing some confusion and memory loss. This is normal following [REDACTED]. It is important that you do not panic.”
Competitors in Deathmatch Island don matching track suits and dodge gunshots as they perform for the cameras of Production. Armed only with hazy memories and whatever gear they can scavenge, they struggle to conquer Challenges and earn Rewards. Will they Play to Win? Or will they band together to Break the Game?
Deathmatch Island promotes fast, flexible game play with a striking design by Tim Denee. Character traits are easy to digest, the rules keep the action moving, and the tone reflects an inspired satire of corporate culture. It's a low-prep, narrative forward TTRPG with a unique, subversive style.
• Explores themes of trust, competition, capitalism, subverting control, unreliable narration, and weird conspiracies.
• Point-crawl maps, four casts of NPCs, random character generation and tight, evocative location descriptions help you dive right into the action.
• Fast, flexible rules and a narrative first focus keep the pace of each session moving.
What's Different in the "Contraband Edition"?
• The same base content as the Deathmatch Island hardcover is included in the Contraband Edition.
• There are no rules updates.
• Deathmatch Island: Contraband Edition features meta commentary scrawled in the margins by previous competitors.
• Sixteen additional pages detail a new location: Triassic Island. Dinosaurs were brought to life in this extraordinary theme park. Abandoned for years, Production has purchased the island for the setting of its latest season. What could possibly go wrong.