DOOMSDAY: Innsmouth

DOOMSDAY: Innsmouth

They closed the case. They tried to burn the evidence. You get both.

Handmade Cthulhu Mythos artifacts + an investigative eldritch horror TTRPG scenario + Rare Doom Edition Elder Dice.

Made to be examined and displayed

You do not simply read it. You unseal it. You handle the papers. You study the stains, the spaces between the lines.

A library card should feel like a credential.
A sealed oath should make you hesitate.

Depending on the artifact, the letterpress printing, hand-applied aging, distressed edges, stamps, charcoal, wax, and signatures give the evidence its character. Hand-finished details vary from piece to piece, giving each work of art its individual character.

Feel the impression in the card. Examine the fibers of the oath. Spread the records across your desk and experience the artistry, passion, and authenticity firsthand.

Blood & Salt: investigate Wren’s death

Wren followed bus tickets, hotel ledgers, Marsh marriages, church transfers, restricted archives, and the wrong names written in the margins of the right books. In the Lower Library, he touched a sign he did not understand and, across distances that should have been impossible, something answered. A telegram arrived. A cipher took shape. Obadiah Marsh’s bitter pages opened like a wound. Wren finally understood what “doomsday” meant in Innsmouth. Not trumpets. Not fire. But blood. Patience. Infiltration. A coast handed over one generation at a time.

Thomas Wren gathered what evidence he could before the shadows of Innsmouth ultimately consumed him. You found some of it in his room. Some from deep within Miskatonic's unspeakable stacks. Some from the body itself. Some from places no sane man should have entered alone. You are not being asked to admire these things from behind glass. You are being asked to handle them. Read them. Compare them. Lay one piece beside another. Feel the artifacts from a dark world in your own hands. Weave in your own creativity and make the story your own.

One person hosts. The others follow the evidence.

Blood & Salt is an investigative horror roleplaying scenario for 1-6 people, featuring solo play but intended for 2-6 with a dedicated host

Study the records. Compare the contradictions. Decide how far your investigators will go for proof before the case disappears into the furnace. 

The included digital material contains:

• A short rules summary and the Blood & Salt scenario.
• Additional adventure seeds.
• A print-ready Miskatonic University Library Card Player 4-Pack PDF with character sheets for Journalism, Physical Education, Medicine, and Folklore & Esoteric Studies.

The PDFs can be used on their own. Physical artifacts are optional for play, and give your table evidence to handle and reveal.

Prefer to collect? The artifacts and artwork can be enjoyed without running the scenario.

Gameplay

Set in 1928 Arkham, Massachusetts, players are students at Miskatonic University out to solve a mystery. Journalism student Thomas Wren has met a violent end in the marshes of Innsmouth. His death is officially ruled a shark attack, but his roommate claims it was murder.

This micro-RPG throws players immediately into the Essex County morgue to find their friend’s remains before cremation. Are there clues to what really happened? Or is there something worse lying in wait?

Every location offers opportunities to uncover clues and evidence, overcome obstacles, and face adversaries bent on keeping secrets. Players may have to avoid traps or escape horrors. Once a place has been explored or its terrors evaded, players decide where to go next, following what they’ve discovered or pursuing their own suspicions.

Once players have made three Evidence discoveries, they publish an article revealing their findings. Each surviving player narrates what becomes of their character after graduation, and the GM describes the impact of their article.

DOOMSDAY: Innsmouth uses a variant of the Eclipse D20 System, aimed at simple, fast, and intense gameplay. Checks and saves use a three-dice pool: a d20 and two modifier dice. Add the higher modifier result to the d20. Rolls have four possible outcomes:

Success: Things have gone according to plan. An attack deals damage, or damage from a foe is reduced.

Critical success: An exceptional action or reaction deals more damage or reduces more damage from a foe.

Miss: The action accomplishes nothing, at least not yet. An attack deals no damage, or damage from a foe is taken in full.

Backlash: If danger, harm, or disaster is already present, it happens. A failed roll does not create danger where none existed, and using a skill does not itself harm the character.

Players describe their students’ actions without having to consult the rules at every step. The rules come into play when needed.

Solo Play

Solo play is included with DOOMSDAY: Innsmouth. Keep a journal of your investigation or write it as a story. Roll dice as you explore locations and confront challenges to uncover details. Make three Evidence discoveries and move to the final scene. Your last journal entry reveals the mystery you’ve uncovered, the impact of your investigation, and what becomes of your character.

Doom Edition Vault

Not everything in this campaign was pulled from a desk drawer or found in a cold morgue. Some of it sat locked away in darkness, boxed and waiting.

The Doom Edition relics in this campaign are remnants of older tales. Surviving pieces from earlier campaigns. They are not recreations.

They are objects bearing the old marks. Marks of protection. Marks of chaos. Marks of death. Marks of the unspeakable. Scroll down to the Add-ons section to see the entire vault.

Pledge Levels

Each tier is a measure of what was saved before the marsh’s frigid waters and the incinerator’s fire erased them from existence. Click here to pledge.

=== TIER 0: THE WATCHERS ===

PRICE: $25.00 | RETAIL VALUE: $30.00 | BACKER LIMIT: NONE

The entry point for observers. Click here to pledge.

• The Marsh Family Portrait: A cabinet-card style photographic print recovered from the Esoteric Order of Dagon's secret archives. The image depicts the degeneration of the Marsh bloodline. Subtle, disturbing cranial and ocular abnormalities can be observed upon close inspection. Packaged in a soft-touch, foil-accented, freestanding frame.
• Blood & Salt Scenario PDF: The full digital scenario, rules, and supplements.
• Player 4-Pack PDF: Digital print-ready Miskatonic University Library card character sheets.
• All applicable stretch goals
• Shipping to be charged at a later date

=== TIER 1: Inquirer ===

PRICE: $49.00 | RETAIL VALUE: $55.00+ | BACKER LIMIT: 1,000 (WAVE 1)

Contains the first documents you recovered from Wren’s blood-stained satchel after the marsh killing. Click here to pledge.

• Artifact Package I - The Wren Papers: The physical "Wren Papers" package recovered from the marsh. Includes Wren's letterpress-printed library card, a mysterious telegram, the Gilman House registry page, Wren's research notes on the Astral Elder Sign, the translucent vellum Astral Elder Sign rubbing, and Wren's Marsh family tree. 
• The Marshes of Innsmouth - Premium Art Print: A cabinet-card-style photographic print recovered from the Esoteric Order of Dagon's secret archives. The image depicts the degeneration of the Marsh bloodline. Subtle, disturbing cranial and ocular abnormalities can be observed upon close inspection. Packaged in a soft-touch, foil-accented, freestanding frame.
• Blood & Salt Scenario PDF: The full digital scenario, rules, and supplements.
• Player 4-Pack PDF: Digital print-ready Miskatonic University Library card character sheets.
• All applicable stretch goals
• Shipping to be charged at a later date

=== TIER 2: THE ASTRAL WARD ===

PRICE: $59.00 | RETAIL VALUE: $95.00 | BACKER LIMIT: 1,000

For the gaming collector who prioritizes the tools of casting. Click here to pledge.

• The Astral Elder Sign Polyhedral Set - Doom Edition Exclusive - Artist-Signed Grimoire Box: A 10-piece Astral Elder Sign, Kickstarter-exclusive, Doom Edition polyhedral set in opaque onyx-black acrylic with blood-red ink. Packed inside a signed, foil-stamped magnetic grimoire box. Includes a Doom Edition lore card.
• 1x Mystery d2 Coin: One randomly selected metal d2 casting coin.
• 1x Mystery Vinyl Sticker: One randomly selected white vinyl Cthulhu Mythos sticker.
• The Marshes of Innsmouth - Premium Art Print: A cabinet-card-style photographic print recovered from the Esoteric Order of Dagon's secret archives. The image depicts the degeneration of the Marsh bloodline. Subtle, disturbing cranial and ocular abnormalities can be observed upon close inspection. Packaged in a soft-touch, foil-accented, freestanding frame.
• Blood & Salt Scenario PDF: The full digital scenario, rules, and supplements.
• Player 4-Pack PDF: Digital print-ready Miskatonic University Library card character sheets.
• All applicable stretch goals
• Shipping to be charged at a later date

=== TIER 3: INVESTIGATOR ===

PRICE: $99.00 | RETAIL VALUE: $115.00+ | BACKER LIMIT: 500 (WAVE 1)

The complete core paper trail. Limited to 500 backers for the first wave. Click here to pledge.

• Artifact Package II - Arkham Evidence: The complete “official” post-mortem document set: Wren’s post-mortem, the torn editor letter, used bus ticket, editor press proof, incinerate tag, and Wren telegram.
• Artifact Package I - The Wren Papers: The physical "Wren Papers" package recovered from the marsh. Includes Wren's letterpress-printed library card, a mysterious telegram, the Gilman House registry page, Wren's research notes on the Astral Elder Sign, the translucent vellum Astral Elder Sign rubbing, and Wren's Marsh family tree. 
• Signed Lore Card: One randomly selected lore card from our archives, signed by the artist.
• Miskatonic University Library Card - General Access  -  Unassigned: Letterpress-printed on heavy 3 × 5 in. aged cardstock. Double-sided. Unassigned, waiting for you to add your name.
• The Marshes of Innsmouth - Premium Art Print: A cabinet-card style photographic print recovered from the Esoteric Order of Dagon's secret archives. The image depicts the degeneration of the Marsh bloodline. Subtle, disturbing cranial and ocular abnormalities can be observed upon close inspection. Packaged in a soft-touch, foil-accented, freestanding frame.
• Printed Blood & Salt Scenario Folder: The physical version of the scenario, rules, and supplements in a folder.
• Blood & Salt Scenario PDF: The full digital scenario, rules, and supplements.
• Player 4-Pack PDF: Digital print-ready Miskatonic University Library card character sheets.
• All applicable stretch goals
• Shipping to be charged at a later date

=== TIER 4: MISKATONIC SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ===

PRICE: $139.00 | RETAIL VALUE: $185.00 | BACKER LIMIT: 500 (WAVE 1)

For deep-archival specialists. Limited to 500 backers for the first wave. Click here to pledge.

• Artifact Package III - Miskatonic Special Collections: Includes the handmade paper Oath of Dagon with a hand-poured and stamped green wax seal, the Cretaceous specimen box containing genuine 85,000,000-year-old fossilized teeth in a blood-stained glass vial with a cork top, a specimen card, and the note from the MU Paleontologist.
• Artifact Package II - Arkham Evidence: The complete “official” post-mortem document set: Wren’s post-mortem, the torn editor letter, used bus ticket, editor press proof, incinerate tag, and Wren telegram.
• Artifact Package I - The Wren Papers: The physical document set recovered from the marsh.
• Miskatonic University Library Card - Personalized - All Access: A custom MU Library card, letterpress-printed on heavy 3 × 5 in. aged cardstock, double-sided, stamped with all three access levels. Personalized with the name you choose. 
• The Marshes of Innsmouth - Premium Art Print - Doom Edition Exclusive - Signed: Signed by the artist, a cabinet-card-style photographic print recovered from the Esoteric Order of Dagon's secret archives. The image depicts the degeneration of the Marsh bloodline. Subtle, disturbing cranial and ocular abnormalities can be observed upon close inspection. Packaged in a Kickstarter exclusive Doom Edition soft-touch, foil-accented, freestanding frame.
• Printed Blood & Salt Scenario Folder: The physical version of the scenario, rules, and supplements in a folder.
• Blood & Salt Scenario PDF: The full digital scenario, rules, and supplements.
• Player 4-Pack PDF: Digital print-ready Miskatonic University Library card character sheets.
• All applicable stretch goals
• Shipping to be charged at a later date

=== TIER 5: THE DOOMED ===

PRICE: $249.00 | RETAIL VALUE: $325.00 | BACKER LIMIT: 250

For those who dare to delve deep. Limited to 250 backers for the first wave. Click here to pledge.

(Detailed pledge breakdown image will be available soon.)

• All rewards from Tier 4: Artifact Packages I, II, and III, the genuine fossil teeth, the Third Oath of Dagon, the signed Doom Edition Marsh Family photo, and the personalized library card. 
• Astral Elder Sign Leviathan d20  - Doom Edition Exclusive: Kickstarter-exclusive Doom Edition Astral Elder Sign Leviathan d20, packaged in a foil-accented Doom Edition Ritual Dice Cup.
• The Astral Elder Sign Polyhedral Set - Doom Edition Exclusive - Artist-Signed Grimoire Box: A 10-piece Astral Elder Sign, Kickstarter-exclusive, Doom Edition polyhedral set in opaque onyx-black acrylic with blood-red ink. Packed inside a signed, foil-stamped magnetic grimoire box. Includes a Doom Edition lore card.
• 3x Mystery d2 Coins - Doom Edition Exclusive: Three randomly selected, Kickstarter-exclusive Doom Edition metal d2 casting coins.
• 3x Mystery Vinyl Stickers: Three white vinyl Cthulhu Mythos stickers.
• Mystery d6 Tube - Doom Edition Exclusive: One randomly selected tube of nine Doom Edition d6 dice (Astral Elder Sign or Brand of Cthulhu).
• Miskatonic University Library Card Player 4-Pack PDF: Digital print-ready character sheets for Journalism, Physical Education, Medicine, and Folklore & Esoteric Studies.
• Printed Blood & Salt Scenario Folder: The physical scenario folder.
• Blood & Salt Scenario PDF: The full digital scenario.
• All applicable stretch goals
• 1x Letterpress-printed Crest of Dagon Lore Card
• Shipping to be charged at a later date. An optional double-shipping option lets you receive your Doom Edition rewards and add-ons ahead of your artifacts. We plan to begin shipping those items in December 2026, with artifact fulfillment planned for March 2027.

Stretch Goals

The remaining files are sealed. We’ll reveal each stretch goal here soon when it is ready to announce, with its contents and eligible pledge levels.

Add-On Vault

The Doom Edition Vault is still growing. Much more to come!

The Artist

DOOMSDAY: Innsmouth comes from Infinite Black, a small, independent, artist-owned studio founded in 2017 and led by David LaRocca.

David’s Marsh family portrait gives the case a horrifying face. The letterpress cards, aged documents, and sealed oaths bring it to life.

These are objects to collect, display, and put into the hands of the people at your table.

Handmade Artifact Process

No part of this evidence should feel new or untouched.

Depending on the artifact, it is pressed, torn, folded, aged, stamped, sealed, or signed by hand. Paper fibers take water differently when a person has already broken them. Wax spreads differently when it cools under a real hand-stamped seal. A stain changes the surface in a way print never can. That slight wrongness — the one that makes an object feel old instead of new — comes from human hands and judgment, not automation. 

We treat each of your artifacts as a unique work of art.

The Team

Infinite Black is a small, independent, artist-owned studio. Here are the people behind DOOMSDAY: Innsmouth.

David LaRocca is the owner and artist. He created the artwork and leads Infinite Black.

Marlena Adams handles customer support.

Natalie Johnson manages the warehouse and fulfillment.

Ken Oswald contributed to the gameplay rules for Blood & Salt.

Shipping

Shipping is charged separately after the campaign and is based on the weight of your final rewards.

An optional double-shipping option lets you receive your Doom Edition rewards and add-ons ahead of your artifacts. We plan to begin shipping those items in December 2026, with artifact fulfillment planned for March 2027.

Timeline

The work begins as soon as the case is funded.

Paper is ordered. Files go to print. Cards go under pressure. Edges are cut, bruised, and torn. Wax cools under the seal. The teeth go into blood-stained, cork-topped glass vials, then into specimen boxes. The evidence is packed. The postal ledger opens. The vault starts to empty.

• Oct 6th, 2026 - Kickstarter Launch
• Oct 7th-10: Materials ordering.
• Oct. 9-30: final art and design completed, digital printing and letterpress printing begin. 
• Oct 30th: Kickstarter ends
• Oct 31 - Nov 2: Sleep
• Nov 3: We'll begin the Artifact aging process, stamping, card personalizing, signing, and much more.
• Nov 16th: Kickstarter funds received.
• Nov 18th: Pledge Manager target opening date.
• December 2026: We plan to begin shipping Doom Edition rewards and add-ons for backers receiving only those items, or choosing optional double shipping to receive them ahead of their artifacts.
• March 2027: Planned fulfillment for The Watchers and Inquirer (Wave 1).
• March 2027: Planned artifact fulfillment for Investigator and higher artifact rewards.

This Is Your Chance

Thomas Wren died trying to put this in your hands.

The article was never printed. The body will be burned. The record is a lie. What remains is here — in the papers he carried, in the evidence they hid, in the oath they could not afford to let the daylight touch.

Back it now to take custody of the case before the file closes.

Questions answered

How many people play? Is the host included?

Group play is for 2–6 people total, including one dedicated host. Solo play is also included. The remaining one to five people play the investigators.

Do I need the physical artifacts to play?

No. The PDFs can be used alone. Every listed reward includes the digital material; the physical artifacts increase immersion, enhance your experience, and add a tactile layer to play.

Does a higher price include everything in a lower reward?

No. Each reward lists its own contents. Investigator’s signed archive lore card and unassigned General Access library card are specific to that reward; they are not included in higher tiers unless expressly listed.

Are the fossils real? Which reward includes them?

Yes, they are 100% genuine fossilized teeth collected in the field by the artist and creator, David LaRocca. They are nearly 85,000,000 years old, dating to the Late Cretaceous, the age of dinosaurs. 

We encourage you to display them and use them in your game as in-world evidence. They are included at the $139 and $249 levels and come with the in-universe paleontologist's note and the Miskatonic University Museum of Natural History specimen card.

What is signed, and what is selected at random?

The portrait is artist-signed at $139 and $249. The grimoire box is signed at $59 and $249. The $99 reward includes a randomly selected artist-signed lore card.

Coins and other items explicitly described as random are selected for you. The Doomed’s nine-d6 tube is either Astral Elder Sign or Brand of Cthulhu.

What kind of horror should I expect?

Murder, disturbing medical evidence, body horror, and occult themes. Choose the material that suits your table.

Can I receive my Doom Edition rewards and add-ons before my artifacts?

An optional double-shipping option lets you receive your Doom Edition rewards and add-ons ahead of your artifacts. We plan to begin shipping those items in December 2026, with artifact fulfillment planned for March 2027. Shipping is charged separately after the campaign and is based on the weight of your final basket.