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Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein

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  1. 6 out of 10

    A little on the heavy side, which is disappointing - even with the Igor Variant, this is hard to get to the table. A lot of work went into this theme though.

  2. 5 out of 10

    High marks for theme. Unfortunately, the game did not click for me. The art is too grotesque; gameplay is too long for the game’s weight; there is too much text to read every round; there is too much luck involved when rolling to electrocute your monster; and I feel the game does not have much replay-ability.

  3. 7 out of 10

    Good game. It is dripping with gothic horror theme. The mechanisms are tried and true worker placement but it works with the theme. The Cons are that it is long to play but Plaidhat did release a variant to speed up gameplay. Also, some of the player powers are not balanced for 2-players. Still a very good game and it leans into it's macabre theme.

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It’s been twenty years since Victor Frankenstein died on a ship in the arctic, but his vengeful creature lives on, as does Robert Walton, the sea captain who vowed to kill the fiend before mercy stayed his hand. It’s now 1819, and a sinister darkness descends upon the city of Paris. A mysterious benefactor of gigantic stature has emerged in the scientific community, never showing his face, claiming to possess the late Frankenstein’s research. He sponsors a grand competition, offering an even grander prize: unlocking the mystery of mortality!

Renowned scientists from around the world come to take part: some drawn to solve this eternal riddle, others coerced against their will. But a certain captain comes as well, one deeply suspicious of the secretive patron, hoping to finally fulfill his vow.

Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein is a competitive game of strategic monster building for 2-4 players, inspired by Mary Shelley’s classic novel of gothic horror. In the game, the creature demands your help to accomplish what his own creator would not: to bring to life an abomination like itself, a companion to end its miserable solitude. Through worker placement and careful management of decomposing resources, you’ll gather materials from the cemeteries and morgues around the city, conduct valuable research at the Academy of Science, hire less-than-reputable associates, and toil away in your lab — all in an effort to assemble a new form of life and infuse it with a "spark of being". Do well, and the creature may reward you during one of its surprise visits; do poorly, and you may come to regret not putting forth more effort. Narrative elements come into play throughout the game, guided by your decisions, leading to potentially unsavory outcomes.

The game ends when you succeed in bringing your creation to life or when the Captain kills the creature, whichever happens first. Then the player with the most points fulfills Frankenstein’s dark legacy, becoming his heir, for good or ill…

—description from the publisher

Ages

13+
Players

2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

90m – 180m
Designer

Dan Blanchett
Mechanics

Events, Narrative Choice / Paragraph, Worker Placement, Different Worker Types, Dice Rolling, Set Collection, Storytelling, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement
Theme

Novel-based, Science Fiction, Horror
Publisher

Rebel Sp. z o.o., ADC Blackfire Entertainment, Plaid Hat Games
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